The first Europeans to reach West Africa were the Portuguese in the 15th century. Prince Henry the Navigator wanted to cut out the middleman and sent explorers to West Africa to look for gold.
The first African Americans in the English colonies were brought to Jamestown.
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 arrived in Jamestown in 1619.
when i looked this up, i got many different answers but it was 1619 when the first slaves entered the colonies
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Sierra Leone was the first African country to become independent from a European power.
The first African Americans in the English colonies were brought to Jamestown.
Britain, France and Spain were the first countries to colonize in the New World. Spain was the first, since it was the most powerful European country, adn it colonized Mexico and the West. France's colonies were farther north, in what is now Canada. Britain was last to colonize and it had the 13 bristish colonies split in three colonies: New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
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.
The two colonies were first made by Germany and transferred to France by the Treaty of Versailles.
1. Who was the first child of African American parents in England's American colonies?
1. Who was the first child of African parents in England's American colonies?
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 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.