Yes, early colonial plantations in the Canary Islands did use slave labor. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Spanish colonizers established sugar cane plantations on the islands, and they brought enslaved African people to work on these plantations as laborers. Slavery became an integral part of the colonial economy in the Canary Islands, with enslaved individuals being subjected to forced labor and cruel treatment. The exploitation of enslaved Africans was eventually abolished in the early 19th century.
