They kept plantations to accumulate wealth.
The Spanish used captive Africans as a source of labor for tasks such as mining, agriculture, and domestic work. They were forced into slavery and treated as property by the Spanish colonizers.
To work. Due to the Great Dying there was a very small indigenous population, especially in the Caribbean, which is where most New World plantations were located. Most common plantations in the New World were sugar plantations.
the spanish got along well with the africans because they made a trade. The africans freedom for spanish plantations.
They owned plantations, mines and ranches...
plantations, slaves, and horses
Plantations began in the New World in the early 1600s. The Spanish started them first with the English, Portuguese, and Dutch following closely behind.
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They were called plantations, they grew one crop in the plantation.
They were called plantations, they grew one crop in the plantation.
They were called plantations, they grew one crop in the plantation.
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