Most slaves who were sent to North America came from Africa.
The majority of African slaves were sent to the Americas, particularly to regions in the Caribbean, Brazil, and the Southern United States, to work on plantations producing labor-intensive crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton.
this is a ballpark estimation but we believe that about 500,000 were sent to north America, 5,000,000 to south America, 5,000,000 to the carribean, and 2,000,000 to Europe
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They were. The first slave arrived to the American colonies in 1619.
In the Transatlantic slave trade, slaves were sent to Brazil, the Caribbean islands, and the British colonies in North America, which later became the United States. The United States outlawed the importation of slaves in 1808.
England sent the most settlers to North America.
America sent freed slaves for the purpose of colonization to Liberia.
He never knew North America existed, but he did get to the Bahamas. When he found the Native Americans there he saw them as heathen and would make good slaves. On his second voyage he took 1200 as slaves and sent 500 to Spain.
Mainly to the Caribbean and South America (Brazil and Columbia). Very few were sent to Central America and Mexico.
Jacques cartier was sent to north amercia by the king of France
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.