Why did slavery grow to be such an important institution in colonial America? What were the effects of slavery on the Africans who were brought to the New World? What were the effects of the Africans on the New World?

Since the natives died off due to the old world diseases the Europeans needed slaves to work their plantations and settlements. The Americans and Europeans relied heavily on slaves and they eventually became essential. The African Americans were obviously not too pleased that they were slaves and in Haiti there ended up being the Haitian Revolution. The slaves revolted and killed their masters. Of course this only happened in Haiti. But for the same reasons sparked the American Civil War.