Question

)What condition in traditional Africa made it easier for Europeans to trade for slaves on that continent?

Answer 1

Many African societies, such as the Songhai and the Ashanti, used slave labor.

Continual warfare ensured a constant supply of captives to be sold as slaves.

Frequent famines made slavery an alternative to starvation for many people.

Villagers had no individual rights in the medieval African kingdoms.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

http://autocww2.colorado.edu/~blackmon/E64ContentFiles/AfricanHistory/SlaveryInAfrica.html

Answer 4

In Africa, as in many places around the world, early slavery likely resulted from warring groups taking captives. Such captives were of little use, and often some bother, when kept close to their homes because of the ease of escape. Therefore, they were often sold and transported to more distant places.

Warfare was not the only reason for the practice of slavery in Africa, however. In many African societies, slavery represented one of the few methods of producing wealth available to common people. Throughout the African continent there was little recognition of rights to private landholding until colonial officials began imposing European law in the 19th century. Land was typically held communally by villages or large clans and was allotted to families according to their need. The amount of land a family needed was determined by the number of laborers that family could marshal to work the land. To increase production, a family had to invest in more laborers and thus increase their share of land. The simplest and quickest way to do this was to invest in slaves. To help service this demand, many early African societies conducted slave raids on distant villages.