Title: How African Slaves Were Obtained During The Transatlantic Slave Trade - HubPages
Headings: How African Slaves Were Obtained During The Transatlantic Slave Trade
How African Slaves Were Obtained During The Transatlantic Slave Trade
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
The slave trade routes
How slaves were obtained during the transatlantic slave trade
How the slaves were kept before being shipped to the Americas
Slavery in the Americas was more brutal than slavery in Africa
Conclusion
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Content: African chiefs and kings sold these enslaved criminals or ‘sinners’ to the European slave buyers. The main reason why these convicted criminals or ‘sinners’ were sold into slavery was so that they could no longer stay within their various communities and commit sins and crimes. Another major reason why these offenders were sold into slavery was because of the fact that it was extremely lucrative selling them to the Europeans. Tribute slaves: Tribute slaves were slaves who were gifted to kings and chiefs by other prominent people in society in order to show appreciation or to say thank you to the chiefs or kings. During the transatlantic slave trade era, most chiefs ended up selling their tribute slaves to the European slave traders. Kidnappings: Some slaves were innocent people who were captured during raids and kidnappings. Seeing how extremely lucrative the slave trade business was with the Europeans, some unscrupulous chiefs and ordinary Africans began raiding and kidnapping their own people from their farms and other desolate places to be sold into slavery. Sometimes these unscrupulous men would raid entire communities and villages and capture mainly women and children to be sold into slavery.