1619 is when the first slaves were brought over.
By 1750, about 200,000 slaves lived in the colonies.
they provided labor at a lower cost than slaves
Africans.
They didn't trade anything. Slaves were brought from Africa to the West Indies
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1619 is when the first slaves were brought over.
The first African slaves were brought to Virginia by the English in the 17th Century, but Spain probably had them in their American colonies earlier than that.
By 1750, about 200,000 slaves lived in the colonies.
In 1619, there were black servants brought from Africa into the colonies, but it is not known whether these were actually slaves. By 1650, though, there were definite shipments of slaves coming into the colonies. and thet were brought to a place called Jamestown
re: the British colonies, to grow tobacco
slaves
Slaves were brought to the colonies.
There were no slaves in northern colonies.
they provided labor at a lower cost than slaves
There were no slaves in Jamestown in 1607. The first slave into the colonies was in 1619.
Of all the Africans brought to the New World, sixty percent were brought to Spanish colonies.