african nations where slaves were taken from
Black slaves that were taken to America were mainly from the West African countries that have a coastline on the Atlantic ocean. In some cases slaves were captured from other countries that are further inland then sent away on boats from the coastal towns. Three countries where most slaves are known to have come from are Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana. Other slaves from East African countries like Mozambique, Tanzania and Congo were sent to Europe and Asia.
Not only west Africans were taken as slaves. West African slaves were just taken mostly to the Americas while slaves from the eastern and south African were taking eastwards. The black people in islands such as Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion Island and other adjoining islands in the Indian ocean were mostly taken from eastern African.