As early as 1550 the Spanish brought slaves to Mexico . It is estimated that 12 million people were enslaved and were part of the early economics of the New Worlds.
servants and African slaves.
To help the pioneers do work (for slavery).
The first slave arrived in 1609.
As early as 1550 the Spanish brought slaves to Mexico . It is estimated that 12 million people were enslaved and were part of the early economics of the New Worlds. They were needed to do the labor.
Slaves were brought to the New World when the Triangle Trade came around. Africa sent slaves to America and England in return for the imports that Africa got from them.
servants and African slaves.
To help the pioneers do work (for slavery).
It was African slaves who were brought to the New World in 1619 to be sold to settlers. Specifically, they were brought to Jamestown, which was an English settlement in Virginia.
The first group of African slaves in the Americas and Caribbean region were brought by the Portuguese in the early 16th century. Portugal's initial involvement in the transatlantic slave trade set the foundation for the widespread forced labor system that followed.
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Voodoo came to New Orleans with the black African slaves.
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The first slave arrived in 1609.
As early as 1550 the Spanish brought slaves to Mexico . It is estimated that 12 million people were enslaved and were part of the early economics of the New Worlds. They were needed to do the labor.
Slaves were brought to the New World from Africa primarily through the transatlantic slave trade. They were captured by African slave traders and then sold to European slave traders who transported them across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. This brutal system of forced labor lasted for several centuries, resulting in millions of Africans being enslaved in the New World.
1500s
The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!