Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?

Why were most slaves in America from West Africa? Slavery has existed throughout history in various forms across the globe, but who became enslaved was almost always based on military conquest. So why did Europeans travel thousands of miles to enslave people from a particular geographic region? Watch the episode to find out. Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge Graphics By: Noelle Smith Edited By: Mike Petrow Fact Check: Sarah Edwards Produced By: Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) Works Cited The reaper’s garden: death and power in the world of Atlantic slavery Vincent Brown Specters of the Atlantic: finance capital, slavery, and the philosophy of history Ian Baucom. Hortense Spillers “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book” Jennifer Morgan Laboring Women: Reproduction and Gender in New World Slavery https://www.history.com/topics/black-… http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/is… http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002… Saltwater Slavery Stephanie Smallwood Saidiya Hartman Scenes of Subjection “Venus in Two Acts” Capitalism and Slavery Eric Williams How Africa Developed Europe : Deconstructing the His-story of Africa, Excavating Untold Truth and What Ought to Be Done and Known Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango Theorising development in Africa: towards building an African framework of development Munyaradzi Mawere Britain’s Black Debt Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide Hilary Beckles http://www.slate.com/articles/news_an… https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor… http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ca… https://psmag.com/news/how-slavery-ch… http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-ameri… https://www.history.com/news/8-reason… http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/var… www.jstor.org/stable/274784.