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The Transatlantic Slave Trade consisted of three journeys and West Africa was the closest point from and to A & B. My guess
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let us not forget that slaves were sold by their own people.The Atlantic slave trade peaked in the late 18th century, when the largest number of slaves were captured on raiding expeditions into the interior of West Africa. These expeditions were typically carried out by African kingdoms against weaker African tribes and peoples. These mass slavers included the Oyo empire (Yoruba), Kong Empire, Kingdom of Benin, Kingdom of Fouta Djallon, Kingdom of Fouta Tooro, Kingdom of Koya, Kingdom of Khasso, Kingdom of Kaabu, Fante Confederacy, Ashanti Confederacy, and the kingdom of Dahomey. Europeans rarely entered the interior of Africa, due to fear of disease and moreover fierce African resistance.
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Actually there were more Brazilian slaves.
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And of course you are assuming west africa to be the largest source of slaves. 32 million Africans were shipped out of Africa in these today modern countries: Nigeria 22% 7,040,000 Democratic Republic of Congo 20% 6,400,000 Angola:13% 4,160,000 Ghana: 10.3% 3,296,000 Republic of Congo 6.3% 2,016,000 Cameroon: 5% 1,600,000 Senegal: 4% 1,280,000 Benin: 4% 1,280,000 Mozambique 3% 960,000 Guinea 2.4% 768,000 Togo 2.1% 672,000 Equatorial Guinea: 2% 640,000 Madagascar: 1.6% 512,000 Sierra Leone: 1% 3,20,000 Cote d' Ivoire: 1% 3,20,000 The Gambia: 0.8% 256,000 Liberia 0.7% 224,000 Gabon: 0.6% 192,000 Guinea-Bissau 0.2% 64,000 These countries lie mostly in Central and Western Africa two are in East Africa Another reason for the abundance of slaves that came from the west coast was that 1/3 to 1/2 of the population there was already enslaved. Slave distribution in this region was unequal. Poor africans would have no slaves whereas kings and nobles might have thousands. the slaves did agricultural work and fit the job description perfectly as to the needed labor requirements in the americas.
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