Slavery in the Bahamas

What is break ones backry? Africans became strivers in several distinct focal points. Describe three ways in which Africans became slaves. (10 marks) Slavery is the act or institution of which an individual is held. So in that respectfore, that individual is a slave. A slave is someone who is held against his or her will and forced to work without pay. Slavery was posit in West Africa before the Europeans went there the only difference was that the smuggled people were slaves to other black people. In 1493 the Portuguese claimed three islands in the Gulf of Guinea and developed African plantation slavery.The Africans were first well-tried for labor in tropical heat, and when they were found suitable, the first set of slaves went to Portugal and from there to the New World. After that the Portuguese dealing with African slaves changed. The first record transportation of African slaves to the West Indies was in 1501 but it was still as well early for plantation slavery and ther efore cannot be considered the beginning of the slave trade. The slave trade was carried out for approximately 300 years. It began in 1508 and end in 1808. This marked the official beginning of the transatlantic slave trade. 1 way that an African might become a slave is during slave raids. A typical raid would happen in the night when in all the villagers were sleeping. The village huts would be set on fire purposely by the Europeans and the villagers would run out screaming. While trying to escape they were caught and tied to a slave coffle. Those who were young and healthy were taken and those who were sickly and old were left wing behind. Another way that Africans would become slaves is if they had to pay off debts. If a man murdered someone, he could become a slave as a way of paying for what he did.Even if I child take something, they could become a slave until the debt was paid off. A third way that an African could become a slave is if there was a famine. If they had han d children, and not much food to feed them, they could put their children in another(prenominal) household to be fed. Their children would then have to work for their food, having no select because they have to eat. There is many other ways that you the Africans became slaves but I only mentioned a few. Those who were captured in tribal raids were taken to the coast in a coffle and their journey from then began.