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they came in ships
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.
The first colonists were English settlers, wealthy landowners from the west indies, and enslaved Africans.
enslaved africans