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Q: Who began the European trade in African slaves?
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Who began the European trade in African slaves who had been captured through war or raiding?

The english begun the slavery.


Which European nation began the African Slave Trade?

Portuguese.


What European nation took part in the African slaves trade?

england


When did the slave onewers start kidnapping the slaves?

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.


Which European country explored the west coast of Africa began trading African slaves and eventually developed a trade route to India by sailling around Africa's southern tip?

portugal


What would Europeans trade for slaves?

European goods were firearms, iron , horses, cloth and tobacco. And with these goods, african kingdoms began to spread their influence to others and expand.


Who began African slave trade with the European countries and when?

Portuguese during the 1400's


How did the Atlantic slave trade get its start?

they got they start from European because Europeans began to enslave African who could be obtained from trading post along the African post Slavery in Africa predated European contact by thousands of years and was part and parcel of trade, commerce and wealth in African nations. The first European contact leading to the purchase of slaves was from with the Portuguese. Europeans did not go to Africa to "enslave" Africans but rather they went to Africa to purchase slaves already enslaved by African rulers. Excess population was seen as a source of wealth and a commodity of trade by African rulers. The concept of Europeans stalking Africans to make the slaves is factually inaccurate, a distortion of the reality of the African slave trade and has led to a distorted view of the African slave trade reinforcing racial bias for political purposes.


The European trade in African slaves was initiated in the fifteenth century by the?

Portuguese traders accounted for 95% of the slave trade in the fifteenth century.


What impact did the slaves have on Africa?

Some African states became dependent on the slave trade and European goods


Why did the trade in African slave increase dramatically in the seventh century?

Arab Muslims and Europeans began trading these slaves.


What goods did Europeans provide the African chiefs to obtain slaves?

During the era where Europeans began the slave trade in earnest, slaves from Black Africa were sometimes obtained by providing a Tribal chief with European products that were unobtainable for most African people. In some cases gold and silver were used to have a Tribal chief provide slaves to the slave traders.