convicted prisoners .
Why did Spain turn to Africa to provide labor for its Americas Colonies?
To provide labor for the colonies.
Plantations
Groups that were sent to colonies against their will to provide free labor included All of these.A convicted criminalsB poor peopleC young boysD young maidensE indentured servantsF skilled workersG slaves
It is playing one labor group against the other. Basically, management saying to Labor Group A, "Labor Group B will do it for less money, so you must take a pay cut or else I will shift the work to them."
first labor group
In 1700, the second largest group in terms of population in the American colonies were the enslaved Africans, particularly in the Southern colonies. They were primarily used for labor on plantations, significantly contributing to the agricultural economy. The largest group at that time were free European settlers, predominantly of English, Scottish, and Irish descent.
Southern Colonies.
Slave labor
In the American colonies growing cotton depended on slave labor
When speaking about the British-American colonies, the ones in the Southern part of their colonies grew cotton and tobacco for export and domestic use. The labor of African Black slaves worked the fields.
Could the colonies labor problem have been solved without slavery?