LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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West African slaves had already built up immunity to European diseases.
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Sugar plantation owners and tobacco farmers needed slaves familiar with agriculture.
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The pope had promoted the use of West African slaves in Catholic lands.
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The Portuguese government had legalized the sale of slaves in its colonies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some colonists, including Spanish priest Bartolomé de Las Casas, suggested using enslaved Africans as workers. Africans had already developed immunity to European diseases. The colonists soon agreed that slaves from West Africa could be the solution to their labor needs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Africa and Enslavement Ivory, gold and other trade resources attracted Europeans to West Africa. As demand for cheap labour to work on plantations in the Americas grew, people enslaved in West Africa became the most valuable ‘commodity’ for European traders. Slavery existed in Africa before Europeans arrived.
Detailed explanation-3: -To curb the shortages in laborers, the British government and their colonial counterparts began to accelerate the importation of enslaved Africans.