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1492–1550

1492–1550: The Amerindian population of the West Indies is reduced by 90 percent due to massacres, disease, and overwork.

1492–1550: The Amerindian population of the West Indies is reduced by 90 percent due to massacres, disease, and overwork. This demographic collapse paved the way for the large-scale deportation of enslaved Africans to provide labor.

Source  ·  p. 303 Eltis & Richardson, Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 303