American HistoryQuestion 58 of 128
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
a.Native Americans
b.Africans
c.The English
d.The French
Explanation
Africans were captured, brought to America, and sold as slaves. The trans-Atlantic slave trade forced millions across the ocean. Slavery in the United States was not abolished until the Civil War era.
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