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What group of people was taken and sold as slaves in America?

Africans, people taken from Africa.

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  1. The Puritans
  2. The French
  3. Africans ✔

Why: Millions of people from Africa were captured, shipped across the Atlantic and sold into slavery. The Puritans and the French were European settlers.

Huh, didn't know that: Congress banned bringing enslaved people into the country starting January 1, 1808, though slavery itself continued until 1865.

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Answer: Africans. Millions of people from Africa were captured, shipped across the Atlantic and sold into slavery. The Puritans and the French were European settlers.

  1. National Park Service, America, the Nation of Nations home.nps.gov/articles/nationofnations.htm
    Increasingly, black slaves were brought in chains as part of an international slave trade, an involuntary migration from Africa.
    Checked 2026-10-09.
  2. National Archives, The Slave Trade www.archives.gov/education/lessons/slave-trade.html
    The 1808 Act imposed heavy penalties on international traders, but did not end slavery itself nor the domestic sale of slaves.
    Checked 2026-10-09.
  3. National Archives, 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment
    the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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