This is assuming you are discussing the English colonies. Generally, Africans were imported either from the Caribbean (former slaves brought over by the Spanish) or from West Africa either to work in the Caribbean (if they were brought over from Africa) to work in the sugar cane farms or to work in the English colonies (as Native Americans were not an adequate source for extra manual labor).
Africans
Africans were skilled in the use of gates and dikes.
They were brought to the Americas for slavery.
The English benefited from the colonies. They benefited because by bringing enslaved Africans to America, they had someone to raise their profitable crops so they could be sold.They also benefited by bringing lots of enslaved Africans to the colonies and selling them for profits also.
They heavily taxed Africans living in colonies to support European industries.
The Africans were cheap laborers
for slaves
It gave Europeans a reason to treat people in colonies badlyApex
The slaves were not needed because the climate was too cold and the Africans worked better in the heat and there were more things to do for the slaves.
For slavery
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
africans were made ino enslaved africans. they were sold in the english colonies. later were sold as workers, which made the engish colonists lives much easier. the africans suffered terribly. :(
The New England Colonies
Plantations
The Africans that were enslaved in the Southern Colonies were the main workforce because the settlers did not have the endurance or skills to do the work. Africans were strong, skilled, and were able to endure the climate better than the people who enslaved them.
PeninsularesCreolesMestizosSlaves ( Indians & Africans )
Africans