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What goods did Europeans provide the African chiefs to obtain slaves?
During the era where Europeans began the slave trade in earnest, slaves from Black Africa were sometimes obtained by providing a Tribal chief with European products that were unobtainable for most African people. In some cases gold and silver were used to have a Tribal chief provide slaves to the slave traders.
Which region had an economy based on cotton production and slavery?
The south had an economy built on cotton and slaves. Then when the cotton gin came into the picture the slaves were used less because of the gin worked faster than the slaves and so the demand in slaves dropped dramatically.
How did the white South intransigence open the way for congressional military reconstruction?
The south wanted to deny the freed slaves civil rights. They used violence against the slaves, as well as southern Union supporters. The south passed the "black codes" to try and control the blacks. They are stubborn and refuse to allow the slaves to simply pack up and go, leaving southerners with no one to cultivate their plantations and keep their economy working smoothly.
What is one reason that the american revolution led to the emancipation of slaves in the north but not the south?
The American Revolution did not emancipate any slaves, it was northern states who individually chose to emancipate slaves. In the South, slaves were used to farm massive properties. Thomas Jefferson, one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence, written to declare the American States free of English rule, owned many slaves.
How did slaves in the south contribute to the war?
In the early part of the US Civil War, the Confederacy made good use of its slaves. Because the South's number of available men for troops were far less than the North, the South used slaves to accompany their armies and do the manual work that was doe by soldiers in the North. So carrying ammunition, driving supply carts and cooking food, was done with slaves. This allowed the South to use its white manpower as soldiers. Also, before the North began to make serious inroads in the South, farming duties were carried out by slaves. In the North, free workmen were used and therefore left fewer men for the North's armies.
Europeans used slaves to?
Europeans used slaves to develop land as laborers.
Who first used Africans as slaves?
Europeans
Why were Africans used as slaves instead of Native Americans?
the native Americans were on reservations or had moved West. They were not available in the South.
Why did europeans need such a large number of slaves?
because they used slaves to take care of their families
Who did the Spanish enslave after they conquered North and South America?
Spain used the natives until 1542, when encomienda was abolished and African slaves were used instead.
What states was used for breeding slaves?
It was manly the south that had slaves.
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 goods did europeans change for slaves?
The history of Europeans performing slave trade activities last many centuries. During this period, tribal Chieftains and other Africans often took manufactured goods from Europeans in exchange for slaves. Often gold and silver were also precious metals used to buy slaves. Some slaves, however, were actually kidnapped. There is no precise record of what was bartered or funds paid to obtain slaves.
What were reasons that slaves were used in the South?
In the south, slaves were used mainly for farming. The southern colonies' staple crop was rice. The middle colonies' staple crop was tobacco.
Was slaves allowed in the Battle of Shiloh?
no they werent because the north and a south had a gentlemans agreement that if the south used their slaves the fight would be unfair and the south would win
How much were slaves used in South Carolina?
about two thirds
Who used cheap labor in the south?
rich people or slaves
