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No, many people in West Africa were forced into slavery, but many others were not.

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Was west Indians slaves of England?

The West Indians are decendants of slaves who either escaped or were released from slavery in the colonies of Britain in America and the Carribean. There was no slavery in Britain at that time, but the British did capture west Africans and supply them as slaves to the plantations of these Colonies.


Why did Europeans seize West Africans as slaves?

Europeans seized West Africans as slaves primarily for economic reasons. The demand for labor in the Americas, particularly for plantations growing sugar, tobacco, and later cotton, led to the establishment of the transatlantic slave trade. West Africans were targeted due to their agricultural skills, resistance to certain diseases, and the existing systems of warfare and trade in the region that made them vulnerable to capture. This brutal practice was driven by a combination of racial dehumanization and the pursuit of profit.


How were people in West Africa involved in the slave trade?

Americans sailed about 20 Africans to America because of the need for servants to work in their growing fields of tobacco and other products. They saw these Africans as a way to expand their food supply and have permanent slaves.


How were west africans rounded up for sale as slaves?

The African side with guns rounded up the captives of war who were sold to Europeans in exchange for more guns or other barter.


Why was gold important to west africans?

Gold is valuable to West Africans because they could make gold coins and othe things.

Related Questions

Were the slaves of west Africa Jews?

No, the slaves of West Africa were not primarily Jews. The majority of slaves transported from West Africa during the transatlantic slave trade were native Africans of various ethnic groups. While there were enslaved Africans who practiced Judaism, the overall population of slaves from West Africa consisted of people from diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.


What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

Africans from West Africa were taken to the Western Hemisphere and sold as slaves to the European colonists.


Who captured the Africans who were sold in the Atlantic slaves trade?

West African slave traders


Was west Indians slaves of England?

The West Indians are decendants of slaves who either escaped or were released from slavery in the colonies of Britain in America and the Carribean. There was no slavery in Britain at that time, but the British did capture west Africans and supply them as slaves to the plantations of these Colonies.


Which ethnic group was to the Caribbean to work as slaves?

Race: The black race: Ethnicity: West Africans


Are there Africans slaves?

no


What was the triangle of trade?

the triangle trade is when ships left from britai traded goods with africans for slaves then to them to America and the west indies and then sold the slaves for cotton and sugar


Where slaves originally sold?

The African slaves that were transported to America were originally sold by other Africans to the merchant ships landing along the west coast of Africa.


Why were Africans used as slaves instead of Native Americans?

the native Americans were on reservations or had moved West. They were not available in the South.


Why Africans sold other Africans as slaves?

They started to fight each other (as what happened in Songhai) and took slaves for those who won. They did not have the need of so many slaves so they went to West Africa near the coast to sell some.then they dont have food so far manufatured goods they sell they slaves


3 ways africans became slaves?

Three ways in which Africans became slaves are:- If they are sold by other eople/their king.- If they are captured and then sold by various merchants/ traders.- They became slaves for dept or poverty.These are all REAL.


How many Africans were sent to Brazil as slaves?

An estimated total of 4 million Africans were sent to Brazil as slaves during the transatlantic slave trade. Brazil received the highest number of enslaved Africans out of all the countries in the Americas.