[freedom9]

"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.

[RobbyS]

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.