Since this crop was becoming a profitable crop in the Americas. There was a growing “demand for African slaves” (Hine 36). The growth of the Atlantic slave trade led to the transformation into a “harsher form of slavery” (Hine 36) where race was the basis for the enslavement of people. Those who suffered from this form of slavery were “Africans and American Indians” (Hine 36). Because of their skin color and culture, they were discriminated against and considered property for their masters. Losing their rights as human beings and becoming property of