Why did Spain bring africans to America?

Answer 1

Initially the Spaniards intended to use the Indigenous Americans as a labor source, but a combination of Americans' inability to resist European diseases combined with the incredibly harsh work that they were put to led to vast decreases in the Indigenous American population. Current historians and anthropologists estimate that over 80% of the Indigenous American population was wiped out, especially in the Caribbean where smaller populations had prevented the development of any real disease immunities and the lack of central authority had not prepared them for arduous work. Comparatively, in the Andean Mountains and Central Mexico where the Inca and Aztec Empires had dominated, large Indigenous American populations remained, even after vast swathes were killed by disease and they were more able to deal with European labor demands because they were not much more intensive than what they had done in their previous imperial states.

However, with loss of such a numerous labor pool, the Spaniards had to import a new one. Africans had resistance to most of the same kinds of pathogens that were eviscerating the Indigenous American population and could withstand the hard work that was making short work of the natives in the Caribbean. As for why Africans were enslaved rather than convinced to come, it was cheaper to buy slaves from African Princes than to offer random Africans wages to come to the Americas and much more likely to create a consistent migration model. Spaniards did not want to learn hundreds of African languages to convince Africans to come to the colonies. If a few princes close to the water were willing to do all of the kidnapping and transfer a large quota of Africans to the Spanish on a timely basis, it was worth the enslavement.

Answer 2

Posible answers: They were forced to by decree from the Spanish crown, They knew they could resell the slaves for profit, or The Spanish government legalized the sale of slaves in the colonies.

Answer 3

The Native Americans died in record numbers (especially in the Caribbean) within decades of the Spanish arrival, primarily from foreign diseases, but also from overwork. The Spaniards needed a labor force to fill the lower rungs of the social ladder in order for the colonial expedition to be profitable. Since the enslavement of Africans was quite accepted in Spain due to the former Islamic rulers having African slaves and participating in the African Slave Trade, it was only natural for the Spaniards to expand this trade and begin to use Africans to replace the dying Natives.

The Africans also had much better resistance to both European and tropical diseases since many of these diseases had become prevalent in Africa and, like Europeans, the populations that could not handle these plagues had already been wiped out. The Native Americans had no prior exposure and the immediate genetic winnowing easily removed over fifty percent of the endemic population.

It is important to note that in places like the Andes, where the Native American population did not die off rapidly, African American slaves were not brought in. This is why Peru and Bolivia have a very small percentage of African descendants today.

Answer 4

The Native Americans died in record numbers (especially in the Caribbean) within decades of the Spanish arrival, primarily from foreign diseases, but also from overwork. The Spaniards needed a labor force to fill the lower rungs of the social ladder in order for the colonial expedition to be profitable. Since the enslavement of Africans was quite accepted in Spain due to the former Islamic rulers having African slaves and participating in the African Slave Trade, it was only natural for the Spaniards to expand this trade and begin to use Africans to replace the dying Natives.

The Africans also had much better resistance to both European and tropical diseases since many of these diseases had become prevalent in Africa and, like Europeans, the populations that could not handle these plagues had already been wiped out. The Native Americans had no prior exposure and the immediate genetic winnowing easily removed over fifty percent of the endemic population.

It is important to note that in places like the Andes, where the Native American population did not die off rapidly, African American slaves were not brought in. This is why Peru and Bolivia have a very small percentage of African descendants today.

Answer 5

because they used them for slaves because they used them for slaves

Answer 6

TheSpanishhad captured Africans and used them as slaves for labor and work that theycouldn'tafford to hire workers for. The basic answer is, to provide free labor and work.

Answer 7

The Spanish began importing enslaved Africans because they wanted to make money. The slaves were sold like cattle at an auction.

Answer 8

Africans were immune to some European diseases and experienced at European farming techniques- APEX

Answer 9

To provide labor for Spanish plantations.

Answer 10

for slaves