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What was the first European country to begin importing slaves from Africa?
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What African country did slaves first come from?
Africa To improve upon the above answer. Africa is not a country but a very large continent. I do not know the first country where slaves came from, but most were from western or central Africa. Most probably came from Nigeria.
Where Did the African Slaves Originate from?
They originated from Africa.
The earliest European slave traders were from what country?
That was the Portuguese. Portugal is noted as the first modern European country to have large numbers of black slaves. As one of the major sea powers of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, Portugal also shipped and sold large numbers of African slaves to other parts of the world. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Portugal enslaved captured Muslims as Christians engaged in the Reconquista.
Were did African slaves come from?
African slaves came from the West coast of Africa - at that time there were no countries as we now know them in that area.
How were the slaves sold in the Mediterranean countries in the early African slave trade different from those sold in Persia?
Slaves sold in Mediterranean countries were generally from West Africa, while those sold in Persia were generally from East Africa.
Why did the Spanish begin importing slaves from Africa to work in the Americas beginning in the 16th century?
The Spanish began importing slaves from Africa to the Americas in the 16th century due to the labor shortage caused by diseases and harsh working conditions that led to the decline of the indigenous population. African slaves were seen as a source of cheap and skilled labor to work on plantations and in mines. This practice eventually became a key component of the transatlantic slave trade.
What was the most economic activity of the French in new France?
Importing slaves from Africa
What European country did West Africa trade with?
how to get some slaves who will work for their farms and some plant
Which European country was the first to engage in the slave trade in Central Africa?
The first country to use African people as slaves were the Portuguese. In 1441, two Captains of Portuguese ships, names unknown, took 12 slaves from Africa and brought them back to Portugal as slaves. Other countries followed such as Britain, Spain, Netherlands and France. Hope it helps.
How did the European get the slaves from Africa?
Europe got slaves from Africa by the triangular trade. Europe traded with Africa, Europe gave Africa guns, rum, gunpowder, and tools. Africa traded back with slaves
What are reason why slaves from Africa were needed in Caribbean islands?
Slaves from Africa were needed in Caribbean islands mainly for their labor to work on plantations that produced valuable crops like sugar, coffee, and tobacco. The demand for these crops created a need for cheap and abundant labor, which led to the widespread use of African slaves in the region. The transatlantic slave trade provided a constant supply of enslaved Africans to meet this demand.
Why did European traders want slaves from west Africa?
They needed slaves to work on plantations
What country are slaves from?
Mostly Africa. but they are all kinds of slaves.
The first European country to get involved in the slave trade in Africa?
The first country to use African people as slaves were the Portuguese. In 1441, two Captains of Portuguese ships, names unknown, took 12 slaves from Africa and brought them back to Portugal as slaves. Other countries followed such as Britain, Spain, Netherlands and France. .
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans from West Africa were taken to the Western Hemisphere and sold as slaves to the European colonists.
Which European country explored the west coast of Africa began trading African slaves and eventually developed a trade route to India by sailling around Africa's southern tip?
portugal
The majority of slaves forced to work on European plantations were from where?
Mainly from Africa.
