Question

why did North America bought in 1/2 million of African slaves compared to South America, the West Indies and Brazil's 10.2 million. Why was this a strategic move by colonist in North America.

Answer 1

African slaves

Step-by-step explanation:

North America bought more slaves than compared to South America and the West Indies and Brazil. The reason for this was the involvement of the Atlantic slave trade (transatlantic slave trade). Plantation agriculture was part of the colonial economy. In the 1600s, tobacco planters in North America needed workers. They could not rely on Native Americans. Plantation owners both North and South America wanted a cheap workforce so they looked for the Africans who were shipped in America.