The African slave trade was started by the Portuguese around the year 1530. A very small number of slaves were used to tend to the sugar plantations that were being set up in the Caribbean in areas such as Barbados, Jamaica and Cuba. The need for slaves was great because the Europeans had a very hard time getting the indigenous people of these areas to work, and because the pathogens the Europeans brought with them were detrimental to the indigenous people. The need for slaves greatly increased after the 1650's.
When the Arab slave trade and the Atlantic trade began, many local slave systems changed and began supplying captives for slave markets outside of Africa.
Slavery began in the Virginia Colony in 1619.
The slave trade in America began in August 1619, when a Dutch privateer dropped anchor on the coasts of Virginia, landing and selling twenty "black servants" to the local dwellers.
On a ship. The conquistadors brought horses with them. (Horses are not native to the Americas.)
african slave trade was a horrible time
Portuguese.
Prince John Henry
The African slave trade started in the 1500's because of the need for laborers in Spain's American Empire.
When the Arab slave trade and the Atlantic trade began, many local slave systems changed and began supplying captives for slave markets outside of Africa.
Slavery began in the Virginia Colony in 1619.
Portuguese during the 1400's
Arab Muslims and Europeans began trading these slaves.
The slave trade in America began in August 1619, when a Dutch privateer dropped anchor on the coasts of Virginia, landing and selling twenty "black servants" to the local dwellers.
ivory coast
The African diaspora began with the transatlantic slave trade, where millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homelands and transported to the Americas to be enslaved. This mass movement of people spread African culture, traditions, and heritage across the world.
african slave trade was a horrible time
On a ship. The conquistadors brought horses with them. (Horses are not native to the Americas.)