Question

How did Europeans obtain slaves from Africa?

Africans sought protection from Europeans military during the war.
Africans traded their best workers in exchange for money to buy a plantation.
Africans sold or traded captured prisoners to slave traders.
Africans voluntarily migrated to the Americas to escape tribal warfare.

Answer 1

Africans sold or traded captured prisoners to slave traders.

Step-by-step explanation:

Butter trade involving slaves and goods happened between the Europeans and African leaders.

Answer 2

Africans were either captured in warring raids or kidnapped and taken to the port by African slave traders. There they were exchanged for iron, guns, gunpowder, mirrors, knives, cloth, and beads brought by boat from Europe.