Where do black Americans come from? What state were they in?

Black Americans come from Africa. In the past, whites were mainly Portuguese. They plundered slaves from Africa and then sold them to America and Europe to become white slaves. Needless to say, the status of slaves is very low.

Since Columbus discovered the New World, white Europeans have entered America in large numbers. In order to compete for wealth and land, local aborigines were massacred. For example, 1 100 million Indians were killed, which directly caused a shortage of labor.

The Portuguese were inspired by the Arab practice of arresting blacks as slaves in West Africa. They plundered blacks in Africa and sold them to the United States as slaves. The situation of the plundered black people is very miserable. On the way, a large number of blacks died and were sold to local whites as slaves like animals. After becoming slaves, they have no power and status, and can kill and buy and sell at will. Even if married, the slave's first night right belongs to the slave owner, which shows its status.

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As we all know, the African continent has been under colonial rule for more than 400 years since16th century. Especially after the discovery of America, European colonists regarded blacks as slaves who only knew how to work. They not only occupied their own land and resources, but also sold them across the ocean to the American continent. For slave traders, selling black slaves is their occupation.

But not all blacks are suitable for trafficking, because slave owners need healthy and strong slaves who can work, so they are also black slaves, and they should be divided into different grades and price ranges. This kind of work needs slave traders to complete.

Because long-distance ocean transportation is needed from Africa to America, in order to save money on the road and transport more blacks, they need to spend the least money to buy more and cheaper blacks. In order to ensure the quality of goods, they usually take surgeons to the slave market to choose, and let the doctors do a simple physical examination on the spot when they meet the right ones. Their choice range is probably 18 to 35-year-old strong male slaves, who are more likely to endure long sea voyage.

Only when the resources in the slave market are insufficient, will they buy healthy female slaves or young slaves. Of course, they will also bargain for this and try to keep the price as low as possible, so as to get rid of the casualties on the way and earn the remaining slaves back in America.

Some slaves were disabled by illness or abuse during their travels, and finally they could not find a buyer. Of course, slave traders will not raise them, but sell them to hospitals cheaply, with the same effect as rats.

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