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Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the capture and subjugation of local Indigenous peoples of the Americas, first of the Native Caribbean people by Christopher Columbus on his four voyages. Initially, enslavement represented one means by which the Columbus and other Castilians mobilized native labor and met production quotas. In 1501 the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, granted permission to the colonists of the Caribbean to import African slaves.
In the souther states the weather was ideal for the cotton crops. The Eurpeans could not and the white could not work in the field in hot weather and the natives were to wild to keep them restrained. The black Afrincan fit the profile of a person born to work in the cotton fields.
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What year did slaves first arrive in the new world from Africa?
The first African slaves arrived in Hispaniola in 1501.
Who were the two groups of people brought to the new world for free?
servants and African slaves.
The majority of African slaves coming to the New World?
Were delivered to South America and the West Indies.
What was the main reason the African slaves were brought to the new world?
To help the pioneers do work (for slavery).
When was African slaves brought to the new world?
As early as 1550 the Spanish brought slaves to Mexico . It is estimated that 12 million people were enslaved and were part of the early economics of the New Worlds.
