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 | well there wasn't exactly one way that they got there hands on slaves. many african city states would make pow's into slaves and would trade them to the europeans for things like more modern weapons or food they couldn't get in Africa. | |
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| so the African willfully sold there people into slavery? | |
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| yes but slavery was quite different in Africa because slaves where one of the only personal wealths you could have in Africa sencethe land was owned by the city state. | |
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| oh ok. so sence they where more of a prized possession in Africa then in the americas they where treated with more care and had better lives. | |
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| YES EXACTLY. slaves also where more likely to gain there freedom in Africa however if they where traded into the americas then there was little hope for them. | |
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| ok so what was the first stop on the Atlantic slave trade route? | |
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