1. Gold and Silver Mining in Spanish and Portuguese America
In Brazil, most of the gold was found in streambeds where miners used simple techniques like panning to extract gold. ... The higher cost of African slave discouraged many miners to use them as workers in silver mines. ... In colonial Portuguese, importing African slaves was more profitable for the miners because of the close proximity to Africa and also the value of gold extracted was higher than silver. ... This brought influx of African slaves into the Brazil. ... By the end of century, the province had over 150,000 African slaves. ...
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