when the europeans first came to the Americas they brought diseases which the native Americans weren't immuned to.
therefore they died and the europeans had no one to work and farm the lands.
they knew that africans had immunity so they enslaved them and brought them to the Americas.
another reason native Americans died was because the europeans had guns and were in constant warfare with them.
They were brought to the Americas for slavery.
to work as slaves in farms
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
Africans.
the fact that people were sold to slave traders by there own king
As a source of labor
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
in what ways did enslaved Africans create their own unique culture in the Americas
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
1492
Enslaved Africans were taken from the "Rice Coast" of Gambia and Sierra Leone. Rice was little known in the Americas at this time, and was a lucrative business in the Lowland areas.
They were brought to the Americas for slavery.
Spain
Triangular trade
Enslaved Africans were brought to Cuba to be sold to American plantation owners. These plantation owners would use the slaves to farm their land.
They were looking for someone to work the land for them.