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Explain how slaves were captured and prepared for the slave trade

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Most slaves in Africa were captured in wars or in surprise raids on villages. Adults were bound and gagged and infants were sometimes thrown into sacks. ... In Senegambia, the Guinea Coast, and the Slave Coasts of West Africa, war was the most important source of slaves.

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