What made trade in slaves desirable for Africans? They got money.
Civilization in the Caribbean did not begin with the Europeans. Indigenous people lived in the Caribbean long before the arrival of the Europeans. If anything, the Europeans are responsible for the diversity of races in the Caribbean.
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The discoveries of diamonds in 1867 and gold in 1886 in South Africa increased Europeans interest in colonizing the continent
after WWII
15th Century A+
15th
They needed workers and indentured servants didn’t work out. Anyone who was African was a slave so it was very easy to know where they were.
It came from African slaves
Portuguese and Spanish began trading African slaves in the 15th century as part of the transatlantic slave trade to meet the labor demands of their colonies in the Americas. They found that African slaves were more resistant to diseases and could endure the intense labor conditions in plantations better than indigenous populations. This ultimately led to the establishment of a lucrative trade network, driven by economic interests and the desire to exploit African labor.
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.
Probably when African slaves were brought to Jamaica, in the mid-1600's.
Indigenous populations in the Americas had been devastated by European diseases.
http://Islam.about.com/od/history/a/afammuslims.htm Via slavery of Muslim African slaves!
they needed cheap labor for their american colonies
What factors led the Europeans to begin to begin their voyages of exploration?
The Spanish brought Africans to the Americas to meet the increasing demand for labor in the colonies, particularly in industries like sugar cane plantations. They initially relied on indigenous populations for labor, but turned to African slaves due to their resistance to subjugation and high mortality rates from diseases brought by the Europeans.
The earliest interaction between Europeans and Africans would have been in trade. Specifically empires like Egypt traded with the Roman Empire. Oil, spices, gold and slaves were traded between the two continents. When the Europeans began colonizing the Americas, the most desired commodity became human slaves.