Why were africans enslaved

they were enslaved because the Europeans were more powerful and richer

Explanation:

because European powers were richer they were more powerful so they wanted to get cheap labour so they used people from their colony's in Africa and they couldn't retaliate because they didn't have any money or food and if they did they would starve and die

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they were enslaved by Europeans to work there businesses such as cotton fields and share cropping