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Q: Why did the Spanish begin importing slaves from Africa to work in the Americas?
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Why did the Spanish begin importing slaves from Africa to work in the Americas beginning in the 16th century?

Africans were immune to European diseases and had experience with European farming techniques.


What was the most economic activity of the French in new France?

Importing slaves from Africa


Why did Europeans bring people from Africa to the Americas?

to be their slaves


Where did the Europeans go to get slaves to take to the Americas?

Africa.


Were there Spanish speaking slaves?

Yes, there were Spanish-speaking slaves in the Americas during the colonial period. Many of these slaves were brought from Africa and spoke various languages or dialects, but some of them may have been able to communicate in Spanish due to their exposure to Spanish-speaking slave owners or through interactions with other slaves who spoke Spanish.


Why did the Spanish begin bringing Africans to the Americas?

to work as slaves


What was the route of african slaves?

From Europe, they brought textiles, run and manufactured good to Africa. From Africa, they bought slaves or simply took people and made them slaves, and brought them to the Americas. From the Americas, the Europeans brought back the sugar, tobacco and cotton.


What are reason why slaves from Africa were needed in Caribbean islands?

Importing and paying Europeans for labor upset the balance of trade.


What two continents did the slaves travel from during the middle passage?

Africa and the Americas


The voyage of African slaves from west Africa to the Americas called?

The Middle Passage


Where did the middle passage occur?

The slaves were taken from Africa, back to the Americas of Europe


How did the Spanish get African slaves?

they sailed to the western coast of Africa to get African slaves