The Spanish and Portuguese had discovered the Americans and as they settled they acquired large land from the Native Americans. They saw the land was fertile for farming. The British and other Europeans also got interested, and by year 1600 they knew they could make large profits from the new found land. Most of them were involved in farming, mainly sugarcane. The king of Spain who knew of the slave trade in Africa, brought some slaves that were meant for Europe to Brazil and the Caribbean. They enslaved the Africans for their labor. One factor that could contribute to the rise of slavery in the Americans was, there were thousands of miles of land that was taken from the Native Americans that was not being used, and Africans could
