The colonists figured out that african slaves were better than european slaves. African americans had been exposed to european diseases and built up an immunity to the diseases. They also had experience in farming so they could easily be taught work. They were less likely to escape because they didn't know the lay of the land. Along with that if they did escape they couldn't fit in among european families because they were not the same skin color. …show more content…
When they realized how much better the africans slaves were than european slaves they were a demand for colonies in the americas. They called it the atlantic slave trade when it first started in the 1500’s they started transporting african slaves from africa to the americas. By the 1600’s they had transported 300,000 african slaves to the americas. Atlantic slave trade began to grow as a massive enterprise by the 1700’s they had transported 1.3 million slaves. When it ended in 1870 europeans had imported 9.5 milion african