In the early 1500s, slaves were taken from West Africa to the Americas through Badagry and around 550,000 African slaves were exported to the Americas during the American Independence period in the year l787. ... In African countries then, the right of owning lands was insignificant until the colonial official started to impose European law in the 19th century. ... Less than half a million were sent to North America, but most of the slaves were sent to South America and the Caribbean. ... Plantation owners would find out how much energy they had, and how much work they could do with their po...

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