Respuesta :
By the early 1700s, the number of black slaves in Chesapeake decreased, and the number of blacks grew to more than 250,000. It was in 1790 that the soil was depleted from overplanting and the high demand for slaves died down, resulting to some slaves being freed.
Answer:
All enslaved people were of African descent.
Explanation:
Around 1700, Asante (or Ashanti) Empire of Akan who resisted British imperialism decided to sell their African captives to the Portuguese. Starting the slave trade that would end up in slavery being predominately oppressing people of African Descent in the West of the World. Before that, all sorts of peoples had slaves of many different ethnic groups.