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The U.S. slaves came from Senegal, Gambia, and Sierra Leone (West Africa)

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How did Slaves come to American?

By ship


Where did American slaves come from?

The U.S. slaves came from Senegal, Gambia, and Sierra Leone (West Africa)


What was one reason African slaves were needed in the American colonies?

Most Native American slaves died from disease or overwork


Where did slaves mainly come from?

during the slave trade most slaves came from Africa


Where did the slaves working in the United States of America come from?

Most slaves in the North American continent came from Africa but not all. Some were Chinese, and some Native Americans held slaves at the time that Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation, these people too were free.


Did most slaves come from Europe?

No, most slaves did not come from Europe. The majority of slaves were taken from Africa and brought to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. This was a brutal and forced migration of millions of Africans who were enslaved and forcibly transported to work in the New World.


What was a African American patriot?

Most African American descents, were most likely slaves. There may be one but none that I know of.


What part of Africa did guyanese slaves come from?

Most African slaves came from various parts of West Africa, as did Guyanese slaves. Most slaves from the West Indies came from the Congo, Ghana, or Senegal.


Who had it wosrt Holocaust victims or slaves?

A large proportion of the Holocaust victims were slaves. If you are meaning to compare to American slaves; you need to know that American slaves though treated poorly were actually treated better than most slaves in history, including people who were slaves under Nazi Germany.


What does Jefferson perceive to be the most powerful obstacle to the emancipation of American slaves?

Jefferson thought that the difference in color was the most powerful obstacle to the emancipation of American slaves. Though he was against slavery, he felt that slaves were emancipated that they would have a hard time integrating into the society.


Where did slaves that were sent to North America mainly come from?

Most slaves who were sent to North America came from Africa.


What group of people came to America against their will?

West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade