Although some people think it was all the Europeans fought that Africa was taken over but it was also the Africans. African leaders (mainly in West Africa), engaged in the slave trade and received some advantages. Some African kings traded their people for weapons.
They lived at a time and in a culture when and where selling humans was considered OK. No principal difference from a farmer today gathering up and selling some cattle to make some money.
African slave traders
West African slave traders
West African slave traders
Europeans and Africans
4 thousand ?
no
The Atlantic slave trade did not benefit Africans. It led to the forced removal of millions of Africans from their homes, families, and communities, resulting in immense suffering, loss of life, and disruption of societies. The slave trade primarily benefited European and American slave traders, plantation owners, and industries that were built on the exploitation of enslaved Africans.
Slave Trade
Fellow Africans were involved in the slave trade for various reasons, including profit, political power, and as a result of intertribal conflicts. European involvement also incentivized some African leaders to participate in the trade.
West African slave traders
African slave traders
The slave trade
West African slave traders
West African slave traders
Some Africans engaged in the slave trade to acquire goods like firearms, textiles, and other valuables offered by European traders. Additionally, the practice of slavery already existed in certain African societies prior to European involvement, with slaves often used as laborers or servants. The complex dynamics of power, politics, and economics also played a role in Africa's participation in the transatlantic slave trade.
africans
Complicit.