Slavery is something that should have never happened, but unfortunatly it did. This project is about the history of slavery in America, and the terrible unfair deal with. When the Meso American, or the Middle American natives first encountered the Europeans, they were very familiar with slavery. Among the most advanced civilizations in Central America was the Aztecs and Maya. In these places slavery, although not necessary, was common. The Aztec used the the same methods for getting slaves as other cultures. Slaves were prisoners of war, criminals, debtors, and poor people selling family members into slavery. The most common reasons for becoming a slave was poverty, or n