People they could abuse without having to pay for their efforts. This is how slavery was created. Africans were the ideal target in these conditions. They could work for free, suffer abuse (without dying because they learned their lesson from the Native Americans), and there was a whole country full of them to import to Europe in the event of their death. Another advantage of having Africans as slaves was that they were immune to most European diseases. They had no one to help them escape or fight back against their mistreatment, no friends in the Americas, no allies, and no knowledge of what America was like or even where. America had to flee back home to Africa. They were the perfect guy. to be slaves. The point of having these people live on their land to maintain their farms was to keep an eye on their investments. Slaves reproduced among themselves and children were held hostage or born into