How Did Europeans Enslaved African Americans

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• First European usually force or bargain with African tribes or locals to sell each other out for some sort of reward. Other cases African tribes will capture rival tribes and sell them. Uncommonly, European themselves would do the dirty work of capturing Africans. Then, these Africans march all the way to the coast which sometimes could be miles away. And, during this event they are likely to die. Those who survived the march are forced into tight ships with no space to defecate or move. Due to these condition, enslaved Africans died of disease or commit suicide. When they reach the New World, they are auctioned out to farmers or anybody for free labor. In the New World, they again face harsh treatment, for example in places such as Virginia

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