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Why did Europeans enslave Africans and bring them to the Americans?
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∙ 13y ago
The main reason was economic - as a way of getting cheap labour. In Europe there has generally been a taboo on reducing members of one's own group to slavery. From time to time (up to about 1550) there were condemnations of the practice of selling prisoners of war into slavery, but it's not clear how widespread this practice was. At various times gypsies were kept as slaves in Europe - in fact till the 1850s in Wallachia and Moldavia (in what is now Romania and Moldova). One of the biggest slaveowners was the Romanian Orthodox Church ... I'm sorry this is a very short answer. This is not the complete answer.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause during the industrial revolution period the only place the Europeans could get cheap labour was from Africa. America was at the time a "new land" that the Europeans had discovered and were eager to exploit the resources it had. Hence the Africans were brought to America to work in the "new land" and provide the Europeans with resources for their industries.
I hope I've given you a rough sketch of how its all connected.
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∙ 12y agothe African Americans were enslaved simply because the whites thought that they were superior because they had different skin colors.
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Why did Europeans bring West Africans to the Americas?
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
How and why did Europeans bring Africans to the American colonies as slaves?
because they didn't want to do the work themselves
What did Europeans bring to the new world that caused the of millions of native Americans?
disease
What sort of goods did the Europeans bring to the Americas to trade with the native Americans?
well..they traded boo boo
Why did some Africans assist Europeans in capturing other Africans for enslavement?
African kings enslaved other Africans for money and weapons. Eventually the west coast of Africa would eventually run out of available slaves and kings would move inland and bring more slaves to the Europeans.AnswerAfrican kings enslaved other africans for money andweapons. Eventually the west coast of Africa would eventually run out of avalible slaves and kings would move inland and bring more slaves to the Europeans. Does this make Europeans less reprehensible for the enslavment of Africans? That's for you to decide
Why do African Americans blame the Europeans for slavery but not Arabs?
Arabs did enslave africans long before the europeans, however the europeans did bring chattell slavery to north America, where it evolved and became the peculiar institution that later begat Jim crow....
Why did Europeans bring West Africans to the Americas?
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
Who were the first Europeans to bring enslave to the America?
the English and french, they went together but on different ships.
Who were the first to bring Africans to Americans as slaves?
Dutch.
What did europeans bring to trade in north Africa?
They brought cloth and horses to trade with the Africans.
What did the europeans bring to the Americans?
smallpox and other diseases
How and why did Europeans bring Africans to the American colonies as slaves?
because they didn't want to do the work themselves
Why you celebrate kwanza?
to honor famous African Americans and for Africans Americans they want bring strength to to their race
Who were the first europeans to bring enslaved africans to America?
the English and french, they went together but on different ships.
Who were the first europeans to bring enslaved africans the Americas?
the English and french, they went together but on different ships.
Who were the first Europeans to bring enslaved Africans to the Americas?
the English and french, they went together but on different ships.
What did Europeans bring to the new world that caused the of millions of native Americans?
disease
