Spain was the first European country to import African slaves to the Americas. After Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, the Spanish started bringing Africans as slave labor for their plantations and mines. Juan de Cordoba was the first Spaniard to send African slaves to the New World.
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There aren't European countries in the Americas, but if you mean colonies, the first was the United States of America. The second was Haiti.
In reality, the first slaves in the Americas were Native American. The problem was they either died very quickly or escaped. Then they came up with the bright idea of trading the Native American slaves for African slaves.
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Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
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Spain was the first European country to import African slaves to the Americas. After Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, the Spanish started bringing Africans as slave labor for their plantations and mines. Juan de Cordoba was the first Spaniard to send African slaves to the New World.
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
Spain was the first European country to import African slaves to the Americas. After Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, the Spanish started bringing Africans as slave labor for their plantations and mines. Juan de Cordoba was the first Spaniard to send African slaves to the New World.
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The first African slaves were brought to the Americas primarily to work on plantations producing cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton. Their labor was crucial for the economic prosperity of European colonies in the Americas.
Portugal did, as it opened the first slave market in Europe in 1441. After conquering the Americas, many indigenous people died of smallpox and other European-brought diseases. Due to a lack of slave labor, Portugal and Spain started to 'import' slaves from Africa.
The first country to use African people as slaves were the Portuguese. In 1441, two Captains of Portuguese ships, names unknown, took 12 slaves from Africa and brought them back to Portugal as slaves. Other countries followed such as Britain, Spain, Netherlands and France. Hope it helps.