Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Services & Equip. Tuscany International Drilling Inc. provides oil field services. The Company provides contract oil field drilling, workover, and equipment rental services. Tuscany offers its products to oil and gas exploration and production companies in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.
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Slavery in America started in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought 20 African slaves ashore in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia. Throughout the 17th century, European settlers in North America turned to African slaves as a cheaper, more plentiful labor source than indentured servants, who were mostly poorer Europeans.