The Europeans gave the Native Americans the deadly diseases. Since the Native Americans were not Immune to the diseases the died off. This caused the Europeans to need more Slaves. So They brought African slaves on a ship called the Middle passage creating the slave trade. They traded the slaves in Asia, Europe...Erect.
the europeans killed more than 1 million native americans with diseases so Bartolome de las casas suggested they use Africans because they were immuned to european disease.
they could not work if they had disease
Bartolome de las Casas argued for the use of African slaves as a labor force in the Spanish colonies as a way to alleviate the suffering of indigenous populations. However, he later regretted this stance and advocated for the rights of Native Americans. His initial support for African slaves contributed to the growth of the African slave trade in the Americas.
African merchants played a role in facilitating the Atlantic slave trade by capturing and selling individuals from rival ethnic groups to European slave traders in exchange for goods like firearms and textiles. This trade was often driven by intertribal conflict and the desire to gain power and resources.
The packed them on ships and had them at seas for days with limted water and food. and some would die at sea and since they were all packed in tight on the ship disease spread. And it slowed down the trade bc they would care disease with them and spread among there new home.
Increased the volume of trade in the Atlantic.
Increased the volume of trade in the Atlantic.
increasing the demand for goods
There are no similarities. The slave trade was a vile thing, but not a deadly disease like the plague or Black Death as it was called.
Europeans came into contact with African slave traders while exploring the coast of Africa.
Europeans came into contact with African slave traders while exploring the coast of Africa.
slave trade
Commerce and slave trade compromise