Originally Posted by milespatton
Quote
Sugar was the reason the Atlantic slave trade developed, not cotton.


The first African slaves in the continental US was bought to raise rice, in one of the Carolinas, South I think. miles


Slaves were brought to South America (as Pharm posted early, 40% to Brazil) to work in gold and salt mines.

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
ALDO LEOPOLD