How Enslaved People were Captured

• Reasons why an African would sell another African to Slavery

  • As European goods were valuable, Africans took every opportunity to sell slaves
• Reasons why an African would sell another African to Slavery

  • As battles between tribes took place, prisoners of war would be captured, and sold by the winning side
  • Others were enslaved through being kidnapped by rival tribes
• Reasons why an African would sell another African to Slavery

  • As a form of justice, Africans who broke the law would be sold
  • Some Africans were sold in order to pay off a debt