guns and stuff
Smallpox and Guns
They couldn't fight off their rivals, who had guns, and the Africans were needed for slavery, and they provided cheap and easy labor.
They want to keep their traditions and they cannot afford big guns.
The African side with guns rounded up the captives of war who were sold to Europeans in exchange for more guns or other barter.
They traded things they had like money, guns, gun powder, and other tools and such that the Africans didn't have.
Well, honey, Europeans had a leg up on Africans with their fancy schmancy guns and ships. They also had the upper hand with their knowledge of metalworking and agricultural techniques. But hey, at the end of the day, it's not about who had the better toys, it's about how you use them.
Enslaved Africans were typically sold through public auctions, where they were displayed and bid on by potential buyers. They were also sold through private sales, where slave traders negotiated directly with buyers for the purchase of enslaved individuals.
People were captured by Africans and enslaved. They were then taken by their African captors and sold at the coast for Manillas (copper and bronze armlets) that had been manufactured in Europe. The African kingdoms that ran the slave trade became very rich on the proceeds of selling Africans that they captured.
the colonies got slaves... Europe got raw materials, cocoa, corn, beans, squash, vanilla and other exotic goods... Africans got Guns
To shoot and kill the slaves if they did not follow orders. Or to get the slaves to follow orders through intimidation.
yes the africans made the drums