How did slavery begin the frist time in africa?

Answer 1

Slavery in Africa goes all the way back to the Egyptians who enslaved Nubians (from present-day Sudan) and Jews.

Answer 2

The earliest form of slavery occured when one African tribe was victorious over another. The conqueror sold members of the other tribe into slavery. The earliest slave trading OUTSIDE of Africa was with Arabia. Read on.

"The very earliest external slave trade was the trans-Saharan slave trade. Although there had long been some trading up the Nile River and very limited trading across the western desert, the transportation of large numbers of slaves did not become viable until camels were introduced from Arabia in the 10th century. By this point, a trans-Saharan trading network came into being to transport slaves north. It has been estimated that from the 10th to the 19th century some 6,000 to 7,000 slaves were transported north each year. Over time this added up to several million people moving north, however the annual numbers were small enough that it is thought by scholars to have had relatively little demographic impact on either West Africa or the Maghreb. Frequent intermarriages meant that the slaves were assimilated in North Africa. Unlike in the Americas, slaves in North Africa were mainly servants rather than labourers, and an equal or greater number of females than males were taken, who were often employed as chambermaids to women of harems. It was also not uncommon to turn male slaves into eunuchs. Slaves purchased from black slave dealers in West African regions known as the Slave Coast, Gold Coast, and Côte d'Ivoire were sold into slavery as a result of a defeat in tribal warfare. Mighty black kings in the Bight of Biafra near modern-day Senegal and Benin sold their captives locally. . ."

Answer 3

One tribe would invade and conquer another, kill the leaders and males, then take the women and children to be hostages and slaves within their tribes.

I believe it was the French and Dutch that first started the slave trade with the African tribes.

Answer 4

what happened in africa, among other things, is that some tribes sold other tribes to those who wanted slaves. sorry, don't know when it started but i'm guessing around the era of colonialism.

Answer 5

Trading, and capturing of people from other Tribes.

Answer 6

Try this one here

http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~roots/site/home.html

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/slavery/index.cfm