So the settlers didn't have to do most of the work.
The Spanish began using African slaves on their plantations due to a shortage of indigenous laborers caused by disease, exploitation, and resistance. African slaves were seen as a more available and cost-effective labor source for colonial agriculture.
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!
Spanish settlers primarily employed indigenous people as slaves across North and South America. The mission system throughout Baja California and the American Southwest was predicated on Indian labor. One could debate the issues of religious conversion versus enslavement, but the system was based on Indian labor. African slaves were primarily used in the British and former British colonies along the eastern seabord.
what factor caused colonists to decide to use african slaves
The Spanish began using slaves from Africa because the Native American population was declining due to diseases and harsh labor conditions. They turned to African slaves as a source of labor for their colonies in the Americas.
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Native Americans were used as slaves by the Spanish in the southwest mines, but English colonies did not use Native Americans as slaves. The first African American slave arrived in 1619 to the Virginia colonies.
they used the slaves as they were instruckted to
farming
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Bartolome de las Casas argued for the use of African slaves as a labor force in the Spanish colonies as a way to alleviate the suffering of indigenous populations. However, he later regretted this stance and advocated for the rights of Native Americans. His initial support for African slaves contributed to the growth of the African slave trade in the Americas.