What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?

For hundreds of years, many people were captured in Africa and forced onto ships to the Americas. They were sold and made to work without freedom, and their descendants lived with the effects of slavery for generations.

From the 1600s through the 1800s, many Africans were kidnapped or captured and forced onto ships to the Americas. They were then sold and made to work without pay, freedom, or rights for generations.