The Caribbean and South Atlantic economies were overly reliant on agriculture and the European industries demanded more raw materials. As such, there was a massive deficit of human resources, and the use of human slaves provided a bailout, free labor, and were a reliable source they could depend upon. The Trans-Atlantic slavery in the New World began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to assist in the production of such remunerative crops as tobacco, which then aided in the building of the economic foundations of the new nation. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 solidified the central importance of slavery to the South’s economy.
Soldiers debased the colonial economy from European nations such as Britain. The soldiers would set free an immeasurable number of slaves as they made their way through the South Americas, conquering whatever they could. The development of the colonies was founded upon the free labor of the slaves, who were key to assisting the New World colonies to become independent. This effect is evident in the economic strength that colonial nations acquired during the peak of the trade, as well as the New Worlds dependency on the free labor after declaring their independence from Britain (Kea