Plantation owners acquired slaves from Africa to provide cheap labor for their plantations, as they could exploit the forced labor of enslaved individuals for economic gain. Slavery allowed plantation owners to increase their agricultural output and profits.
Slaves from Africa were often preferred over indigenous slaves because they were viewed as better suited for agricultural labor due to their experience in farming and working in tropical climates. Additionally, African slaves were more resistant to diseases like malaria that were prevalent in the Caribbean and Americas, making them more valuable to plantation owners.
Plantation owners preferred African slaves over indentured servants because slaves were seen as a more permanent and cost-effective labor source. Slaves were considered property for life, providing long-term labor stability, while indentured servants worked for a defined period before gaining freedom. Additionally, racial prejudices and laws made it easier to control and subjugate African slaves compared to European indentured servants.
European traders, African chiefs who profited from selling slaves, and plantation owners in the Americas who relied on slave labor all benefited from triangular trade.
goods, slaves, and commodities between Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries. Europe sent manufactured goods to Africa, where they were exchanged for slaves who were then transported to the Americas to work on plantations. The products from the plantations, such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton, were then sent back to Europe.
Africans were chosen to become slaves primarily because of their physical ability to withstand the harsh conditions of plantation labor, their perceived inferiority by European colonizers, and their vulnerability due to political instability and conflicts in Africa. The transatlantic slave trade further perpetuated the demand for African labor in the Americas.
American plantation owners wanted cheap labour
Ships from Europe would buy slaves from other slave owners in Africa (YES there were slave owners in Africa!) and then transport them into docks in southern states bordering the Atlantic. There owners from the States could buy or trade them.
most slaves were controled by plantation owners
Yeomen did not own slaves and were poor while plantation owners were rich and owned many slaves.
plantation owners mostly
they played with the slaves when the were little and as they grew older (if the dad didn't have a son) they would own the slaves and the plantation
Yeomen did not own slaves and were very poor, while plantation owners had many slaves and were rich.
Plantation owners supported and propagated racism to justify owning people as slaves.
Plantation owners supported and propagated racism to justify owning people as slaves.
Plantation owners were usually the most wealthy people in their area so they did tend to own the most land and slaves
no. Because they had overseers and the plantation owners would usually check or guard the plantation.
they used the slaves as they were instruckted to