No. The Slavic people were first used as slaves. The word "slave" derives from the name "Slavic".
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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!
Other Africans.
Mostly Native Americans and native cubans
1502 First enslaved Africans in the Americas- 1888Abolition of slavery in Brazil.
The forest drivers of the slaves were Africans and Arabs.The ships had an Arab skipper and an Arab equipage. The organisers of the shipping were rich Arabs.