1 Take the mattress for a test drive. 2  When shopping for a mattress, try to lie on the mattress in the store for at least 10 to 15 minutes. 3  Don't feel self-conscious or let the salesperson hurry you along. 4  It's a big purchase, and if you don't try it for at least 10 minutes you're not going to get a real feel for it.
Originally, African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for the (1 point)sugarcane plantations. rubber plantations.
Since the Africans seemed to survive longer than the native Indians, the Spanish began to look eastward for a new source of slave labor. In 1518, King Charles V of Spain granted the first license to sell African slaves in the Spanish colonies of America. The West African slave trade had begun.This building on the coast of Africa once was a headquarters for the British slave trade.n 1860, Nathaniel Gordon, one of the last American slave ship captains, made a voyage to West Africa and loaded his ship, the Erie, with 900 Africans, 600 of whom were children.