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African tribes would war with each other and sell the captured as slaves.

Africa had an excess of slaves, the US was in a growth period and needed more labor.

Simple economics.

In the past there have been slaves from all over the world and of all colors. That particular period of history simply had a predominance of African slaves available and the largest demand was from the US at the time.

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