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!
No. The Slavic people were first used as slaves. The word "slave" derives from the name "Slavic".
Other Africans.
The first African slaves were brought to Española (now part of the Dominican Republic and Haiti) in 1502. The Spanish crown authorized the importation of enslaved Africans to work on plantations and in mines, as the indigenous population had drastically declined due to disease and exploitation. This marked the beginning of a significant African presence in the Caribbean and laid the groundwork for the transatlantic slave trade.
1502 First enslaved Africans in the Americas- 1888Abolition of slavery in Brazil.
First Africans brought to America on 1619 where was the colonial American times.
The British (English) settlers brought the first African American slaves over. In fact, they where the only people who brought African American slaves over to America.
They had no status, and were brought to America as slaves.
I'm guessing slaves but I'm not sure
Africans came to the western hemisphere not as slaves at first. They came as indentured servants. However, it was believed to be 1619 when the Africans were brought as slaves from the western part of Africa.
West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade
The first 20 Africans brought to America as slaves were brought here in 1619. They were brought the colony of Jamestown, in Virginia. It is believed that, similar to indentured servants, they were freed after a certain amount of time.
The first slave arrived in the colonies in 1619 and was brought to work. As the colonies grew more slaves were needed to do the work.
I think they may have been brought over as slaves
Portuguese
1619 they were brought into jamestown
The first Africans arrived in North America as slaves through the transatlantic slave trade, which forcibly brought millions of Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. They were brought by European colonizers to work on plantations and in other industries.