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The Englishmen in Jamestown did not want them because they ran away every time they were captured.

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Why were Native Americans not enslaved in North America?

try researching "ethnic stratification" and you may discover why the attempt to enslave native Americans did not work as well as bringing slaves from other continents.


What effect did the british colonization have on native Americans?

well... The british planned to make Native Americans slaves before the Africans.... When this didnt work they came back and gave them blankets wich gave Native Americans Smallpox... This disease can be deadly, so more and Native Americans died off.


Why native Americans were not used as enslaves?

The Spanish tried to make them slaves for the southwestern mines, but it didn’t work very well. The missions virtually made them slaves by converting them and they didn’t allow them to leave the mission.


Was Columbus a nice person?

NO he made the native Americans be his slaves and whipped them if they didn't work fast enough


How did the invention of cotton gin affect native Americans?

After seizing lamd from Native Americans lets not forget it was slaves who was used to harvest cotton crops.


Did African Americans work on the same plantation with Native Americans?

no native Americans did not work on plantations as the blacks.


What caused Europeans to Africans over native Americans as slaves?

Native Americans were smarter than Africans. The Native Americans would have wanted to work for wages, food, shelter, and other needs. Where Africans would only ask for freedom to beleive in what ever religon that they wanted to beleive in.


Is it true that African slaves were brought to replace native American slaves who died from disease or over work?

No, the transatlantic slave trade involving African slaves was a separate and distinct historical phenomenon from the use of Native American slaves in the Americas. Africans were brought to the Americas primarily to meet the labor demands of the rapidly expanding European colonies. Native American populations did suffer greatly from disease and mistreatment by European colonizers, but the enslavement of Africans was not a direct replacement for Native American slaves.


How was Jackson's Force Bill of 1833 connected with slavery?

Jackson's Force Bill of 1833 was connected to slavery indirectly. The Force Bill allowed for Native Americans to be forced out of their homelands to make room for the Americans. Some Native Americans were then captured and forced to work as slaves.


Why were African-Americans slaves and bought?

They were slaved because since the native Americans could not handle the work because of a disease, the europeans saw that African American people could work much longer and more better.


How did Spanish colonial system of encomiendas affect Native Americans?

Because it caused them to become slaves.


In what year did slavery start in Spain?

Spain began sending African slaves to South America, where they had founded colonies, in the 1500's, or more particularly, around 1510. Before this, the Spainards in South America used the Native Americans as slaves. However, African slaves were more used to rigerous farm work and heat, so they worked longer and harder than the Native Americans.