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Answer African sources for U.S. slavesAngola is the answer.

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.

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