USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to John K. Thornton, Europeans usually bought enslaved people who were captured in endemic warfare between African states. Some Africans had made a business out of capturing Africans from neighboring ethnic groups or war captives and selling them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Slave trade began in the 17th century. French merchants sailed to the African coast to buy slaves from their local chieftains. The slaves were packed in the ships for a three month voyage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. There, they were sold to plantation owners.

Detailed explanation-3: -The majority of all people enslaved in the New World came from West Central Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -The slave trade began in the seventeenth century. A triangular slave trade was between Europe, Africa and the Americas. bought slaves from local chieftains. The exploitation of slave labour made it possible to meet the markets for sugar, coffee, and indigo.

Detailed explanation-5: -The liberated Africans reported two broad methods of enslavement; kidnapping and judicial proceedings. One of the informants said that he was sold by his relatives, but did not give reasons for the transaction. Kidnapping included not only victims of abduction and trickery but also prisoners of wars or raids.