0
The one-word answer is Greed. After the Spanish colonials killed off so many Native Americans that there were not enough to man the mines and sugar cane plantations, they decided to import slave labor to fill the void and Africa was seen as the best source of free labor. The English followed suit when the American colonies needed a free workforce for tobacco and indigo, but the need really boomed when the Deep South started farming cotton.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why did European traders want slaves from west Africa?
They needed slaves to work on plantations
Which European country was first to import slaves?
the dutch
How did the West African slave traders obtain the slaves they sold to European?
they captured them in war
How did the European traders capture slaves in west Africa?
In most cases, European traders did not capture slaves. West African nation states controlled the regions from which most slaves were abducted; thus Europeans had very limited access to people beyond the coast. As in Europe, African states were sometimes engaged in war, which produced captives, some of whom were kept in a form of indigenous African servitude. After the arrival of Europeans, tribal chieftains began to trade such captives of war, along with other goods. As the American plantation system grew into a highly lucrative enterprise, so did the demand for chattel slaves (human property). Gradually, Europeans became aggressive participants in the abduction of slaves and played a dominant role in organizing slave-raiding parties whose business it was to the capture other Africans in exchange for European goods--weapons, liquor, beads, cloth, etc. European traders then transported victims to the Americas as "merchandise," making a profit on human misery.
Who sold the slaves to the Europeans?
For the most part, slaves were sold to European traders by slave traders. These were people who bought and sold slaves just like any other commodity. But they were not just any slaves they got paid a little bit for there work
Why was there a demand for slaves among European countries?
The European has demand for slave it is because of the wines and guns that Africagave them.
Why did European demand for African slaves increase in the 1600s?
It increased because it did!
In the sixteenth century the market for African slaves grew dramatically as a result of?
the rising European demand for sugar cane.
Machine that increased the demand for slaves?
the machine thAT increased the demand for slaves was the cotton gin
What are 3 ways in which africans bacame slaves?
African slavery was initially fueled by the demand for labor in European colonies in the Americas. European powers actively engaged in the transatlantic slave trade, capturing Africans from their homelands and transporting them as slaves to work on plantations and in mines. Some African societies participated in the enslavement of rival communities, selling captives to European slave traders. These societies often engaged in warfare and used captured individuals as a form of currency or to strengthen their own labor force. European traders also relied on African intermediaries and African slave traders who captured and sold enslaved Africans to them. These African intermediaries profited from the slave trade and facilitated the capture and transportation of slaves to European slave traders.
What happened as the demand for slaves grew?
people had less slaves
Why did Black Africans get taken to America to be slaves?
Black Africans were taken to America to be slaves primarily due to the demand for labor in the European colonies. Europeans sought to exploit the abundant natural resources in the Americas, such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton, and needed a large and cheap workforce. Slavery was seen as a profitable and efficient means of fulfilling this labor demand. Additionally, the transatlantic slave trade was fueled by racist ideologies that dehumanized Africans and justified their enslavement.
What key factor fueled competition between European countries for colonies in America?
Hshxbx
Who made slaves available to European traders?
The Portuguese made slaves available to European traders.by doing something
Why was there such a demand for slaves in America?
Free labor.
How many slaves were the British able to transport to the Americas when the demand for slaves was the highest?
650
Why was there a high demand for slave labor in the Carolinas?
growing rice required much labor,so the demand for slaves increased.
