Slavery and Immigrants from Africa

Well, the first thing that I took into account when reading about the slave trade was that more than nine million people were transported to the New World. This both impressed and disgusted me.. because that is a lot of people. Another thing that I found interesting that I don't think I ever knew before was that there were slaves in Canada. This makes me wonder when Canada abolished slavery since you never really hear about Canada's slavery struggle. Is that because they had less of  problem? Or is it because since we are in the United States, we don't focus on Canadian slavery. Anyways, the chapter went on to talk about how slavery eventually became predominant in the south. And it also made me wonder why that happened. Was it because conditions for crops and farming were better in the south? I may have learned the reason at one point but I can't remember. But I think that it's funny how things can be divided by region. I don't know if that really makes sense... But like, the south is known for slavery. I guess it's just interesting how different geographical regions can have the same values. For the most part. Like how the east and west coast are generally more liberal than the middle and southern parts of the country. It's just crazy how demographics work. But back to slavery, the last thing that I thought about while reading the passage was how sad it is that the first generation of Africans in America has no history that we can look back on. All we have are the slave owners accounts. And that just sucks because while we can imagine, we have no primary sources to show us how it felt to be a first generation slave in America.