This question is difficult, because Africa during the slave trade did not have the same borders as today, or even have "countries". Also, much of the slave trade was illegal smuggling without records. However, colonial records do give us a rough idea. According to the table below, Nigeria and Angola were the source for most slaves in Virginia and South Carolina. However, the slaves could have been taken far inland and traded to the coasts. Note also that the two colonies got slaves from different sources. Other colonies probably also had different relations with companies and ships and therefore different sources. When African tribes and nations were at peace, they produced few slaves. When there were a lot of wars in an area, more slaves came from that area. In general, it is safe to say that U.S. slaves came from West Africa, mainly Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Senegambia, and Congo.
Place of Origin
Virginia
1710-1769
South Carolina
1733-1807
Senegambia 14.9 % 19.5 % Sierra Leone 5.3 % 6.8 % Windward Coast
(Ivory Coast) 6.3 % 16.3 % Gold Coast
(Ghana) 16.0 % 13.3 % Bight of Benin
(Nigeria) -- -- 1.6 % Bight of Biafra
(Nigeria) 37.7 % 2.1 % Angola
(Congo too?) 15.7 % 39.6 % Mozambique/
Madagascar 4.1 % 0.7 % Source: P. C. Curtin, The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969), p. 157.
The slaves were brought over from Africa to work as slaves! so, all the blacks or coloured people living in America have relations coming from Africa, and their ancestors are African!
West African in the North. AKA, the closest area to the Americas.
The first slaves were black slaves who were brought to virginia from northern africa in 1619.
Mainly West Africa
Africa
yes
Africa
during the slave trade most slaves came from Africa
They were fetched from Africa.
The island of Grenada
in the 1300s
originally Africa, then Britain then the british traded slaves for goods
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No, most slaves did not come from Europe. The majority of slaves were taken from Africa and brought to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. This was a brutal and forced migration of millions of Africans who were enslaved and forcibly transported to work in the New World.
the romans conquered their enemies and took the men as slaves
African Slaves
Africa
west Africa
As slaves.
slaves plantation
By ship
Poland
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.
during the slave trade most slaves came from Africa