United StatesQuestion 60 (2008 list) · Colonial period and independence
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- aPeople from Italy
- bPeople from AfricaCorrect answer
- cPeople from Sweden
- dPeople from Poland
Why?
People from Africa were taken to America by force and sold as slaves. You could also say “Africans.” Slavery in the United States ended in 1865 with the 13th Amendment.
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