SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Detailed explanation-1: -In addition to the nearly 50 percent of the total number of enslaved Africans in the United States from these two regions, a considerable number of enslaved people had their origins in the West African nation of Ghana, as well as neighboring parts of the Windward Coast, now Ivory Coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most slaves were taken from the area between the Gold coast and the Niger Delta which was soon named the ‘Slave Coast’. Slave trade extended from West Africa to include areas such as Angola and some Eastern Africa countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Africans carried to North America, including the Caribbean, left mainly from West Africa. Well over 90 percent of enslaved Africans were sent to the Caribbean and South America.