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The First slaves were the African Americans.
The first slaves in the new world were actually the native peoples of the colonized area. When the Europeans arrived in the late 15th century, the native population was considered to be less than human and therefore to be used however the 'superior' colonists needed. However, the Europeans also brought diseases that were to prove disasterously virulent among the natives who had no natural immunity. As the native population began dieing of the illnesses brought from Europe and attempting to fight or escape the ever increasing number of intruders, the Portuguese and Spanish began importing black Africans to do the work that the Indians had been forced to do. Slavery had been going on throughout the known world for as long as people had been in existence, conquerors subjugating the conquered, so it was a normal progression to transport it to the new world when the native people no longer could or would surrender to the invading Europeans.
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∙ 15y agoin 1619 the first Africans (about 20) arrived on a Dutch vessel to the chesapeake Bay (Massachusetts)but they were not treated as slaves but as indentured servants. === ===
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What colony first imported slaves in 1619?
Virginia
Which colony imported slaves first in 1619?
Virginia
What was the first American colony to have a black majority largely due to an economy based on the production of rice by slaves?
South carolia
What is a maroon colony?
A village built by escaped slaves.
Where were slaves imported in the north colonies?
Slaves were imported into every colony in what would become the United States.
What colony first used slaves?
Virginia
What was the first English colony to receive slaves?
Virginia
What colony did the first mass influx of slave populate?
Carolina was the colony that was populated by the first mass influx of slaves.
What colony first imported slaves in 1619?
Virginia
Which colony did the first mass influx of slaves populate?
slave
What was the first colony to stop importing slaves?
Rhode Island
Where were the first slaves in America?
The first slaves in America were brought to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to help grow tobacco.
Did the colony of Maine have slaves?
Yes, Maine was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and did have slaves during the colonial period. However, the number of slaves was significantly lower compared to other regions in the United States at that time. Maine eventually abolished slavery in 1820 when it became a state.
Where were African slaves first brought to work?
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!
What is a slave colony?
A colony of slaves.
Which colony imported slaves first in 1619?
Virginia
When was the first African slaves brought to Jamestown colony by a dutch trader?
1619?
