Question

How did the African slave trade begin?

Responses

African societies enslaved many people they conquered or captured in battle.
African societies enslaved many people they conquered or captured in battle.

Europeans began colonizing North and South America.
Europeans began colonizing North and South America.

The Portuguese captured Africans and sold them as slaves.
The Portuguese captured Africans and sold them as slaves.

Muslim traders brought slaves with them to Africa to exchange for salt and ivory.

Answer 1

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Muslim traders brought slaves with them to Africa as early as the 7th century, initially for labor on plantations and farms. However, the African slave trade intensified with the arrival of European colonial powers in the 15th century. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to engage in the slave trade, capturing Africans from the West African coast and transporting them to their colonies in the Americas. This marked the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade, where millions of Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations and in mines.