Slavery in US was a form of forced labour that was widespread before the formation of America, It was predominant mostly in the South( Cities now knows as Florida and Carolina) until the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865. It officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The first Colony of England in North America, Virginia, first imported Africans in 1619, a practice established in the Spanish Colonies as early as the 1560s. Most slaves were black and were held by whites, although some Native Americans and free blacks also held slaves; there were very little number of white slaves as well. Europeans also held some Native Americans as slaves, and African-Native Americans. Slavery spread to the areas where there was good-quality soil for large plantations of high-value cash crops as those who owned the plantation were rich and needed cheap labour. Having slaves would be a good investment as they would not have to pay the slaves and they would have no choice but to work.The Plantations grew crops such as Tobacco, Cotton, Sugar and Coffee. By the early 19th century, the majority of slaveholders and slaves were in the the south of United States , where most slaves were engaged in a work-gang system of agriculture on large plantations, especially devoted to cotton and sugar cane. Such large groups of slaves were thought to work more efficiently if directed by a managerial class called overseers, usually white men.

Rules that slaves abide by:
-All slaves, unless serving must greet all Free Persons. All Free Persons are to be addressed as Master or Mistress
-If you are in service, do NOT ask for permission to speak or greet. If the person you are serving wishes you to do so, they will tell you. Your focus should always be on the one you are serving and nothing else.
-Any and all free who enters into the castle is to be treated with respect, regardless if you like them or not. The slaves are here to serve them; they are not here for the slaves.
-Do not lie. A slave caught doing so will be kicked from the room and possibly banned. Honesty is an admired quality in a slave.
-Slaves can speak freely among themselves, but, the free do not want to listen to the ranting or bitching of slaves, it is in no way pleasing to them.
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The notion of slavery relates to the novel as the blacks in the area are still very poor, unlike those whites and there are many stereotypes about them. In the story, the white people still think that blacks are negro and that they are superior compared to them. Also it seems that the only one that does not have prejudices against the blacks are the Finches'