Why did the Portuguese turn to enslaved Africans to work sugar plantations?
Africans had considerable experience growing sugar
Indigenous Americans in the Caribbean. We’re nearly exterminated by disease and Europeans did not want to work in such brutal conditions.
Europeans were unwilling to enslave indigenous Americans
Africans were eager to explore a new continent
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The main reason why the Portuguese turned to enslaved Africans to work sugar plantations was because indigenous Americans in the Caribbean were nearly exterminated by diseases brought by the Europeans and were also unwilling to work under the brutal conditions on the plantations. Africans, on the other hand, had considerable experience growing sugar and were eager to explore a new continent.
Africans had considerable experience growing sugar?
I apologize for the incorrect statement. Africans did not have prior experience growing sugar before being enslaved. The cultivation of sugar cane and the production of sugar was introduced to Africa during the period of colonization and slavery. African slaves were forced to learn and work on the sugar plantations by their European captors. The main reason the Portuguese turned to enslaved Africans was primarily due to the devastating impact of diseases on indigenous populations and their reluctance to work under harsh conditions.
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