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African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for what?
African slaves were brought to America to work for free and make a profit for their masters. They were also used to entertain, amuse and do whatever their master commanded them to do.
What effect did the discovery of tobacco as a cash crop in Virginia have on the colony's labor supply?
The discovery of tobacco as cash crop in Virginia made the colonies labor supply grow. Indentured servants were first brought in to work the fields but soon after that slaves from Africa were used.
What were enslaved Africans brought to America to supply labor for?
Cotton plantations in the South (field work) and also to be house servants in the wealthy plantation owners' houses.
What did the colony do to supply laborers for the plantation feilds?
I have no clue, i think got slaves to do the work
Why were all slaves only black and not white?
Historically speaking, the notion that slaves are black is highly inaccurate. Slavery existed for virtually all of human existence. In most cases, it consisted of captured peoples from wars; thus, slaves were of whatever race a civilization conquered. Starting around the Age of Exploration (1200 A.D and after), the practice of slavery began to specialize - no longer were most slaves used as general-purpose labor, but, rather, they became strictly agricultural workers. This happened for a variety of economic reasons. With the European dominance of trade and conquest during the Age of Exploration, new agricultural opportunities arose in the New World, which created a massive demand for slaves to work these farms. For practical reasons, the European conquerors looked for where they could find the easiest and cheapest supply of slaves. It turns out, Western and Sub-Saharan Africa fit those requirements, where weak local governments were able to be coerced by the much-stronger Europeans to supply slaves (usually from inter-tribal warfare). However, indigenous Central and South American populations were also extensively exploited for slaves. Thus, the cheapest sources of slaves happened to be places where the peoples were either black or Native American. So, for the "Golden Age of Slavery" (mostly, 1500-1800), Europeans imported slaves from Africa to the New World, and also enslaved many indigenous American natives. In the United States, slaves were black, as the Native American population was quickly killed off or expelled westward, making them unavailable for exploitation as slaves (not to mention the population density of North American natives was radically lower than Central/South American natives). Black Africans were imported by the primarily Northern European powers which dominated North America; the Spanish and Portugese, who dominated Central and South America, and who were the prime users of native populations as slaves there, had little hold over North America, and did not import Native Americans there as slaves. The result of all this is that Europeans, being the more technologically and socially advanced cultures at the time, dominated (and enslaved) the weaker African and New World cultures. Europeans were "white", while Western/Sub-Saharan Africans were black. Thus, slavery in (what became) the United States was black, not white or brown.
What were the African slaves brought to the Americas to supply labor for?
African slaves were brought to America to work for free and make a profit for their masters. They were also used to entertain, amuse and do whatever their master commanded them to do.
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for what?
African slaves were brought to America to work for free and make a profit for their masters. They were also used to entertain, amuse and do whatever their master commanded them to do.
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply what kind of labor?
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for agriculture, mining, and other industries that required large amounts of manual work.
Originally African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for the?
sugarcane plantations
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for?
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply cheap and forced labor for agricultural industries, such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton plantations. They were also used in mining and other industries to help the European colonies in the Americas prosper economically.
What effect did the discovery of tobacco as a cash crop in Virginia have on the colony's labor supply?
The discovery of tobacco as cash crop in Virginia made the colonies labor supply grow. Indentured servants were first brought in to work the fields but soon after that slaves from Africa were used.
Where did the slaves first come from?
though slavery was around in some form for most of recorded history, the first slaves in America came from Africa's Gold Coast. They were captured there and transported to America to supply cheap labor for the developing southern plantations.
Was west Indians slaves of England?
The West Indians are decendants of slaves who either escaped or were released from slavery in the colonies of Britain in America and the Carribean. There was no slavery in Britain at that time, but the British did capture west Africans and supply them as slaves to the plantations of these Colonies.
How did hostilities between African tribal units benefit European slave buyers?
The constant warring among African tribes resulted in many captives being taken. That meant there were always an ample supply of slaves for sale.
What did the African supply for when they were brought to the Americas?
Um. Historically...Technically African people during the colonial times of the United States region supplied free work for the Americas. That in they were brutally imprisoned, taken from Africa and forced into slavery.
How did the slave trade start?
Supply:_Kings_in_Africa_owned_slaves._Slave_were_status_symbols.">Supply: Kings in Africa owned slaves. Slave were status symbols. Demand: Expansion plantation owners in west indies/America needed a large work force. This promoted the trade. Slave catchers caught African men/women, the king made more money the trade expanded. Growth: Disaster in Africa. Prophet for people in Britain.
What were enslaved Africans brought to America to supply labor for?
Cotton plantations in the South (field work) and also to be house servants in the wealthy plantation owners' houses.
