Why didn't the American colonists enslaved the native indians instead they did on *****?

Answer 1

Now please don't accuse me of being racist:
They prefered african people because they were phisically stronger and more resistant to diseases than the native americans. The native americans were quickly succumbing to STDs that the white settlers brought with them and also to alcoholism.
African people were also more endurant which was a quality they wanted in their slave workers.

Answer 2

The Spanish, another European Exploitationist Colonial Aggressor Super Power of the time, was very big on enslaving Indigenous People, even though the Pope said this was a bad thing. Problem was, the Indigenous People mostly died in captivity. For lots of reasons, they just didn't make good slaves. Except maybe in Mexico, where the Aztecs already had a slave culture. But the Island people Columbus found almost totally died out. Same in Brazil. The English just bought in to the already existing slave trade that had been established in the Caribbean to replace all the dead Indigenous populations with Africans. The Africans worked harder, didn't get sick as easily, and would not run off into the woods like the locals. Though a lot of them did anyway, so there is a lot of African blood in the Eastern Cherokee who lived in cabins and raised crops. Mostly they just killed the Indians that got uppity, and took their land, and traded for furs with the rest. And, since the guys that were out all the time looking for runaway slaves would take anyone with dark skin and African features, a lot of Indians ended up being taken as slaves even if they were born free. Same with free born Blacks, so the blood is very mixed anyway. The English then formed the Hudson Bay Company to exploit the Natives any way they could all over the world. This is the business model that all modern multinational corporations are built on, so that exploitation continues today.

Answer 3

Try this instead Jason: "Why didn't the American colonists ENSLAVE the Native American Indians instead OF the Africans?"

Answer 4

They did, but in a lesser degree. THere are some legal issue involved in who they can enslave. At first they can't just capture anyone. The first slaves were prisoners, though there crimes are dubious at best. I think there were issues of Indians were though of as poor workers and tend to die of diseases. If a black man runs away they are easier to be found. If an Indian runs away all they need to do to escape is to find another Indian tribe to hide in.

Answer 5

Because they were already used to black slaves, had a ready supply of them, and it's always easier to buy than to conquer.

Also, black slaves were part of the sugarcane-rum-slave triangle. Enslaving the Native American population would have detracted from that trade, making it less profitable.

Answer 6

The colonist did not enslave.That all came from European explorers.Such a tragedy for America.Never should have happened.I apologize for my forefathers stupidity.I blame the French and Spaniards.

Answer 7

Who is easier to keep trapped in slavery...people who were stolen away from their home land and don't know this new one and can't get back home? Or people who could just easily escape and get back home to their people with little difficulty?

Answer 8

actually they did