Some were kidnapped by European slave traders. Some were kidnapped by the king or chief of a neighboring tribe, then sold to the slave traders. Some were enslaved by their own chief and sold to the traders.
They were even captured in their home towns,
Capturers came and acted like guests but in the end they captured them and took them to trade for precious items such as gunpowder, guns, green glass bottles etc...
Most people became enslaved in African societies either through being captured during tribal warfare or , more often than people realize today, by being sold by their tribal chiefs to Arab or European slave traders for monetary profit.
They were even captured in their home towns,
Capturers came and acted like guests but in the end they captured them and took them to trade for precious items such as gunpowder, guns, green glass bottles etc...
Most people became enslaved in African societies either through being captured during tribal warfare or , more often than people realize today, by being sold by their tribal chiefs to Arab or European slave traders for monetary profit.