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Where abouts in America were slaves taken to?

caribbean islands


Why did most of the slaves shipped to the Americas ennded up in Brazil and the Caribbean islands?

Most of the slaves shipped to the Americas ended up in Brazil and the Caribbean Islands because they needed a continual influx of new slaves.


Which product brought millions of slaves to the islands of the Caribbean?

Sugar


Why is there such great variety of ethnic groups on the Caribbean islands?

Because so many people came to the Caribbean as colonists, slaves, or immigrants.


How and why were Africans brought to central America and the Caribbean islands?

They wanted to use them as slaves for plantations and labor.


Most of the slaves shipped to the Americas ended up in Brazil and the Caribbean islands because?

Most of the slaves were sent to Brazil and the Caribbean islands due to the demand for labor in sugar plantations, mines, and other industries in those regions. Brazil and the Caribbean had large agricultural enterprises that required a significant number of enslaved workers to sustain their economies. Additionally, the harsh conditions and high mortality rates meant that constant resupply of new slaves was needed in these areas.


What country brought African slaves to sugar plantations in the Caribbean islands?

European countries such as Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and England were responsible for bringing African slaves to work on sugar plantations in the Caribbean islands during the Atlantic slave trade.


Where were African slaves sent if not to Colonial America?

Many African slaves were shipped to Jamaica. Others were sent to Haiti and other Caribbean Islands. Usually, they were sent to these islands to work in the sugar cane fields. And, of course, Southern plantation owners needed slaves.


Why were southern Caribbean colonies most dependent on slave labor?

Most of the Caribbean islands were used to grow sugarcane and sugarcane is very labor intensive, as a result, large numbers of slaves were brought to the Caribbean Islands to grow and maintain sugarcane. This made the Caribbean economy heavily dependent on slave labor.


Where in the New World were the majority of African slaves sent?

The majority were off-loaded in the Caribbean islands to work on the sugar plantations.


Why did the slaves shipped to the Americas end up in Brazil and the Caribbean islands?

Because here have the Freedom Deal (Republican System)


What are the Caribbean islands made from?

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