Portuguese.
Europeans began to structure their economies around international trade during the Commercial Revolution.
buying them for African slave traders
by buying them from African slave traders
they captured them in war
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Portuguese, Dutch then English
The African slave trade began around 1440. European countries shipped goods to African rulers who traded for slaves to be sent to the American continent. From America, slave-produced goods such as cotton, rum and molasses were shipped to Europe, completing this slave triangle. This continued into the 1700s.
Europeans began to structure their economies around international trade during the Commercial Revolution.
Kidnapping of African slaves by European slave traders began when the transatlantic slave trade started in the 15th century. This practice was widespread during the era of colonization in the Americas until the abolition of the slave trade in the 19th century.
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ENGLAND
They were purchased by African Slave Traders
The African slave trade started in the 1500's because of the need for laborers in Spain's American Empire.
African rulers may have engaged in the slave trade for various reasons, including to gain wealth and power through trade with European countries, to eliminate rival tribes, or due to coercion by European slave traders. Additionally, the demand for slaves from the Americas created economic incentives for African rulers to participate in the trade.
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