The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World).
However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
Mainly in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, e Bahia.
The Spaniards were the first Europeans to use African slaves in the New World on islands such as Cuba and Hispaniola, where the native population starved themselves rather than work for the Spanish. Although the natives were used as forced labor, the spread of disease caused a shortage of labor, and so the Spanish colonists gradually became involved in the Atlantic slave trade.
they were at the mercy of their owners but they may marry a free-born person.
Because they had thousands of peasant farmers to do the work when the Nile flooded and no work was possible on the land.
Yes, when the slaves built the pyramids they had to use whips to make the slaves work.
To work as slaves
The first African slaves were brought to the Americas primarily to work on plantations producing cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton. Their labor was crucial for the economic prosperity of European colonies in the Americas.
Black slavery in America began in 1619, when the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia to work on plantations of tobacco.
African slaves were brought to America to work for free and make a profit for their masters. They were also used to entertain, amuse and do whatever their master commanded them to do.
African slaves were brought to America to work for free and make a profit for their masters. They were also used to entertain, amuse and do whatever their master commanded them to do.
African slaves were not the first to work as slaves on plantations. Slavery has existed for thousands of years in various forms across different civilizations. In the Americas, indigenous peoples and Europeans also faced enslavement and forced labor on plantations before African slaves were brought over.
slaves and indentured servants were first brought to north American to work producing
The slaves were first brought to the American colones so that they could work in the fields and industries.
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for agriculture, mining, and other industries that required large amounts of manual work.
To help the pioneers do work (for slavery).
The us needed people to do their work so they captured Africans and used them as slaves.
They'd work in the fields, farming or be used as sex slaves by their owners.