World History Dbq

World History Throughout the 16th and the 19th centuries, slaves had become a vital part to the world. They were the cause of the world changing into what it is today, and overall resulted in the slave trade being beneficial for Europeans, but catastrophic for Africans and Native Americans. The slave trade began with the use of labor, specifically free labor. Muslims enslaved people that were not followers of Islam, or captured enemies. They had been doing it for thousands of years, and giving each slave some rights, social mobility, and influential power. But as time went on many people adapted the idea of slavery, such as Europeans. The ideals given of slaves by Europeans were much different than Muslims. For hundreds of years, Europeans created the Triangular Trade, which was based solely off of slaves. It stretched between Europe to the Western Coast of Africa,

What factors led to the use of Africans as slaves in the New World by Europeans? These Europeans required large amounts of workers and labor. They first used Native Americans for labor, but it was an unsuccessful idea. Native Americans died off quickly from disease, warfare, and brutal treatment. The few who survived were easily able to run away because of the knowledge of their homeland. Europeans then resorted to the use of African people as slaves. Overall, African slaves were much better for working in the fields than Europeans or Native Americans. They were immune to many European diseases, had experience with farming, and were agricultural experts. Although they were great workers, doing back-breaking tasks day after day, they were given no pay, and no rights. Slaves were thought of only as property, and were beaten by their owners. Often times they were worked to death because. Because of this, slaves began to rebel. They would break tools or work slowly to make themselves less productive. Slave revolts formed in the early 1500’s all the way into the early