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The short and simple answer is that they were not seen as humans, but as savages. The Africans that the pioneers found in their travels were usually simple hunters. They were capable of building only simple structures, hunting and gathering, and growing crops. Their social structures, if any, were unsophisticated compared to Europe and Asia. The pioneers saw this as a great opportunity for very cheap and abundant labor. They proceeded to ship the Africans back to America and made them do all of their hard labor.

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What did the Africans trade for in the triangle trade?

Africans traded gold, ivory, and other resources for goods such as firearms, textiles, and rum in the triangle trade. The main commodity that Africans were traded for in this trade route was slaves.


In the triangular trade what did slaves trade in Africa?

I the Triangular Trade the slaves didn't trade anything. Other african captured them during war and shipped them to the West Indies where they worked on plantations under harsh circumstances.


What was traded with africans in exchange for slaves?

Slave traders traded goods such as guns, ammunition, textiles, beads, alcohol, and metalware in exchange for slaves in Africa. These goods were used to entice African leaders and traders to capture and sell slaves to European and American slave traders.


What were the Africans traded for?

People were captured by Africans and enslaved. They were then taken by their African captors and sold at the coast for Manillas (copper and bronze armlets) that had been manufactured in Europe. The African kingdoms that ran the slave trade became very rich on the proceeds of selling Africans that they captured.


What is the name of the journey of Africans who were brought as slaves?

The journey of Africans who were brought as slaves to the Americas is known as the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This was a brutal and inhumane system where millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homelands and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves in the New World.