Why were africans sent to work in the new world?

Answer 1

The early Spanish colonists managed to kill off huge numbers of Caribbean Native Americans through disease and by overworking them in mines. Having depleted he native populations, and needing a source of inexpensive labor, they turned to Africa and developed the slave trade.

Answer 2

The majority of African slaves went to the Americas because that's where they were deported to. They didn't get a choice or anything, that's just where there happened to be the largest demand for them. There are probably an equal number of coloured men and women in America and Europe.

Answer 3

They were slaved and that was the time of the middle passage. Africans were treated so unfairly that they gave them no food and they were locked up in the boat. Many of them died of sickness,starvation and disease.

Answer 4

The reason African Americans were initially captured and bought to labour in America was the Americans had seen many other colonisers partake in the activity and subsequently saw a chance to increase their wealth. The Americans had previously attempted to enslave Native America but this ended because the Native Americans died in great numbers from the diseases bought over by coloniser's. The slave trade then expanded rapidly due to the boost supplied to the economy. slaves were a cheap way to gain labourers to work on farms in the south and in households in the north.

Answer 5

The first African slaves in America were sold to the Portuguese by other African tribes. They were brought over to work the fields and mines of South America.