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Why did the Europeans need more slaves in the 1500s and 1600s?

The europeans wanted to make more money out of the americas.


Why wasn't there a large amount of slaves in the new England colonies?

cause they did not need them


The African slave trade began?

The African slave trade was started by the Portuguese around the year 1530. A very small number of slaves were used to tend to the sugar plantations that were being set up in the Caribbean in areas such as Barbados, Jamaica and Cuba. The need for slaves was great because the Europeans had a very hard time getting the indigenous people of these areas to work, and because the pathogens the Europeans brought with them were detrimental to the indigenous people. The need for slaves greatly increased after the 1650's.


How did the European diseases in the Americas create the slave trades?

The Europeans gave the Native Americans the deadly diseases. Since the Native Americans were not Immune to the diseases the died off. This caused the Europeans to need more Slaves. So They brought African slaves on a ship called the Middle passage creating the slave trade. They traded the slaves in Asia, Europe...Erect.


Why did the europeans trade in slaves?

Europeans traded in slaves because this was a free source of labor. They did not need to do the strenuous work by making their slaves do it for them, so it was on a high demand. If you had to clear 100 acres of forest land, and one acre clearing would take 15 to 20 years, would you rather do it yourself or have someone else do it? I would go with the latter. Slaves were first indentured servants and then became slaves. I would tell you the whole story, but that would dwell on a different question.


Why did the Europeans need to bring African slave over to work the plantations?

Europeans brought African slaves to work on plantations because native populations were decimated by diseases brought by Europeans and were not sufficient in number or adapted to the harsh working conditions. Africans were seen as a readily available and exploitable labor source due to the Atlantic slave trade.


Who had it wosrt Holocaust victims or slaves?

A large proportion of the Holocaust victims were slaves. If you are meaning to compare to American slaves; you need to know that American slaves though treated poorly were actually treated better than most slaves in history, including people who were slaves under Nazi Germany.


How did the europeans justify slaves from Africa?

Europeans justified the enslavement of Africans through racist ideologies that portrayed Africans as inferior and in need of "civilizing." They also argued that slavery was necessary for economic prosperity and that Africans were better off as slaves in European colonies. These justifications helped perpetuate the transatlantic slave trade and the brutal exploitation of Africans for centuries.


How did disease contribute to the slave trade?

The Europeans gave the Native Americans the deadly diseases. Since the Native Americans were not Immune to the diseases the died off. This caused the Europeans to need more Slaves. So They brought African slaves on a ship called the Middle passage creating the slave trade. They traded the slaves in Asia, Europe...Erect.


What did the Africans need from the Europeans?

Africans needed manufactured goods such as textiles, firearms, and metal tools from Europeans in exchange for their raw materials like gold, ivory, and slaves. This trade relationship ultimately led to European colonization of Africa and exploitation of its resources.


What did the plantation economy that developed in the South need in order to thrive?

large areas of land and slave labor


Why the south need slaves?

Because they had large farms and needed workers to work and collect the crops with no or little pay