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Where were African slaves first brought to work?

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!


Where were Africans first used as slaves?

No. The Slavic people were first used as slaves. The word "slave" derives from the name "Slavic".


Who were the first people to capture African slaves and sell them?

Other Africans.


When were the first African slaves brought to espa and ntildeola?

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.


Who were the first to import African slaves?

The first recorded importation of African slaves to the Americas occurred in 1619 when a Dutch ship brought a group of enslaved Africans to Virginia. However, the transatlantic slave trade was primarily driven by European colonial powers, such as Spain, Portugal, England, and France, who established systems for the mass importation of enslaved Africans to work on plantations and in mines throughout the Americas. The practice expanded significantly over the following centuries, leading to millions of Africans being forcibly transported across the Atlantic.

Related Questions

When did slaves get to America?

First Africans brought to America on 1619 where was the colonial American times.


Who was the first to bring africans to America as slaves?

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.


What describes the legal status of the first Africans to arrive in the colonies of north America?

They had no status, and were brought to America as slaves.


The first Africans brought to North America were sold as?

I'm guessing slaves but I'm not sure


When were most slaves brought to North America?

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.


What group of people came to America against their will?

West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade


When did English colonists buy 20 blacks to serve as slaves at the beginning of slavery in America?

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.


Why were the enslaved africans brought to America between 1492-1867?

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.


The First Africans who came to the United states were?

I think they may have been brought over as slaves


Who were the first people to bring africans to America as slaves?

Portuguese


How did the first africans find themselves on the north American continent?

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.


When where the slaves first brought to America?

1619 they were brought into jamestown