Actually, they didn't , but used the native Americans living there. By 1690 St. Augustine, Florida was the refuge for slaves escaping the American colonies. In St. Augustine they were free and could live lives as free people.
This began to happen because the Spaniards needed people to work the land they had found. This began the slave trade in the Americas.
because they wanted more work to be done in their land
The Native American population they had been using for slave labor died off in large numbers due to European diseases.
they imported slaves so they could have people work for free instead of hiring workers so the could save money
Cheap labour.
King Charles II was the first spanish king to send African slaves to the Americas.
to replace Indian slaves with African slaves
The need for workers is the reason for slavery. At first the colonies used indentured servants, but many when they got to the colonies faded into the population after a period of time. Slaves couldn't do this since they were African American and anyone who was a slave.
African slaves
No, only white men over 21 could own land. Women and slaves were unable to own property.
The Native American population they had been using for slave labor died off in large numbers due to European diseases.
The first African slaves were brought to the American colonies by the Spanish. They were located in the San Miguel de Gualdape colony, founded by Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon.
Native Americans were used as slaves by the Spanish in the southwest mines, but English colonies did not use Native Americans as slaves. The first African American slave arrived in 1619 to the Virginia colonies.
The Spanish obtained African slaves through the transatlantic slave trade, which involved capturing and trading Africans from various regions of Africa to the Americas. This practice was driven by the demand for labor in the Spanish colonies, particularly for work on plantations and in mines.
Because the Spanish had a Caste System that included free Africans and former slaves
The Spanish brought Africans to the Americas to meet the increasing demand for labor in the colonies, particularly in industries like sugar cane plantations. They initially relied on indigenous populations for labor, but turned to African slaves due to their resistance to subjugation and high mortality rates from diseases brought by the Europeans.
Barley any slaves.
no
They were slaves.
spanish colonies and africa
they did but got them from trading
Spain