What were the origins of most african american slaves?

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  • Africa, often times they were handed over to the slave trade by tribes in Africa who captured them.

    (Warring tribes in Africa would take hostages and sell them into the slave trade for money)


  • Africa?


  • When Christoper Columbus developed the new world there were only two countries with an established slave trade: Portugal and Arabia.

    Columbus had to go to the Portugeese to purchase African slaves and transport them to the Americas.

    African chief's would capture rival African tribesmen in West Africa and sell their fellow Africans to the Portugeese (or Arabs).

    In America, the colony of Massachusetts outlawed slavery in 1755, and outlawed the fugitive slave act in 1859.

    The United States outlawed the importation of any new slaves in 1844. The frigate, USS CONSTITUTION, in 1844, had its last sea battle against a slaver, preventing it from coming to the US.


  • mostly they were sold from tribes on the east coast of Africa. they were captives from tribes that lost wars to the tribes that ended up selling them to white sailors that sold them in various parts of the world


  • West Africa was the origin of African slaves in the U.S. After the slave trade was made illegal, slaves that were born in the U.S were bought ad sold within the country.







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