SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Europeans attacked the continent and removed all the men they could.
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Initially required the help from African Kings/leaders to get slaves. Gave them weapons and finished goods from Europe.
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Paid mercenaries to steal Africans from their villages
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African prisons extended those prisoners they could not rehabilitate.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The capture and sale of enslaved Africans Most of the Africans who were enslaved were captured in battles or were kidnapped, though some were sold into slavery for debt or as punishment. The captives were marched to the coast, often enduring long journeys of weeks or even months, shackled to one another.
Detailed explanation-2: -Africa and Enslavement Ivory, gold and other trade resources attracted Europeans to West Africa. As demand for cheap labour to work on plantations in the Americas grew, people enslaved in West Africa became the most valuable ‘commodity’ for European traders.
Detailed explanation-3: -In truth, Europeans obtained African slaves by trading for them. Africans were captured by other Africans and then traded to Europeans in exchange for goods, usually like metal tools, fine textiles or guns. For those Africans, slaves were for of property, usually acquired through war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Where did enslaved Africans come from? In the first 150 years of the trade, West Central Africa supplied nine out of ten African people destined for a life of slavery in the Americas. Except for a fifty-year period between 1676 and 1725, West Central Africa sent more slaves to the Americas than any other region.