Slavery can be found in a diversity of forms throughout Africa and served multiple roles within Africa and provided a foundation for the transatlantic slave trade in the European countries. In many parts of Africa, slaves were based on people’s ability to work the land and their position within their society “Conquering peoples who enslaves their enemies acquired a valuable source if labor, concubines, and trade revenues – the last of which they could accrue by selling off their most dangerous enemies to distant lands where they would no longer pose a threat” (White, Bay, Martin 9). This system meant that many were constantly looking for both free and un-free laborers, as a way to increase their power. This agricultural and political system
