Спереведите. the black page in the us history at the beginning of the 17th century the first back slaves from africa were brought to the new world. plantations in the south need ed many workers and a lot of planters bought slaves. by 1860 there were about four million slaves in the south. in the north farmers did n't need many workers, usually all the work was done by the f so ly who owned farm. the factories in the north hired men, women the northern states boys and girls. it cheaper and more practical. soon was gave up slavery. people in the slave states in the south and in the f states in the north argued long and loud over slavery, more and mo people in the free states said slavery was a bad thing. "being a slave is much worse than being a servant they said. "slaves are bought and sold like animals. they have no rights. they have to work all their lives for the men who buy them. they get nc education. a slave never knows when the other members of his family may be taken away and sold."