Colonial Period and IndependenceAmerican History

Question 75: What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?

Accepted answers

•Africans
•People from Africa

Why this matters

Africans were taken from their homes and sold as slaves. This started in the 1600s and lasted over 200 years. By 1860, there were about 4 million enslaved people in the United States.

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