Africa.
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
The europeans wanted to make more money out of the americas.
Europeans imported slaves to America to work the fields. They did not bring slaves over to give them freedom in the New World.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves
Africa.
to be their slaves
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
The europeans wanted to make more money out of the americas.
Europeans imported slaves to America to work the fields. They did not bring slaves over to give them freedom in the New World.
The slave trade was the reason most Europeans started to look for African colonies. Europeans made a lot of money from selling slaves.
In Britain, the chartered Royal African Company was granted a monopoly over the shipment of slaves to colonies in the Americas.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
Portuguese and Europeans wanted slaves to work in their colonies, primarily in the Americas, because they needed labor for crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton. Slaves were seen as a cheap and plentiful source of labor that could be exploited for economic gain. Additionally, the transatlantic slave trade became a profitable industry for European slave traders.
They probably were American Indians, slaves from Africa, or Europeans.