How did the transatlantic slave trade start? - BBC What's New

This year marks 400 years since the first slavery ship arrived in the Americas from West Africa - so how did slavery start?
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Very good, overall, but the Europeans did not capture the slaves, they were purchased from the local rulers. There were slaves there for centuries before the Europeans arrived.

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