buying them from African slave traders.
establishing trade relationships with local tribal leaders to acquire slaves through raids, warfare, or through the capture and selling of prisoners of war.
The majority of slaves forced to work on European plantations during the Age of Exploration came from West Africa. The transatlantic slave trade saw millions of Africans captured and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas. West Africa was a major source of slaves due to its geographical proximity to the European colonies in the Americas.
West Africa, specifically regions along the coast such as Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, and Benin, were most affected by the transatlantic slave trade due to their proximity to European slave traders and their abundant supply of captives through warfare and raids. Millions of Africans were forcibly taken from this region between the 16th and 19th centuries to be sold as slaves in the Americas.
Samba originated in Brazil, which is located in South America. Its development was influenced by African rhythms and European melodies brought over by colonizers and slaves from Africa.
To obtain goods and firearms from Europe
During the Age of Exploration, the majority of slaves forced to work on European plantations were taken from West Africa. The transatlantic slave trade saw millions of Africans captured and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas.
They were purchased by African Slave Traders
They were purchased by African Slave Traders
buying them for African slave traders
From slave traders in central Africa.
They needed slaves to work on plantations
by buying them from African slave traders
From slave traders in central Africa.
From slave traders in central Africa.
From slave traders in central Africa
European slave traders mainly went to the coastal West African modern day nations such as Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Most of the slaves sent to the Americas originally came from West and Central Africa. They were captured and sold by African slave traders to European slave traders, who then transported them across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved in the New World colonies.
A lot of them bought trade items to be taken to Africa, to be used in trade for slaves.