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Planters in the Americas began to use africans slaves for labor because?
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∙ 12y ago
European diseases wiped out much of the indigenous labor force.
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Marley Gee
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∙ 12y agoSlave labor is cheaper than hiring employees. Cheap labor means bigger profits.
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∙ 7y agoThe tribal leaders in Africa were glad to make money and they probably got rid of what they saw as trouble makers. Africa didn't have large countries that were under central rule, either.
Tony Heredia
How was latin America's culture impacted by the African slave trade?
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∙ 12y agoaztecs refused to work on plantations
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What is the estimated total number of Africans forcibly brought as slaves to all of the Americas?
About 10 million.
What major role did West Africans play in the European settlement of the Americas?
The West Africans contributed significantly to the European settlement of the Americas, but not of their free will. Most of them were brought here as slaves to be sold to owners of plantations or as house servants.
How did the planters in the spanish West Indies treat their slaves?
Crappy.
Southern planters considered their slaves to be?
A) children who required constant supervsion
What are 3 major reasons why slavery began in Africa?
First, Afrricans were immune to most european diseases. Second, Africans had no friends or family in the Americas to help them resist or escape. Third, enslaved Africans offered a permanent source of labor. -Even their children could be held as slaves.- Fourth, many Africans had worked on farms in their native lands.
Was the Native Americas used as slaves in North America's?
They were but they did not make good slaves. The purchace of Africans from the Africans gave better slaves.
Why were Africans brought to the Americas?
to work as slaves in farms
Who settled in the Americas first africans or Europeans?
Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves
Why did the Spanish begin bringing Africans to the Americas?
The Spanish brought Africans to the Americas to meet the increasing demand for labor in the colonies, particularly in industries like sugar cane plantations. They initially relied on indigenous populations for labor, but turned to African slaves due to their resistance to subjugation and high mortality rates from diseases brought by the Europeans.
Why did Europeans import Africans to the Americas?
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
What factors led planters to use the labor of enslaved africans?
There are many reasons why many groups and nationalities have been used as slaves throughout time. Africans were only one of many examples because throughout time whites also enslaved whites. Africans still enslave Africans. The American experience is only one of many times slaves have been used in history and today. Initially few enslaved Africans were used in the Americas. It was the expansion of the sugar industry in Barbados and the Leeward islands that led to the large scale use of enslaved Africans by planters. Initially white British indentured labour was used. The Dutch first started the trade but once the British got involved they were able to better organize the trade sending ships back and forth between England, Africa and the Americas, known as the triangular trade. As a result the price of slaves dropped and planters turned to this cheap source of labour. Hence in a nutshell, the reasons for the use of enslaved Africans by planters in the Americas was simply that it was a cheap form of labour. By the time the mainland colonies started to used enslaved Africans as labour, the trade was well organised by the British and the price of slaves was significantly reduced to make slave labour viable. Not that Africans were only slaves in the "New World". Some Black Americans owned slaves. Slavery was also not limited to the southern states either. There were states in the north during the civil war that owned slaves throughout the entire war. It was not until several months after the civil war ended that slavery finally became illegal.
Why can't Muslims be slaves?
Many of the Africans taken to the Americas as slaves were Muslims, so Muslims can be (or at least were) slaves.
European traders sent africans to the Americas to?
work as slaves on plantations
Why planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for labor?
aztecs refused to work on plantations
Why did planters in the Americas start using African slaves?
Planters in the Americas started using African slaves primarily due to the labor-intensive nature of cultivating crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton. African slaves were seen as a readily available source of cheap labor, and their prior experience in agriculture made them well-suited for the demanding work required on plantations. Economic factors and the perceived racial hierarchy of the time also played a role in justifying the use of African slaves for labor.
Why did Europeans import enslaved Africans to the Americas?
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
What were reasons for European colonists to buy Africans for slave labor?
European colonists bought Africans for slave labor due to the need for cheap labor to cultivate cash crops, such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton, in the colonies. Africans were seen as physically capable and resistant to diseases like malaria, making them desirable as laborers. The transatlantic slave trade also provided economic benefits to European merchants and planters.
