history question
What roles did Africans play in the Old World conquest of the New World? Would European colonies in the Americas have succeeded without the transatlantic migration of Africans? Should the colonization of the Americas be regarded as a primarily African, rather than a European, phenomenon?
1. Based on the development of colonial slave codes from the early seventeenth century to the early eighteenth century, to what degree were slavery and race connected in the early colonial period? Was slavery premised on racism or did slavery create racism? Use specific laws and episodes from colonial history to support your response.
