They were part of the Triangular Trade Route, particularly The Middle Passage. Molasses was made in the US, the brought to Europe where it was made into rum. Then the rum was brought to Africa and traded for gold and slaves. The slaves would come to the Americas on the Middle Passage (just the name for that leg of the triangle since it cut across the *middle* of the Atlantic) where they were sold by slavers to anyone who would bid enough for them. Also more slaves were obtained by the currently owned slaves having children. The children were now your slaves too.
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Slaves were obtained through various methods such as capture during wars and raids, kidnapping, trading, or being born into slavery through generational enslavement. In many cases, individuals were also enslaved as punishment for crimes or as a result of financial debts.
Slaves were obtained through conquest in war, kidnapping and raiding, trading between tribes or kingdoms, being born into slavery (hereditary slavery), as punishment for crimes, and through debt bondage or indentured servitude.
Local slave traders often obtained their supply of slaves from various sources, including capturing individuals during wars and conflicts, purchasing captives from other tribes or groups, bartering with local chiefs, and through raids on neighboring communities. Additionally, some slaves were also acquired through the transatlantic slave trade, where they were brought from Africa to be sold in local markets.
Slave traders obtained slaves through various means, including capturing them in war, purchasing them from other slave owners, or kidnapping them from their homes and communities. These slaves were then sold and transported to markets where they were traded for goods or money.
Slave traders obtained slaves through illegal activities such as kidnapping or by exploiting vulnerable populations within countries where slavery was still practiced. They also engaged in human trafficking, particularly in regions where poverty and corruption allowed for the exploitation of individuals.
There are no freed slaves remaining on the farm where they had worked as slaves. After emancipation, freed slaves were free to leave the farms where they were enslaved.