Slavery Almanac | Colonial Latin America

• Slaves come to the Americas
• Latin America
• The West Indies
• Fact Focus
• Spanish and Portuguese America
• Haiti's Slave Revolution
• Catholic colonies
• Easing the burden
• Brazil's Independent Slave Republic

Slaves come to the Americas

The first African slaves arrived in the Americas (North and South America) in 1518, shortly after the king of Spain granted Spanish colonies in the West Indies permission to import 4,000 Africans. The Spanish brought slaves to...