▁ 1 7 0 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁Atlantic ▁slave ▁trade ▁to ▁North ▁America ▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁ens la ved ▁Afr icans ▁brought ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁World ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 5 - 7 % ▁ended ▁up ▁in ▁British ▁North ▁America . ▁The ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁slaves ▁transport ed ▁across ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁Ocean ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁sugar ▁colon ies , ▁Brazil , ▁or ▁Spanish ▁America . ▁Through out ▁the ▁Amer icas , ▁but ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean , ▁tropical ▁disease ▁took ▁a ▁large ▁to ll ▁on ▁their ▁population ▁and ▁required ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁rep lac ements . ▁Many ▁Afr icans ▁had ▁limited ▁natural ▁imm unity ▁to ▁yellow ▁fe ver ▁and ▁mal aria ; ▁but ▁mal nut r ition , ▁poor ▁housing , ▁in ade qu ate ▁cl othing ▁allow ances , ▁and ▁over work ▁contributed ▁to ▁a ▁high ▁mort ality ▁rate . ▁ ▁In ▁British ▁North ▁America ▁the ▁slave ▁population ▁rapidly ▁increased ▁via ▁the ▁birth ▁rate , ▁whereas ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁colon ies ▁they ▁did ▁not . ▁The ▁lack ▁of ▁proper ▁n our ishment , ▁being ▁suppress ed ▁sex ually , ▁and ▁poor ▁health ▁are ▁possible ▁reasons . ▁Of ▁the ▁small ▁numbers ▁of ▁b ab ies ▁born ▁to ▁slaves ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean , ▁only ▁about ▁ 1 / 4 ▁surv ived ▁the ▁miser able ▁conditions ▁on ▁sugar ▁plant ations . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁major ▁colonial ▁powers ▁of ▁Western ▁Europe ▁such ▁as ▁France , ▁England , ▁Spain , ▁Portugal , ▁and ▁the