"quique est barbarus alio"

[Ca Putt]

interesting, wasnt that the guy who first came up with the idea to Import Workers from Africa to America as slaves?

[Marcus Gallicus]

interesting, wasnt that the guy who first came up with the idea to Import Workers from Africa to America as slaves?

IIRC he convinced the Spaniards to stop using the Aztecs as slaves and use Africans instead.

[Ludens]

IIRC he convinced the Spaniards to stop using the Aztecs as slaves and use Africans instead.

Weren't it the Caribbeans? They were very susceptible to European diseases and died in droves, so he argued it would be more humane to use the tougher Africans. Which makes some sense, I guess, although I wouldn't use the word humane to describe the American slave trade.