That is a hard one. You would have to do some research, but it ranges from independent hires to African tribes who traded and barter with the slave transporters. Yes, rival African tribes sold each other to be slaves.
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The Portuguese had ties with Kingdom Kongo who started exporting slaves in 1650.
they were the ones who captured the black slaves?
They were captured by African slave traders
Slaves were a very important part of Ancient Roman society. Your wealth was partly based on how many slaves you owned. Even poor people had at least one slave.
Most were captured by rival tribes and sold to slave traders in West Africa, who transported many slaves to the Caribbean and the colonies in the American South.