Why are there black people in South and North America?

Forced and sold as slaves in South and North America.

In the Middle Ages and before the Middle Ages, it was mainly distributed in sub-Saharan Africa (also distributed in Morocco) and the Middle East.

After the Age of Discovery, Spain and Portugal were the first to colonize the American continent. However, due to tropical diseases such as smallpox and malaria, a large number of white people from Europe and local Indians died due to lack of physical strength. Death, labor was once extremely scarce.

European colonists later discovered that black people had strong immunity to diseases such as malaria, were very strong, and were easily controlled by slave laws and religion, so they began to use black people as labor force. This demand also directly promoted the creation of the slave trade. After the sea routes between Europe and Africa, Europe and the Americas, and the Americas and Africa were all opened and matured, the most typical trading model, triangular trade, emerged.

Although the black slave ships were almost full of slaves, and they even needed to be transported by station wagons during the journey, the strong demand for labor increased the market price of black labor. Due to their resistance to pests and diseases and their strong fecundity, black people were able to The price of slaves in the American continent was extremely high, about 5 times that of Chinese laborers and 1.5 times that of white laborers.

Wars continued between countries on the African continent in order to harvest prisoners of war to serve as slaves and sell them to white people like livestock. In short, due to the colonial rule and mercantilism carried out by European countries in the American continent, as well as the wars within African countries, a large number of black people were forced to be sold as slaves in South and North America.

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Racial characteristics

Black people, the oldest race originating from Africa, including the Negrilos and Khoisan people, are also Classified as black people, the main feature is black curly hair. They are generally divided into two types: South Africa and North Africa. The former is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. They have a short nose, usually a round head, and extremely dark skin color. The latter is distributed in the Sahel region of Africa. It has a thick nose and lips, is usually dolichocephalic, and has darker skin color.

Ethnic division

The black race includes two major ethnic groups: the Sudanese ethnic group and the Bantu ethnic group. Their distribution in Africa is roughly bounded by the equator. The Sudanese ethnic group lives north of the equator and is characterized by pure black skin; the Bantu ethnic group lives south of the equator and is characterized by light-dark skin. For example, Nelson Mandela, the black leader of South Africa, is familiar to everyone, but his skin color is not very dark, because black South Africans belong to the Bantu ethnic group.

There are also two ancient races classified as Nirogs, namely the Negrilos and the Khoisan. The Negrilos are the earliest inhabitants of Central Africa, and the Khoisan Humans are the oldest inhabitants of southern Africa. They are the oldest existing race in the world. However, due to being squeezed out by later immigrants, their population is now very sparse. The only remaining tribes are distributed in tropical rainforests and deserts. .

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Blacks