Of all of the places why were the slaves taken from Africa?
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If I remember correctly that is because Europe was the first country to instate slavery and that was from the first European traders when they used to sail to china and stuff.  I am not sure but that is how I believe it all got started.
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well instead of jumping all over you like other peoplei will assume you ment why were blacks slaves in america. well they were the easiest euroians tried to use indians but they knew the land to well and could run away. and white men could easily bland in to a crowd. but a black man could stand out he was different and didnt know the land well at all. on the wester half of the country the asians population was almot as bad as slaves but were given a very small wage . idk how much this willhelp but hope it does
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They really didn't. The Europeans went there and took their resources and their land, and stole many of them as slaves to go work for them. I don't see how they benefitted whatsoever, really.
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"The European colonial powers called Africa “the Dark Continent” when they began their explorations. They saw it as a vast and dangerous place filled with savage people."\nhttp://www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html
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First of all there were black people in the bible *shock*. One of the disciples is even refered to as Niger, which in Greek, yes Greek, this is not a misspelling of "the N-word", it means- "The Black Man". So, blacks even followed at the footsteps of Jesus when he was living. In the New Testament era, slavery was not an all bad thing. Slaves were required by law to be released at age 33, they were paid for their work and recieved the lump-sum at their release, and after they were release they became Roman citizens. It actually was a pretty good deal, assuming your "owner" treated you well, and most did from all of the accounts we have. Most slaves once released used the skills they learned and the money they made to go open their own business. Oh, and most Roman slaves were white. Also, there is a Ethiopian eunich mentioned in the New Testament, most likely he was black, and he became a Christian as well. So, Christianity and black Christians far outdates the White to black slavery you are refering to.
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I've met Latinos who are of African ancestry;some of them are way darker than me and I'm African-American.  People don't seem to realize that the African slave trade didn't just exist here in the States; the slaves were also taken to Mexico, Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean.  Unfortunately, people can be very ignorant.  Try to drop some knowledge on them when they ask stupid questions.
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Arabs were great slave traders from Africa\n\nThe Arab world has traded in slaves like many other cultures of the region. It was one of the oldest slave trades, predating the European transatlantic slave trade by hundreds of years[2]. The Arab or Middle Eastern slave trade is thought to have originated with trans-Saharan slavery. The Moors, starting in the 8th century, raided coastal areas of the Mediterranean and Northern European (including British and even as far north as Scandinavian) coastal areas and would carry away sometimes whole villages to the Moorish slave markets on the Barbary Coast. Nautical traders from the United States became targets, and frequent victims, of the Barbary pirates, as soon as that nation began trading with Europe and refused to pay the required tribute to the North African states. The slave trade from East Africa to Arabia was dominated by Arab and African traders in the coastal cities of Zanzibar, Dar Es Salaam and Mombasa.\n\nMale slaves were employed as servants, soldiers, or laborers by their owners, while female slaves, mostly from Africa, were long traded to Middle Eastern countries and kingdoms by Arab, Indian, or Oriental traders, some as female servants, others as sexual slaves. Arab, Indian, and Oriental traders were involved in the capture and transport of slaves northward across the Sahara desert and the Indian Ocean region into Arabia and the Middle East, Persia, and the Indian subcontinent. As many African slaves may have crossed the Sahara Desert, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean as crossed the Atlantic, perhaps more. Some sources estimate that between 11 and 17 million slaves crossed the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Sahara Desert from 650 to 1900, compared to 11.6 million across the Atlantic from 1500 to the late 1860s. The Arab or Middle Eastern slave trade continued into the early 1900s[2].\n\nMany Slavic males from the Balkans, and Turkic and Circassian males from the Caucasus Mountains and the eastern Black Sea regions were taken away from their homes and families and enlisted into special soldier classes of the army of the Ottoman Empire. These soldier classes were named Janissaries in the Balkans and Asia Minor, and Mamelukes in Egypt. The Janissaries eventually became a decisive factor in the intrigues of the Istanbul court of the Ottoman sultans, while the Mamelukes were mainly responsible for the expulsion of the Crusaders from Palestine and preventing the Mongols from entering Egypt.\n\nThe Arab trade in slaves continued into the 20th century. Written travelogues and other historical works are replete with references to slaves owned by wealthy traders, nobility and heads of state in the Arabian Peninsula well into the 1920s. T. E. Lawrence documented practices in which African Muslims performing the hajj would bring a son with them to Mecca and there sell him into slavery[3]. Slave owning and slave-like working conditions have been documented up to and including the present, in countries of the Middle East. Though the subject is considered taboo in the affected regions, a leading Saudi government cleric and author of the country's religious curriculum has called for the outright re-legalization of slavery[4][5].\n\n\n[edit] Slavery in Africa\nMain article: African slave trade\nFrench historian Fernand Braudel noted that slavery was endemic in Africa and part of the structure of everyday life. "Slavery came in different guises in different societies: there were court slaves, slaves incorporated into princely armies, domestic and household slaves, slaves working on the land, in industry, as couriers and intermediaries, even as traders" (Braudel 1984 p. 435). During the 16th century, Europe began to outpace the Arab world in the export traffic, with its slave traffic from Africa to the Americas. The Dutch imported slaves from Asia into their colony in South Africa. Later, the United Kingdom, which held vast colonial territories on the African continent (inclu
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WHERE?\nThe question of exactly where the transfer took place, and where the 'epidemic' officially first developed has always been controversial. Some have suggested that it is dangerous to even try to find out, as AIDS has frequently been blamed on an innocent person or group of individuals in the past. However, scientists remain keen to find the true origin of HIV, as most agree it is important to understand the virus and its epidemiology in order to fight it.\n\nSo did it definitely come from Africa?\nGiven the evidence we have already looked at, it is likely that Africa was indeed the continent where the transfer of HIV to humans first occurred (monkeys from Asia and South America have never been found to have SIVs that could cause HIV in humans). However, who exactly spread the virus from Africa , to America and beyond remains a mystery. It is quite possible that separate 'pockets' of the virus could have been developing in a number of different countries years before the first cases were ever officially identified, making it virtually impossible to trace one single source.
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During 1400s, Portuguese sailors began exploring coast of Africa \nbringing back with them goods (including slaves) to Europe
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Some causes of slavery were immigration from other countries.this is because the u.s. did not want other groups of people to come.another was that they did not like the immigrants for some odd reason.An effect was that conflict around the u.s. started.Another effect was the war between the north and the south.An effect was also the underground railroad that helped slave escape from slavery.hope this helped!         :-)
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From what I remember about Equiano, he becomes well-versed in the place that he was taken. He was stolen as a child and spent many of his years away from Africa. He had no real indication from where he came, etc... Remember he was a child when he was smuggled away. Perhaps, his childhood and traumatic experiences led him to want to be away from Africa.  I mean the question that you are asking is complex. There is no one answer to it. Speculate!\nThis is related to your question. It's something I wrote last semester. It also has other readings integrated into it, so it may be confusing. Good Luck:\n\nAlthough all of the readings were beneficial, the one that most helped me understand the hardships of slavery on an individual level was, Olaudah Equiano. I have read briefly about him in another book, Bound for Canaan, however, I never knew so much about him. It is important that slave narratives be cherished and respected because they are the direct words from the mouths of those who suffered under the hardships of slavery. It is from them that we are able to merely glimpse into the horrors that existed under the oppression of the United States government and slave trading business worldwide. \nThis first hand account of Equiano’s transition from freedom to slavery was moving. For instance the slave narratives of Frederick Douglas, account for his experiences as a slave in America. Unlike other narratives constructed, this story goes into the great detail about Equiano’s life as a slave in Africa. His comparison of the differences between the two types of slavery is key to understanding how inhumane the European/ American slave traders were. \nToday many writers have difficulty getting their work published, and oftentimes far more difficulty with the editing process of their work. I wonder if Equiano’s personal account of the middle passage was more grotesque than he even wrote. Maybe the present day etiquette or politics of Equiano, limited his ability to divulge more detail about the middle passage journey itself.
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Many of the slaves that came to America were sold into slavery by other Africans.  Slavery went on long before it was a part of American history, and still goes on today in Third World countries.  \n\nIt goes to show that skin color doesn't matter, that we're all human, and as humans we can be pretty un-evolved and low if we choose to be.  People around the world are greedy and uncompassionate and will do almost anything to each other for money.  \n\nOf course what will stop slavery is when human rights, civil rights and economic power are granted to everyone, and that means men and women equally, and also to all races equally.  Those who are lower on the power scale have to keep fighting for their rights, since power is always taken, never given.  \n\nHope this helps.  Cheers, K (teacher and traveler who has yet to go to Africa but wants to)
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The Great Circuit is one of the names given to the path slave trading ships took from Africa to the Americas to England and back to Africa. Also known as the slave triangle.\n\nSlaves were carried from Africa to the west, then sugar, coffee, tobacco, rice and cotton were taken back to England where manufactured goods were picked up for the trip back to Africa.
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I think the question is how WEREN'T they punished!! \n\nThe slaves were not treated as human beings, they were treated like animals....actually worse than animals....this is a powerful subject....you should definitely do a lot of research into this, there are many resources on the slave trade. Try your local library, ask the librarian for help.
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its a huge question.  You can write books to fill a library.  \nIn Europe, it opened up new lands and great wealth.  In the Americas, destruction and loss of land, people, cultures, natural wealth etc. etc. etc.  In Africa, slavery like no other seen before it and more of the same as the Americas.  Asia, Colonization, stripping away of natural resources etc.  \n\nUnfortunately, sometimes one man's boon is another man's bust.
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There were white slaves too no one ever mentions them and the freed black people had slaves too. If you show me someone who was an actual slave not just a decedent of one yes..my ancestors were slaves too and the people that want \nreparations are just to lazy to get jobs in my mind.\n\nhttp://www.revisionisthistory.org/forgottenslaves.html
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Africa the Continent is not to blame for the problems you listed.\n\nselfish people have been plundering africa for centuries.\n\nRemoving the victims of this plunder will not bring back the forests and other habitats the animals need.