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Africans were involved in the transatlantic slave trade, capturing people from rival tribes or through warfare and selling them to European slave traders in exchange for goods or money. This trade was facilitated by the demand for labor in the Americas for agricultural work, leading to millions of Africans being forcibly taken from their homes and sent into slavery.

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Why did the plantation owners look to enslave the Africans for labor?

Plantation owners sought to enslave Africans for labor due to the demand for cheap and abundant labor to work in the fields. The transatlantic slave trade provided a steady supply of enslaved Africans to meet this demand, allowing plantation owners to maximize their profits from crops like sugar, cotton, and tobacco. The system of slavery also provided social, economic, and political power to the plantation owners.


What were the reasons why southern planters chose to enslaved africans on their plantions?

Southern planters chose to enslave Africans on their plantations primarily because they needed a large, inexpensive labor force to cultivate cash crops like tobacco, rice, and cotton. Enslaved Africans were viewed as a source of cheap and controllable labor, making them preferable to indentured servants or European laborers. Additionally, the transatlantic slave trade provided a steady supply of enslaved people to meet the growing demand for labor in the Americas.


Why did they refer to the africans as robust?

They refered to the Africans as robust because before they enslaved Africans, they tried to enslave Native Americans; but things did not work out very well. The Native Americans were not very strong and neither were their immune systems. They got sick very often from the foreignors and died in great numbers. Afterwhich the Europeans looked for other people, more reliable people. They looked to Africa, and saw how the people were strong, healthy, hearty, and vigorous (robust).


Why did the Spanish enslave Africans?

The main reason was that Native Americans died in numbers that were too high (especially in the Caribbean) to become a viable labor force. The Spaniards were aware of the method of enslavement from Islamic Spanish States which had Black African slaves and knew the quality of those slaves. Therefore, it was logical to enslave Africans to build the colonial enterprise. The idea that slavery is fundamentally wrong is entirely modern.


Why did they use African Americans as slaves instead of europeans?

because europeans were mostly Christians, and it was thought to be wrong for one christian to enslave another. Africans were not Christians (and in some quarters it was believed they had no souls) so making them into slaves was permitted.