They were but they did not make good slaves. The purchace of Africans from the Africans gave better slaves.
The transatlantic slave trade encompassed all of the regions where slaves were imported, mainly to the Americas. This included North America, the Caribbean, and South America.
There were not enough people to work on the plantations in the Americas.
The type of native Americans that used tepees were slaves
It is true, corn, potatoes, and peppers are all native to the Americas, but the Americas does not mean North America. Though they eventually were grown and used in the northern part of the Americas, they are not native to North America. Turkey, venison, sunflower seeds, bison, black walnuts, pecans, salmon, cranberries, Gooseberries, and others are natives of North America.AnimalBison CaribouCertain species of duck, goose and rabbitElkWild turkey White tail deerNorth American QuailFish etc.ClamsAmerican eelBull troutFlathead catfishSalmonShortnose sturgeonStriped bassWhite sturgeonFruitCranberry Beech plumBlackberriesBlueberries GooseberriesHuckleberryRaspberriesPaw pawPapaya etc.NutBeechBlack walnutButternut (white walnut)ChestnutHickoryPecanVegetablesMaize(corn)Many varieties of peppers and beansSquash, PumpkinsMaple syrupHoney from native bees
Mostly Native Americans and native cubans
The are no alphabets native to the Americas as far as any has ever discovered. Most native writing systems are syllabic or pictographic.The alphabet most widely used in the Americas is the Latin alphabet, which was brought by the Europeans. It is used for English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, and most other minority languages of North and South America.
It is true, corn, potatoes, and peppers are all native to the Americas, but the Americas does not mean North America. Though they eventually were grown and used in the northern part of the Americas, they are not native to North America. Turkey, venison, sunflower seeds, bison, black walnuts, pecans, salmon, cranberries, Gooseberries, and others are natives of North America.AnimalBison CaribouCertain species of duck, goose and rabbitElkWild turkey White tail deerNorth American QuailFish etc.ClamsAmerican eelBull troutFlathead catfishSalmonShortnose sturgeonStriped bassWhite sturgeonFruitCranberry Beech plumBlackberriesBlueberries GooseberriesHuckleberryRaspberriesPaw pawPapaya etc.NutBeechBlack walnutButternut (white walnut)ChestnutHickoryPecanVegetablesMaize(corn)Many varieties of peppers and beansSquash, PumpkinsMaple syrupHoney from native bees
The Spanish in the mines in the southwest.
It is true, corn, potatoes, and peppers are all native to the Americas, but the Americas does not mean North America. Though they eventually were grown and used in the northern part of the Americas, they are not native to North America. Turkey, venison, sunflower seeds, bison, black walnuts, pecans, salmon, cranberries, Gooseberries, and others are natives of North America.AnimalBison CaribouCertain species of duck, goose and rabbitElkWild turkey White tail deerNorth American QuailFish etc.ClamsAmerican eelBull troutFlathead catfishSalmonShortnose sturgeonStriped bassWhite sturgeonFruitCranberry Beech plumBlackberriesBlueberries GooseberriesHuckleberryRaspberriesPaw pawPapaya etc.NutBeechBlack walnutButternut (white walnut)ChestnutHickoryPecanVegetablesMaize(corn)Many varieties of peppers and beansSquash, PumpkinsMaple syrupHoney from native bees
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Spanish, Portugese and French
Native Americans were used as slaves by the Spanish in the southwest mines, but English colonies did not use Native Americans as slaves. The first African American slave arrived in 1619 to the Virginia colonies.