It's not as published as the African American slaves, but yes they certainly were.
Every race, or religion were slaves to another race or religion at some point. The Irish were white, and they were enslaved and sold as well.
Portugal, which played an important role in both the beginning of the Atlantic Slave Trade as well as the Asian Slave Trade, always used slaves for economic reasons. They originally used slaves as a medium of trade.
Whatever currency used by the country purchasing the slaves was typically use in slave trade. Hope it helped! Ari
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.
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West African slave traders
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.