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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, many people came to North America seeking religious freedom. One of these groups was the Pilgrims, who in 1620 established the Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts.

an. This means that slavery was a part of the fabric of the North American colonial life from the year 1619. In addi- tion to slaves, indentured servants were brought to the colonies. There were even convicts who were sent to the United States as a part of their sentence. By the middle of the 1700s, the British colonies had proven to be the most successful colonies. During this time

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