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Why was spain the first one to import slaves to the new world?​

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To meet demand of labor

Step-by-step explanation:

In the America, Spain was the first one to make widespread use of enslaved People as a colonialist labor force. To accommodate the increasing demand for work in agriculture and manufacturing and mining, the Spanish tried to acquire a new labor source, slaves from African Continent. Many 16th Europeans were familiar with the practice of slavery.

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