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Expanding European empires in the New World lacked one major resource -- a work force. In most cases the indigenous peoples had proved unreliable (most of them were dying from diseases brought over from Europe), and Europeans were unsuited to the climate and suffered under tropical diseases. Africans, on the other hand, were excellent workers: they often had experience of agriculture and keeping cattle, they were used to a tropical climate, resistant to tropical diseases, and they could be "worked very hard" on plantations or in mines. Slaves for the Trans-Atlantic slave trade were initially sourced in Senegambia and the Windward Coast. Around 1650 the trade moved to west-central Africa (the Kingdom of the Kongo and neighboring Angola).
The transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas forms the middle passage of the triangular trade. Several distinct regions can be identified along the west African coast, these are distinguished by the particular European countries who visited the slave ports, the peoples who were enslaved, and the dominant African society who provided the slaves.
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Where in the New World were the majority of African slaves sent?
The majority were off-loaded in the Caribbean islands to work on the sugar plantations.
Why did the African slaves move to American?
they were sold by the kings and queens of Africa and then brought all over the world as slaves
Where all slaves from Africa?
In early America, mostly. In the world, absolutely not. Our word "slave" comes from the world "slav," a European (white) people who were apparently taken as slaves a lot back in the day. Slaves could also be captured enemy soldiers of any nation, especially in the ancient world, when slavery was extremely common. Later on, kidnapping African tribesmen became the most profitable form of slavery.
Why were so many African Americans brought to north American as slaves?
Slavery was common in many parts of the world and people of all colors were slaves. When the US needed more slaves, the cheapest at the time were from Africa. African tribes would fight each other and sell off the captives to anyone willing to pay for them. Dutch traders would meet with the African tribes and purchase the slaves, than deliver them to whatever part of the world had the highest demand for them. At the time, the US was in a growth period and needed more labor and Africa was in a state of war and had an excess of slaves for sale.
How did Europeans get slaves before Portugal establish trading post along the west African post?
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.
The majority of African slaves coming to the New World?
Were delivered to South America and the West Indies.
Where in the New World were the majority of African slaves sent?
The majority were off-loaded in the Caribbean islands to work on the sugar plantations.
What religion were the African prior to coming to the new world as slaves?
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How many white slaves were in Africa historically?
Historically, there were relatively few white slaves in Africa compared to the large numbers of African slaves taken to other parts of the world. The majority of slaves in Africa were Africans themselves, who were enslaved and traded by various groups within the continent.
Who were Alonzo Henson Chloe spear and Josiah waddle?
Former slaves who became important in the African American business and social world
What were Africans originally when they came to America?
The majority of African Americans descend from slaves, most of whom were sold into slavery as prisoners of war by African states or kidnapped by African, Arab, European or American slave traders. The existing market for slaves in Africa was exploited and expanded by European powers in search of free labor for New World plantations.
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!
What year did slaves first arrive in the new world from Africa?
The first African slaves arrived in Hispaniola in 1501.
Why did the African slaves move to American?
they were sold by the kings and queens of Africa and then brought all over the world as slaves
Did African slaves usually enjoyed their trip from Africa to the New World?
True
Who all smokes weed in the world?
Alot of people, majority African Americans
Who were the two groups of people brought to the new world for free?
servants and African slaves.
