How did the Atlantic slave trade spark wars among African kingdoms?

A. African kingdoms went to war over the question of the legality of selling slaves to Europeans.

B. African kingdoms fought one another to acquire slaves that could be traded for European goods.

C. Escaped slaves encouraged African kingdoms to go to war in order to stop the slave trade.

D. Escaped slaves launched massive wars against the slave traders who had captured them.

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Zaria Dalton

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18 April, 14:29

How did the Atlantic slave trade spark wars among African kingdoms?

A. African kingdoms went to war over the question of the legality of selling slaves to Europeans.

B. African kingdoms fought one another to acquire slaves that could be traded for European goods.

C. Escaped slaves encouraged African kingdoms to go to war in order to stop the slave trade.

D. Escaped slaves launched massive wars against the slave traders who had captured them.

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Lillianna Vincent · Answer 1

I will the say the answer is B African kingdoms

Meyers · Answer 2

Slavery was practiced in some parts of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas for many centuries before the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade. There is evidence that enslaved people from some African states were exported to other states in Africa, Europe and Asia prior to the European colonization of the Americas.