The African Americans immigration patterns are non-existent since they were brought over as slaves from Africa to the Americas. They did not immigrate to this country; they were brought over by force as captured people. They cannot trace their origin/roots in Africa. African Americans have a long history of being Americans, but were stripped away from the privileges that White Americans had. This dates back to the 1500’s when 12 million Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas as slaves. It all began with the European vessels that would take goods to Africa, in exchange for slaves. Also known as the Trans-Atlantic slave trade in which ships would sail to the Americas with the Africansas cargo. This journey would take roughly around four
