Why did Spanish colonists begin to rely more heavily on the Atlantic slave trade by the mid-1500s?

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Collin Noble

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23 May, 21:03

Why did Spanish colonists begin to rely more heavily on the Atlantic slave trade by the mid-1500s?

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Frankie Owen · Answer 1

Spanish colonists began to rely more heavily on the Atlantic slave trade by the mid-1500s because they started massive construction products for which they needed a lot of free labor force, they also started trading with slaves and wanted to gain a lot of profit from it.