It was consequently wiser for a plantation owner to invest his money in an African slave than in a European slave or indentured labourer. Africans had acquired over the generations a partial genetic immunity to these diseases, whereas Europeans were totally defenceless and died in droves. Thirdly, and most importantly, American plantations in places such as Virginia, Haiti and Brazil were plagued by malaria and yellow fever, which had originated in Africa. It was obviously far easier to buy slaves in an existing market than to create a new one from scratch. Secondly, in Africa there already existed a well-developed slave trade (exporting slaves mainly to the Middle East), whereas in Europe slavery was very rare. Firstly, Africa was closer, so it was cheaper to import slaves from Senegal than from Vietnam. They chose to import slaves from Africa rather than from Europe or East Asia due to three circumstantial factors.
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The following is an except from Yuval Noah Harari's "Sapiens: a Brief History of Humankind." I was compelled to share it. You can buy the bestselling book here.įrom the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, the European conquerors imported millions of African slaves to work the mines and plantations of America.