Indentured servants, and then slaves.
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Europeans chose slaves from Africa as a labor source in the New World primarily due to the demand for labor in plantations, particularly for cash crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton. Indigenous populations had significantly declined due to disease and harsh treatment, making African slaves a more viable option. Additionally, the transatlantic slave trade was driven by existing networks in Africa and the perceived economic advantages of using enslaved labor, which was seen as a more controllable and abundant workforce compared to other labor sources.
Portugal explored the New World first
In the United States African slave labor was used for tobacco crops. In terms of food crops in the New World, sugar cane harvesting was very labor-intensive and many slaves were used in these endeavors.
Slaves were brought to the new world to do the brutal back-breaking farm labor. Many were also made into domestic servants.
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need for a new source of cheap labor
The native Americans such as Aztecs.
Slavery existed but indentured servitude was the primary source.
Cheap Mexican labor.
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The first indentured servants arrived in North Carolina in the mid-17th century, around the 1650s. These laborers were brought to work on tobacco and other cash crop plantations, providing a vital labor source for the growing colony. Indentured servitude was a common practice at the time, allowing individuals to pay for their passage to the New World through several years of labor. This system laid the groundwork for later labor practices, including slavery, as the demand for labor continued to rise.
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Slave labor was needed.
Cheap Mexican labor.
The group that pledged multiple years of their lives as workers in exchange for passage to America were known as indentured servants. This system was prevalent in the 17th and 18th centuries, where individuals, often from England and other parts of Europe, signed contracts to work for a specified number of years, typically four to seven, in return for transportation, food, and shelter in the New World. Indentured servitude was a significant labor source for the colonies, particularly in agriculture and plantation economies.
Slave Labor was needed