Africans were captured for enslavement through various means including raids, warfare, kidnapping, and trade with European slave traders. They were often sold by fellow Africans or European slave traders to work on plantations in the Americas. The transatlantic slave trade was brutal and dehumanizing, resulting in the forced migration of millions of Africans.
Africans and their descendants resisted enslavement through various methods, such as running away and forming maroon communities, engaging in acts of sabotage and rebellion, practicing cultural retentions and expressions of resistance, and seeking legal means of challenging their enslavement through courts and petitions. These forms of resistance were essential in maintaining a sense of autonomy and dignity in the face of enslavement.
The major components of the African slave trade included the capture and enslavement of Africans by European traders, the transportation of enslaved individuals across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, and the sale of enslaved Africans to work on plantations. This trade was fueled by economic profit, colonial expansion, and the exploitation of African labor.
The transatlantic slave trade resulted in the forced migration of approximately 12.5 million enslaved Africans to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Millions more died during the capture, transportation, and conditions of enslavement, causing immeasurable human suffering and loss.
Some Africans participated in the slave trade due to economic incentives, like receiving goods in exchange for slaves. They may have also been motivated by competition between different African groups and kingdoms. European incentives such as firearms and other technology also played a role in encouraging some Africans to collaborate in the capture and sale of other Africans.
European colonists began using Africans as slaves in the early 1500s with the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade. The demand for labor in European colonies led to the systematic enslavement of Africans to work on plantations and in various industries.
Africans and their descendants resisted enslavement through various methods, such as running away and forming maroon communities, engaging in acts of sabotage and rebellion, practicing cultural retentions and expressions of resistance, and seeking legal means of challenging their enslavement through courts and petitions. These forms of resistance were essential in maintaining a sense of autonomy and dignity in the face of enslavement.
The slaves who built the pyramids were enslaved.
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A slave-holding state was a state where the enslavement of Africans was legal
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A slave-holding state was a state where the enslavement of Africans was legal
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The enslavement of Africans in the 17th century was different from previous forms of slavery in that it was based on race, with Africans being specifically targeted for bondage. This racialized form of slavery led to the development of the transatlantic slave trade, where millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas to work on plantations. Additionally, African slaves in this period were often subjected to harsher treatment and enduring chattel slavery, meaning they were treated as property for life.