The U.S. is 50 states strong today, but it began as 13 small colonies. Find out how each of the original colonies came to be. | HISTORY

A map of the Thirteen Colonies in 1770, showing the number of enslaved persons in each colony. The importation of enslaved persons does not get outlawed until 1807. The outlawing of importing people waa rooted in a passage in the Constitution which stipulated that importing enslaved people could be prohibited 25 years after the ratification of the Constitution. With this change, breeding humans domestically increased. #neverforget Black History is American History. | Black Table Talk