Most African slaves were originally captured by ____,who traded them in crude markets to itinerant European ── and American ── flesh merchants.

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African coastal tribes were responsible for capturing and selling most of the African slaves during the transatlantic slave trade. They traded the slaves in crude markets to European and American slave traders who would transport them across the Atlantic to be sold as laborers in the Americas. Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, and other sailors were involved in the slave trade, but they did not capture the slaves themselves.

Most African Slaves Were Originally Captured by ____,Who Traded Them