The slave trade was simply a way of recruiting labor for the purpose of exploiting the great natural resources of America This trade did not develop because Indians and Negroes were red or black...but simply because they were the best workers to be found for the heavy labor in the mines and plantations across the Atlantic (Caste, Class, and Race p.332). And other words, people of color were sold because of their capacity and their strength to handle works that white people wouldn’t do or were unable to do because of their position. As time goes by there is still evidence of this type of exploitation in the post-modern world. Guatemala, Chile, Honduras just to name a few are countries rich in natural resources, lands, and other raw materials.
