buying them for African slave traders
They needed slaves to work on plantations
by buying them from African slave traders
From slave traders in central Africa.
European slave traders did not have to capture slaves in West Africa themselves because they established trade relationships with local African leaders and groups who conducted the capture and sale of slaves. These local intermediaries would often raid neighboring communities or conduct warfare to acquire captives, whom they sold to European traders in exchange for goods such as textiles, firearms, and alcohol. This system allowed European traders to profit from the slave trade without directly engaging in the violent and complex processes of capture and transportation.
A lot of them bought trade items to be taken to Africa, to be used in trade for slaves.
They were purchased by African Slave Traders
They were purchased by African Slave Traders
From slave traders in central Africa.
They needed slaves to work on plantations
European slave traders captured slaves in Africa during the transatlantic slave trade.
establishing trade relationships with local tribal leaders to acquire slaves through raids, warfare, or through the capture and selling of prisoners of war.
by buying them from African slave traders
From slave traders in central Africa.
From slave traders in central Africa.
European slave traders did not have to capture slaves in West Africa themselves because they established trade relationships with local African leaders and groups who conducted the capture and sale of slaves. These local intermediaries would often raid neighboring communities or conduct warfare to acquire captives, whom they sold to European traders in exchange for goods such as textiles, firearms, and alcohol. This system allowed European traders to profit from the slave trade without directly engaging in the violent and complex processes of capture and transportation.
From slave traders in central Africa
European slave traders mainly went to the coastal West African modern day nations such as Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.