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.
during the slave trade most slaves came from Africa
They were fetched from Africa.
in the 1300s
The island of Grenada
originally Africa, then Britain then the british traded slaves for goods
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the romans conquered their enemies and took the men as slaves
African Slaves
Poland
As slaves.
slaves plantation
west Africa
By ship
Africa
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.
Cape slaves came from Malaya, South Africa, and Madagascar.
during the slave trade most slaves came from Africa