The Africans were captured because the Americans wanted them to be slaves. On the voyage to America, the Africans were treated really badly. They were whipped and beaten. Some women gave birth on the boat, and some jumped off into the sea because they didn't want their children to become slaves.
West African slave traders
Their own tribes and tribes they were at war with.
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European slave traders captured slaves in Africa during the transatlantic slave trade.
by increasing the power of ruthless men who captured fellow Africans and sold them. Also increasing rivalry between tribes causing more battles.
West African slave traders
West African slave traders
West African slave traders
African slave traders
West African slave traders
West African slave traders
West African slave traders
Their own tribes and tribes they were at war with.
Some Africans were involved in the transatlantic slave trade as intermediaries who captured and enslaved people to sell to European slave traders. Additionally, some African rulers and merchants profited from the trade by selling enslaved individuals in exchange for goods and weapons.
Africans were captured for enslavement through various means including raids, warfare, kidnapping, and trade with European slave traders. They were often sold by fellow Africans or European slave traders to work on plantations in the Americas. The transatlantic slave trade was brutal and dehumanizing, resulting in the forced migration of millions of Africans.
Most were captured by rival tribes and sold to slave traders in West Africa, who transported many slaves to the Caribbean and the colonies in the American South.
Most were captured by rival tribes and sold to slave traders in West Africa, who transported many slaves to the Caribbean and the colonies in the American South.