Europeans have always been curious about worlds other than their own. They went to the Americas' seeking the New World. After claiming the New World as their own, another interest came about. They needed slave labor. In the Americas, the Indians offered slave labor. In time, the need for more slaves with better technological skills arose. Africa provided a wide array of products and also the technological skills the Europeans needed to advance in their colonization. The technological skills were provided by the African slaves. As Europeans explored the world, it seemed other civilizations had o suffer in the wake of their destruction. This essay will discuss the events that have taken place in history dealing with both the Indian and Black slave condition in M. L. Conniff and T. J. Davis', Africans in the Americas.

As the Europeans explored, their interest broadened. Africa exemplified their greatest interest because of the slave labor it had to offer. Unfortunately, slave labor was at the expense of people who were a different color other than the Europeans. Like Africa, the Americas offered slave labor. When the Europeans landed o

As time passed, the slave trade increased. Traffic across the Atlantic with ships reached its peak in the 1780's. Over nine hundred thousand Africans were shipped. This brought about a problem to the Europeans. They thought the increasing numbers of Africans would surpass that of the Europeans. Therefore, leading to an uncontrollable number of African slaves in the Americas. That, by itself could be a devastating blow to the economy because with such a dangerously increasing number, the Africans could ultimately rebel and they could probably outnumber the Europeans. "Thus stopping the flow of coerced labor from Africa in the early 1800's ensured that the Americas would become predominantly white rather than predominantly black." (Page 163)

The African slave trade started to spread throughout the Americas. North, South and Latin America flourished with the help of both the Indian and African civilizations. The help provided by the Indians and Africans was well needed by the Europeans. In Brazil, the sugar boom was an incredible boost to their economy. The Indians were workers who produced sugar from sugarcane while the Africans were workers, soldiers and carpenters who would help the advancement of the Brazilian economy.

The Indians and Africans both went through some form of slavery at the hands of the Europeans. In the end, one civilization suffered more, but suffering cannot be measured on the same scale in this situation. Both the Indians and the Africans lost an original piece of their culture due to the interference of the Europeans. As history shows, the African slave trade and the Indian slave labor enabled the colonization of the "supposed" European territory. Without the help of the Indians and Africans, who knows where the world would be today.

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