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Question: Were there african slaves in africa before they came to america to be enslaved!?
If you could please help me find information regarding slavery in africa in the 1800's i would greatly appreciate it!. websites are fine also!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Yes that's why we BOUGHT them instead of captured them!. Oh and a little secret you should know is that there were black slave owners here too!. That's a big secret!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh, yes!

http://www!.innercity!.org/holt/slavechron!.!.!.

Before the America, there was a brisk slave trade between Africa and the Islamic countries -- but the Islamic countries never developed the abolitionist movement that the Americas did!.

Many African slave traders didn't see a problem with sending slaves to America, because they thought that the slaves in America were treated like the slaves in Africa -- slaves, but with opportunity to advance and buy their freedom!. They did not realize that, because of their skin color, blacks were seen as inferior in the Americas -- because they had the same racial profiles as their owners in Africa, "black" wasn't seen as "inferior"!. It was only the status, "slave" that was important, and that was seen as something that could be overcome!.

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The later European or Transatlantic slave trade from Africa to the Americas originated around 1500, during the early period of European discovery of West Africa and the establishment of Atlantic colonies in the Caribbean, South and North America when growing sugar cane (and a few other crops) was found to be a lucrative enterprise!. Slaves were usually captured by African tribes in raids or open warfare or purchased from other African tribes!. Many tribes were happy to get rid of their enemies by capturing and selling them for trade goods--usually whiskey, swords, guns and gold!. Whole tribes were often captured and sold not just the warriors!. A large number of slaves in the Atlantic slave trade were transported from what is now Guinea, the Congo, Angola and other parts of West Africa!. It is believed that about 11 million men, women and children were transported in ships across the Atlantic to various ports in the New World--mostly to Brazil and the islands in the Caribbean from 1500 to 1850!. Far from docilely accepting their imprisonment, a few transported Africans actively resisted the brutality of their captors!. African slaves are known to have engaged in at least 250 shipboard rebellions during the period of the transatlantic crossings!.

How people become slaves
Historically, most slaves ancestors were initially captured in wars or kidnapped in isolated raids but some were sold into slavery by their parents as a means of surviving extreme conditions!. Most slaves were born into that status!. Ancient warfare often resulted in slavery for prisoners and their families who were either killed, ransomed or sold as slaves!. Captives were often considered the property of those who captured them and were looked upon as a prize of war!. Normally they were sold, bartered or ransomed!. It originally may have been more humane than simply executing those who would return to fight if they were freed, but the effect led to widespread enslavement of particular groups of people!. Those captured sometimes differed in ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race from the captors but often were the same as the captors!. The dominant group in an area might take captives and turn them into slaves with little fear of suffering the like fate, but the possibility might be present from reversals of fortune, as when Seneca warns, at the height of the Roman Empire,





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Slavery has been around since the dawn of civilization!.
From the early tribes to the Egyptians, Romans and just about any ancient civilization had slaves!. Europeans and Russians too but they called it "serfdom"!.
How do you think the pyramids were built!?
Usually when one side either lost a dispute or a war then it was customary to sell the survivors into slavery!.

It is not something the "Americans" invented!.!.!. just the most well known and publicized case of slavery and the most recent where a whole country got into it and made it a legal business!.

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Yes, the tribes enslaved each other when they would conquer one another!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

slavery existed in other places before America, not sure about Africa though!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Atlantic Slave Trade is all you need to know!. Understand that and you have your answer!. Here is a link to help you understand: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Atlantic_sl!.!.!. !. Www@QuestionHome@Com

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no, the Africans were kidnapped from thier villages & most had no idea where they were headed to!.Www@QuestionHome@Com