Slaves would come from small villages that they lived in. African slaves came from various countries in Africa and were sold by other Africans to Europeans to be shipped to the Americas.
On boats.
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They were slaves. They did not volunteer. They were taken by force and many of them died on the way. The majority of those who survived the journey would die in slavery under terrible conditions and at a young age.
Well this is just a guess but if they were forced to come to America to be slaves, maybe there owners payed for them?
Mostly Africa
to a place where people would come to bid them
they would put a light out
That would depend on which slaves, since slaves could come from a number of countries. It wouold depend on which Pharaoh too, since Egypt itself had the occasional change of beliefs.
The slaves would mostly stay in the hold in rows very tightly packed, but occasionally they would be allowed to come up on deck for fresh air and exercise.
there were war vets captured in battle and babies born into slavery
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As a queen, Cleopatra would have had hundreds of slaves. Unfortunately only the names of three slaves have come down to us. They were Apollodorus, the one who smuggled her into Caesar, and two of her personal slaves who died with her. The personal slaves were named Charmin and Iras.
It was a major center where the slaves from Africa would go in order to come to America.
the romans conquered their enemies and took the men as slaves
African Slaves
Africa
west Africa