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American HistoryColonial Period and Independence
What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
Accepted answers:
- Africans
- People from Africa
Why this is the correct answer
Africans were forcibly brought to America and sold into slavery, primarily to work on plantations in the South. Slavery was a brutal institution that lasted for over two centuries in the United States. Its legacy had profound and lasting effects on American society and history.
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