▁of ▁emb ark ed ▁slaves ▁to ▁over ▁ 4 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁from ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁their ▁slave ▁invol vement ▁occurred ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean . ▁Out ▁of ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 5 1 4 , 0 0 0 ▁slaves , ▁ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁arrived ▁in ▁Cuba ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁to ▁mid - 1 8 0 0 ' s . ▁Based ▁on ▁these ▁statistics , ▁one ▁can ▁analyze ▁the ▁Spanish ▁interests ▁in ▁the ▁slave ▁trade ▁as ▁late ▁behind ▁those ▁compared ▁with ▁other ▁nations . ▁Spanish ▁colon ization ▁was ▁the ▁focus ▁from ▁ 1 5 0 0 - 1 8 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁Amer icas . ▁By ▁ 1 8 0 0 , ▁Trans - At l antic ▁S lave ▁Trade ▁was ▁slowly ▁starting ▁to ▁decl ine , ▁and ▁Spain ▁appeared ▁to ▁r ush ▁transport ing ▁slaves ▁into ▁Cuba , ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁biggest ▁colon ies . ▁Through ▁this , ▁one ▁can ▁compare ▁differences ▁in ▁eth nic ity ▁of ▁former ▁Spanish ▁colon ies ▁as ▁Cuba ▁has ▁a ▁much ▁higher ▁population ▁of ▁African ▁descent ▁than ▁Mexico ▁which ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁received ▁little ▁to ▁no ▁African ▁slaves ▁before ▁independence ▁from ▁Spain . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁S la very ▁in ▁the ▁Spanish ▁New ▁World ▁colon ies ▁S la very ▁in ▁the ▁colonial ▁United ▁States ▁S la very ▁among ▁Native ▁Americans ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁Contempor ary ▁sla very ▁History ▁of ▁sla very ▁Ind ent ured ▁serv itude ▁Ind ent ured