Between 1840 and 1860.
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Europeans
Initially Europeans explored the Americas in search of gold, silver and precious stones.
Africa.
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
The Americas made or got cotton. The europeans did not allow americas to make clothes or cloths with it so americas sold the cotton to eropeans and when europeans were done making cloth, they sold it back to americas. Soon, around ninety percent of the americas population decreased because of european diseases such as chicken pox. So, Europeans went to Africa to buy chep workers also known as slaves.