Europeans seized West Africans as slaves primarily for economic reasons. The demand for labor in the Americas, particularly for plantations growing sugar, tobacco, and later cotton, led to the establishment of the transatlantic slave trade. West Africans were targeted due to their agricultural skills, resistance to certain diseases, and the existing systems of warfare and trade in the region that made them vulnerable to capture. This brutal practice was driven by a combination of racial dehumanization and the pursuit of profit.
They viewed them as savages.
The slaves that West African slave traders sold to Europeans were usually captured in war.
The African side with guns rounded up the captives of war who were sold to Europeans in exchange for more guns or other barter.
From slave traders in central Africa.
No, many people in West Africa were forced into slavery, but many others were not.
Because when the Europeans enslaved the Native Americans to cultivate sugar the Native Americans started to die the the Europeans turned to Africa to get Africans to Cultivate sugar because the Africans were less prone to diseases since they were already exposed to diseases in Africa, The Africans were very Agricultural.
Most of the people the Europeans brought over to the New World as slaves were West Africans from the central an western part of Africa. This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.
Most of the people the Europeans brought over to the New World as slaves were West Africans from the central an western part of Africa. This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.
Most of the people the Europeans brought over to the New World as slaves were West Africans from the central an western part of Africa. This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.
Most of the people the Europeans brought over to the New World as slaves were West Africans from the central an western part of Africa. This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.
the kings in African kingdoms were lured by Europeans with gifts such as manufactured goods and money and in return they allowed other Africans to be exported as slaves
The Europeans did not get their slaves The Europeans did not get their slaves
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
They viewed them as savages.
Africans came to the Caribbean because of slavery and the caribbean is a small island.
The slaves that West African slave traders sold to Europeans were usually captured in war.
The slaves that West African slave traders sold to Europeans were usually captured in war.