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Africans were used as slaves for many reasons. One of them is that they had no one to stand up for them when they were kidnapped. Furthermore people with black skin were seen as not human in those days they were just seen as objects which people could use. To add to their problems they were not very advanced in weaponry and could not fight back. Members of some tribes were unreliable and betrayed their tribes by selling information to the English on the location of certain tribes. The whites were intent on using Africans as slaves as people were needed in the West Indies to do jobs. The most common job was to work on a plantation. This way the English created a triangle of trade. England gave guns and beer to the African traitors, the African traitors gave slaves to the West Indies and the West Indies gave their goods (e.g. fruit) to England.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoAfricans were considered not human because of their skin color. A trade beetween the colonies, England, and Africa was soon devoloped so everyone got what they wanted (except the African Americans). the crops were hard to farm by the colonists themselfs, so they needed extra help and africas people seemed an obvious solution, wich is very sad.
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Did the Africans have a choice in slave trade?
no
What group of people came to America against their will?
West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade
Who captured the Africans who were sold in the Atlantic slave trade?
West African slave traders
How did European contact with Africans affect the Africans?
The European contact with Africans affected the Africans mainly by the slave trade. The economy was greatly affected.
What is the name of the leg of the triangular trade route in which africans were forcibly brought to the Americas?
The leg of the triangle trade where Africans were brought to America was known as the Middle Passage.
How many Africans were brought to the western hemisphere by the Atlantic slave trade?
12 million
Who brought the africans to the northern and southern?
You mean the Americas? The slave trade of the US colonies.
How many Africans were forcefully brought to the Americas as part of the transatlantic slave trade?
Estimated about 12 million
Why is the culture of the Caribbean Islands closely tied to that of Africa?
The slave trade brought huge numbers of Africans to this region.
Why is the culture of the Caribbean island closely tied to that of Africa?
The slave trade brought huge numbers of Africans to this region.
Where the Africans the first people to live in Haiti?
No, the first people to live in Haiti were the indigenous Taíno people. Africans were brought to Haiti as slaves during the European colonization and slave trade.
Who suggested that Africans be brought to the Americas for slave labor.?
Portuguese explorers first initiated the transatlantic slave trade in the 15th century, seeking labor for their colonies in the Americas. Subsequently, other European powers including Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands also participated in the slave trade, capturing Africans and forcibly transporting them to work in the colonies.
Did the Africans have a choice in slave trade?
no
How africans contribute to Jamaica?
The Africans came to Jamaica by slave ships in the triangular trade which is from Europe- England to West Africa to the Caribbean- Jamaica. They were brought to the Caribbean by the Europeans.
What is the name of the journey of Africans who were brought as slaves?
The journey of Africans who were brought as slaves to the Americas is known as the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This was a brutal and inhumane system where millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homelands and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves in the New World.
Why did the first black people come to american?
They didn't come, they were brought. The European explorers traveled to Africa, where they began a trans-Atlantic slave trade that would bring millions of Africans to the America.
How did the Atlantic slave trade benefit the Africans?
The Atlantic slave trade did not benefit Africans. It led to the forced removal of millions of Africans from their homes, families, and communities, resulting in immense suffering, loss of life, and disruption of societies. The slave trade primarily benefited European and American slave traders, plantation owners, and industries that were built on the exploitation of enslaved Africans.
