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The first European nation to traffic African slaves?
Rome
Which European country was the first to engage in the slave trade in Central Africa?
The first country to use African people as slaves were the Portuguese. In 1441, two Captains of Portuguese ships, names unknown, took 12 slaves from Africa and brought them back to Portugal as slaves. Other countries followed such as Britain, Spain, Netherlands and France. Hope it helps.
In 1838 Southerners measured their wealth by what two elements?
cotton and slaves cotton and slaves cotton and slaves cotton and slaves cotton and slaves
What is a person from rome called?
A Roman citizen was a inhabitants of the city of Rome. This applied only to freeborn people. Roman citizenship was extended to all the peoples of Italy after the Italian War (91-87 BC). Emperor Caracalla extended Roman citizenship to all free men in the Roman Empire in 212 AD. Slaves did not have Roman citizenship. However, freedmen in the city of Rome were eligible to Roman citizenship on the ground of permanent residence in the city. As the Romans were in the habit of freeing their slaves, at one point the majority of the citizens of the city of Rome were freemen or their descendants.
Where were most slaves imported from?
If you mean slaves in the US, the answer is Africa.
