Question

Why did French landowners bring enslaved Africans to the Louisiana Territory in the 1600s?

Many had knowledge of making cloth and other household goods.
Many had knowledge of the geography of the territory.
Many had knowledge of building ships used to bring products to market.
Many had knowledge of farming crops that helped grow the economy.

Answer 1

Answer:

French America, or New France, was a frontier and a borderland. It consisted of the St. Lawrence Valley (Canada), Acadia (Nova Scotia), the Great Lakes, the Illinois County, and the Lower Mississippi Valley. The Louisiana territory itself was greater than 2 million square km or 800,000 square miles. In terms of the modern day United States, New France consisted largely of Louisiana on both sides of the Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota...