Why were Africans used as slaves instead of Native Americans?

This is precisely why the Indian slave trade that did exist from the late 1600 until the early 1700s, actually sent the majority of Native slaves to the Caribbean, ironically, often in exchange for African slaves. The same principle was at play though... read more

Native Americans were also used as slaves. But one of the main reasons why Africans were used in the modern slave trade (Atlantic area, not talking about the slave trade in the Indian Ocean or Pacific) is that local tribes sold their enemies to European rather than kill them. read more

Information about why Africans were enslaved, from a feature about the archaeology of slavery on St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean. From the International Slavery Museum's website, part of the National Museums Liverpool group. read more

the native Americans were on reservations or had moved West. They were not available in the South. read more