Indentured servants, and then slaves.
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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.
Portugal explored the New World first
Slaves were brought to the new world to do the brutal back-breaking farm labor. Many were also made into domestic servants.
Spain was the first to gain position in the new world.
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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.
The first Labor day in the U.S. was celebrated in New York City
Cheap Mexican labor.
Slave labor was needed.
Like most countries in the world, Monday is the first day of the week in New Zealand. Source: Wikipedia/Week
Slave Labor was needed
The state of Oregon became the first to grant legal status to Labor day in 1888. However, it's New York that held the first celebration of the holiday on September 5, 1882, when 10,000 members of the Knights of Labor held the first Labor Day parade in New York City.
The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5,1882 in New York City