The first slaves traded,dating to the early sixteenth century,in the transatlantic economy landed on ________.

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The first slaves traded in the transatlantic economy landed in the West Indies and South America. While there were earlier instances of African slaves being brought to the Americas, the first large-scale transatlantic slave trade began in the early sixteenth century and was dominated by Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch traders who brought enslaved Africans to work on sugar and tobacco plantations in the New World. North America did not become a significant destination for African slaves until the seventeenth century, with the British Virginia colony being one of the first to import large numbers of enslaved Africans.

The First Slaves Traded,dating to the Early Sixteenth Century,in the Transatlantic