Migration Patterns

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The Americas, since their discovery by Europeans, have existed as a destination for groups of people from a wide array of geographic and cultural backgrounds. This paper examines how migration patterns have depended largely upon economic, social, and political factors, both within America and worldwide. It looks at how internal economic conditions demanded the enormous volume of African slaves imported during the first four centuries of European colonization and how, by the 19th century, world events coupled with economic trends facilitated substantial immigration from Eastern Europe.

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"The slave trade was as ancient as civilization itself by the time the Americas were discovered by Columbus; but as the European powers scrambled to maximize their power and wealth in this new world, slavery took on a new form. Agriculture quickly became the key to acquiring capital and "in the 17th century it was discovered that sugar cane grew well in the West Indies, but growing it involved a huge number of workers." Doubtlessly, too few settlers inhabited these lands to generate the workforce colonial powers demanded, so West African traders began to supply a constant flow of kidnapped slaves to the new world?thus, the infamous "middle passage" was born."

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