To: RobbyS
"Do you think that the Spaniards rejoined to see their work force decimated? While they probably lamented the loss of slaves, I doubt they were very broken up about the uncontested land and resources that became easily available.
26 posted on
10/12/2009 7:53:19 PM PDT by
freedom9
(. . . on the other hand, Truth is supremely formidable.)
To: freedom9
But it required them to replace the indians with black slaves, and that cost them money. The attrition rate among blacks slaves were horrendous,too, requiring a constant resupply from West Africa. The insatiable demand for sugar from the West Indies was to create vast fortunes for planters , making the slave trade practical. Only in North America did the black population multiply naturally , along with the whites, after the colonists acclimatized to local conditions.
32 posted on
10/12/2009 8:10:46 PM PDT by
RobbyS
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