▁colon ists , ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁among ▁the ▁British ▁colon ies ▁in ▁North ▁America , ▁estimated ▁at ▁ 2 4 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 5 1 , 0 0 0 ▁Native ▁Americans ▁by ▁Gall ay . ▁ ▁Histor ian ▁Ulrich ▁Phill ips ▁arg ues ▁that ▁Afr icans ▁were ▁in cul c ated ▁as ▁slaves ▁and ▁the ▁best ▁answer ▁to ▁the ▁labor ▁short age ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁World ▁because ▁Native ▁American ▁slaves ▁were ▁more ▁familiar ▁with ▁the ▁environment , ▁and ▁would ▁often ▁successfully ▁escape ▁into ▁the ▁w ilder ness ▁that ▁African ▁slaves ▁had ▁much ▁more ▁difficulty ▁surv iving ▁in . ▁Also , ▁early ▁colonial ▁America ▁dep ended ▁heavily ▁on ▁the ▁sugar ▁trade , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁mal aria , ▁a ▁disease ▁the ▁Afr icans ▁were ▁far ▁less ▁sus cept ible ▁to ▁than ▁Native ▁American ▁slaves . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁ens la ved ▁Afr icans ▁ ▁Georgia ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁African ▁slaves ▁in ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁present ▁day ▁United ▁States ▁of ▁America ▁arrived ▁in ▁ 1 5 2 6 ▁with ▁Lucas ▁V áz quez ▁de ▁A yll ón ' s ▁establishment ▁of ▁San ▁Miguel ▁de ▁G ual da pe ▁on ▁the ▁current ▁Georgia ▁or ▁Carolina ▁coast . ▁ ▁They ▁re bel led ▁and ▁lived ▁with ▁ind igen ous ▁people , ▁destroy ing ▁the ▁col ony ▁in ▁less ▁than ▁ 2 ▁months . ▁ ▁Georgia ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁the ▁Th ir teen ▁Col on ies ▁to ▁be ▁established ▁and ▁the ▁fur th est ▁south ▁( F lor ida ▁was ▁not ▁one ▁of