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Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
The europeans wanted to make more money out of the americas.
Europeans imported slaves to America to work the fields. They did not bring slaves over to give them freedom in the New World.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves
to be their slaves
Africa.
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
The europeans wanted to make more money out of the americas.
Europeans imported slaves to America to work the fields. They did not bring slaves over to give them freedom in the New World.
The slave trade was the reason most Europeans started to look for African colonies. Europeans made a lot of money from selling slaves.
In Britain, the chartered Royal African Company was granted a monopoly over the shipment of slaves to colonies in the Americas.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
Resources,slaves to convert natives to their religion but mainly
The Europeans needed people to work on plantations or in mines.Slaves mostly from West Africa were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in their American colonies especially in agriculture such as cultivating sugar, but also in constrution of important buildings and public works.