The demised and death of the natives were caused by the greed of the conquistadores and the ignorance of the natives. The abuse and slavery had a hand on their death but also the Conquistadores moved throughout the continent introducing European diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles and typhus in to the Americas. The majority of the natives had no immunity against such diseases as a result; they died by the hundreds of thousands not able to resist the invasion. In time, European disease would truly devastate the natives of central Mexico. When Cortés launched his counterattack, the Aztec population had been greatly reduced by smallpox and measles.
Historical records of the Indian slave trade can only be based on scattered sources, legislative notes, trade transactions, journals of …show more content…
Columbus had told the Crown upon his return to Europe from the New World that he had found little gold or precious commodities for which to trade, therefore he was counting on selling native slaves to make his voyages lucrative. The King and Queen of Spain allowed a third trip with the goal to resupply the colonists and continue the search for the new trade route to the Orient. A nobleman arriving in the world with his wife could expect to be given 80 natives slaves, a soldier could expect 60. Diego Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus, a Governor would authorize slaving raids on neighboring islands. The colonists were almost oblivious to the fact that a large number of slaves were living in misery and dying, suffering from new diseases, struggling with language and culture. As the pieces are gather historians have noted that in South Carolina. It is believed that between 1650 mad 1730 at least 50,000 Indians were exported to the Caribbean’s outpost. Between the 1670 and 1717 Indians were exported in larger numbers that the Africans, in the southern coastal regions entire tribes were exterminated. Indian slaves were
Historical records of the Indian slave trade can only be based on scattered sources, legislative notes, trade transactions, journals of …show more content…
Columbus had told the Crown upon his return to Europe from the New World that he had found little gold or precious commodities for which to trade, therefore he was counting on selling native slaves to make his voyages lucrative. The King and Queen of Spain allowed a third trip with the goal to resupply the colonists and continue the search for the new trade route to the Orient. A nobleman arriving in the world with his wife could expect to be given 80 natives slaves, a soldier could expect 60. Diego Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus, a Governor would authorize slaving raids on neighboring islands. The colonists were almost oblivious to the fact that a large number of slaves were living in misery and dying, suffering from new diseases, struggling with language and culture. As the pieces are gather historians have noted that in South Carolina. It is believed that between 1650 mad 1730 at least 50,000 Indians were exported to the Caribbean’s outpost. Between the 1670 and 1717 Indians were exported in larger numbers that the Africans, in the southern coastal regions entire tribes were exterminated. Indian slaves were