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==African origins==

heThe great majority of African Americans descend from slaves brought in directly from Africa, or, more often, from the Caribbean. These slaves descended from prisoners of war captured by African states and sold to Arab, European or American slave traders.

[[African slave trade#Slavery within Africa|Slavery within Africa]] had already existed in varied forms prior and after the arrival of the Europeans. The existing market for slaves in Africa was exploited and expanded by European powers in search of low-cost labor for [[New World]] [[plantations]].