People in America wanted slaves primarily for economic reasons, as enslaved labor was crucial for the agricultural economy, particularly in the Southern states where crops like cotton, tobacco, and rice required intensive labor. Slavery provided a cheap and readily available workforce, allowing plantation owners to maximize profits without incurring significant labor costs. Additionally, the social and racial hierarchies of the time justified the exploitation of enslaved people, reinforcing a system that benefited the wealthy elite while dehumanizing those enslaved.
many people settled in america, but most of them were french, english, and Spanish & there slaves.
9.4 to 12 million people.
No there was not, It was all Black people
Portuguese
Yes, there were people who came from Africa to the Americas that were not sold as slaves. While the exact number is hard to determine, more people from Africa came to America as slaves rather than as free men.
many people settled in america, but most of them were french, english, and Spanish & there slaves.
to be their slaves
9.4 to 12 million people.
Slaves were brought to the colonies.
No there was not, It was all Black people
Portuguese
13,000
Yes, there were people who came from Africa to the Americas that were not sold as slaves. While the exact number is hard to determine, more people from Africa came to America as slaves rather than as free men.
The Confedracy, the people who slaves not banned, and the Union, the people who want slaves banned
people where not taken and just sold as slaves in America they where sold off in there own country by there own people so it was not all the white people in the slavery era.. and yes it was the African Americans.
West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade
The British (English) settlers brought the first African American slaves over. In fact, they where the only people who brought African American slaves over to America.