Over ten million.
12 million
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
Most of the people the Europeans brought over to the New World as slaves were West Africans from the central an western part of Africa. This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.
Europeans forced millions of Africans to work as slaves in the New World. They were captured from various regions of Africa and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations, mines, and in other forms of labor in the Americas. This brutal and exploitative system of slavery played a significant role in the economic development of European colonies in the New World.
No, Europeans were not the first to trade Africans as slaves. The practice of slavery existed in various forms within African societies long before European involvement, with some African states engaging in the capture and trade of slaves among themselves. However, the transatlantic slave trade initiated by Europeans in the 15th century significantly expanded the scale and brutality of slavery, as millions of Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas for labor. This trade would have lasting impacts on African societies and the world.
12 million
The journey of Africans who were brought as slaves to the Americas is known as the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This was a brutal and inhumane system where millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homelands and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves in the New World.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
The Spanish used captive Africans for forced labor in their colonies, primarily in agriculture, mining, and domestic service. Africans were also used as slaves to generate wealth and resources for the Spanish Empire.
because yes
They feel as if they werent part of the world and they were slaves
European colonizers, particularly Portuguese and Spanish explorers, were among the first to suggest and implement the use of Africans as slaves during the transatlantic slave trade in the 15th century. As demand for labor in the New World grew, European powers authorized the capture and forced labor of Africans to work on plantations and in mines.
Slavery is reprehensible to all sensible people at all times. However, the fact that Africans kept slaves, and bought and sold slaves, and rounded up slaves to trade to Europeans helps us understand the fact that slavery was permitted in nearly every part of the world.
1500s
Spain was the first European country to import African slaves to the Americas. After Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, the Spanish started bringing Africans as slave labor for their plantations and mines. Juan de Cordoba was the first Spaniard to send African slaves to the New World.
Most of the people the Europeans brought over to the New World as slaves were West Africans from the central an western part of Africa. This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.
Most of the people the Europeans brought over to the New World as slaves were West Africans from the central an western part of Africa. This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.