Around this time, other slaves were brought to America from Asia. Japanese and Chinese people, though thinly spread through the nation, were enslaved and wished to end slavery. I know this from reading "One Woman's West" from last semester. The older TV show "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" that I occasionally watch also lead to my knowledge about Asian slaves. These slaves usually worked in mines and quarries for they were mostly small and could fit in mine shafts easier. Not to mention that they had some trouble speaking English so African-American slaves who could speak English were more suitable for in home and partner work. It also cost the slave owners more money to transport Asian Slaves to America because Asia and those regions are further away. Another reason that they sere sparse is because African-American slaves were already taught to speak "good" English and they would have to reteach the English language to Asian slaves. That is why today we see more African-American people than Asian People in The United States. There were actually more Hispanic people than Asian people in America and I believe that that is still the case for African-American and Hispanic people.