Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
The offspring of Africans and Europeans in the Americas are commonly referred to as Creoles or Mulattos.
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They were looking for someone to work the land for them.
when the europeans first came to the Americas they brought diseases which the native Americans weren't immuned to. therefore they died and the europeans had no one to work and farm the lands. they knew that africans had immunity so they enslaved them and brought them to the Americas. another reason native Americans died was because the europeans had guns and were in constant warfare with them.
the English and french, they went together but on different ships.
the English and french, they went together but on different ships.
Europeans had started huge sugar and tobacco plantations in the Americas. They needed large numbers of workers for these plantations, and slavery was one way to get them