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Slaves were captured in the interior of Africa by African tribes/kingdoms and then sold to Western slave traders in the coastal cities. An individual didn't sell themselves into slavery, other Africans captured them and sold them into slavery to Westerners. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/africanpassageslowcountryadapt/introductionatlanticworld/african_participation_and_resi https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/pre-colonial-history/the-history-of-the-kingdom-of-dahomey/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Asante-empire https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=445 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/an-african-country-reckons-with-its-history-of-selling-slaves/2018/01/29/5234f5aa-ff9a-11e7-86b9-8908743c79dd_story.html
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