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The Spanish began slave trading in the West Indies in the 1600's. Then a British Company got into it and bought, kidnapped and sold the African people into bondage under the approval of Queen Elizabeth who only ask if any of them were 'taken against their will' and the answer was no that they were basically doing them a favor by introducing them into civilization.

They were brought by ship to be slaves on plantations and factories. Africans came to America because they were either kidnapped or purchased from Africa or they were brought their from tribes that owned slaves.
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