Colonial Period and IndependenceAmerican History

Question 60: What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

Accepted answers

•Africans
•people from Africa

Why this matters

Africans were taken to America and sold as slaves. Millions of people were taken from Africa between the 1500s and 1800s. This is one of the saddest parts of American history.

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