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Which European country was the first to ship African slaves to the Americas?
Portugal
Why did Europeans import enslaved Africans to the Americas?
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
What country in Latin America was the first to import slaves?
Portugal did, as it opened the first slave market in Europe in 1441. After conquering the Americas, many indigenous people died of smallpox and other European-brought diseases. Due to a lack of slave labor, Portugal and Spain started to 'import' slaves from Africa.
People who worked as slaves on sugar plantations in the Caribbean brought to the Americas from what continent?
people who worked on the sugar plantation who were brought to the Americas were brought from the continent of AFRICA. signed : WESLEY ISAACS
Which European country was the first to engage in the slave trade in Central Africa?
The first country to use African people as slaves were the Portuguese. In 1441, two Captains of Portuguese ships, names unknown, took 12 slaves from Africa and brought them back to Portugal as slaves. Other countries followed such as Britain, Spain, Netherlands and France. Hope it helps.
