Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
When the slaves were taken from western Africa, there weren't formal countries in the European lines-on-a-map sense. The area was known by Europeans as the Slave Coast and Gold Coast. The area covered was roughly from what is now Senegal to what is now Nigeria - look at a map of Africa to see what area that covers.
They took them to Europe and the US. They were sold at a small price.
Africa
During the Triangular Slave Trade, ships departing from Britain docked on the coast of western Africa where they purchased slaves. After getting their human cargo, these ships set sail for the Americas. Slaves either went to the thirteen colonies or Caribbean islands to be sold.
It is estimated that around 5 to 6 million slaves were taken from Kenya during the transatlantic slave trade.
Africa.
To be sold in America or the Caribbean
1st African slaves were taken from Africa to England by slave trader John Lok-in 1555-also John Hawkins was also invloved in slave trading in the 1500
they were taken to America and the caribbean to work on plantations and etc..
African slaves are men, women, and children taken from the continent of Africa and sold to people in other countries as slaves. A slave's duties varied from to intensive field work to caring for children.
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Because the slaves were taken from the colonies still in the empire like Africa
When slaves were brought ashore from slave ships, they were usually inspected, cleaned, and separated before being sold at auctions. The slaves were then auctioned off to the highest bidder, typically plantation owners or slave traders, who would then use them for labor in fields, mines, or households.
In some cases, the crews of slave ships took captive people they encountered in Africa, but apparently most were purchased from African slave dealers and governments. The slaves sold within Africa were mostly criminals, war captives, slaves purchased from other parts of Africa, heretics, and debtors. There is a source link below.
When the slaves were taken from western Africa, there weren't formal countries in the European lines-on-a-map sense. The area was known by Europeans as the Slave Coast and Gold Coast. The area covered was roughly from what is now Senegal to what is now Nigeria - look at a map of Africa to see what area that covers.
Mostly Niger River, then Ghana Cameroon and Senegal River