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.
The first African slaves arrived in Hispaniola in 1501.
servants and African slaves.
To help the pioneers do work (for slavery).
Were delivered to South America and the West Indies.
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.
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The first African slaves arrived in Hispaniola in 1501.
The Spanish used African slaves in the New World primarily for labor in industries like mining, agriculture, and construction, where there was a high demand for cheap, manual labor. The indigenous populations were decimated by diseases brought by Europeans, making Africans a readily available and replaceable workforce. Additionally, the Spanish believed that Africans were more resistant to diseases and better suited for the harsh conditions in the colonies.
servants and African slaves.
Most of the slaves sent to the Americas originally came from West and Central Africa. They were captured and sold by African slave traders to European slave traders, who then transported them across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved in the New World colonies.
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!
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To help the pioneers do work (for slavery).
Were delivered to South America and the West Indies.
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