..."Slavery was not completely 
foreign to Africa because the 
institution already existed prior to 
the arrival of Europeans. 
Ultimately, it does not seem 
possible that the Transatlantic 
Slave Trade would have existed 
on such a large scale without 
the complicity of the powerful 
African Nations that dominated 
the African interior and befitted 
from the Trade. 



 

(The Europeans) remained 
dependent on African Kings 
and Traders who would capture 
Slaves in the African interior 
and transport them to Coastal 
Slave Forts where they would 
be sold to Europeans and kept 
until they were shipped to 
the New World."*