prompt: Can you tell me about the history of the slave trade of African Americans during the colonial time period?
chosen: Can you tell me about the history of the slave trade of African Americans during the colonial time period?
chosen: user
chosen: The history of the slave trade of African Americans during the colonial time period began with the arrival of the first English colonists in America. In order to expand their workforce, the colonists used Africans as slaves to cultivate their land and perform other manual labor. The system of chattel slavery, in which slave owners could legally ownership of their slaves and could freely buy, sell, and trade them, was established in some Southern colonies as early as 1619. By the start of the American Revolution in 1775, approximately 500,000 out of the colonies’ total population of 2.4 million were held in bondage as slaves. It was not until after the Civil War that the Federal Government ended slavery.
chosen: assistant
rejected: Can you tell me about the history of the slave trade of African Americans during the colonial time period?
rejected: user
rejected: assistant