What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

The correct answer is Africans. During the transatlantic slave trade, millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homelands and transported to the Americas to be sold as slaves. This was a devastating chapter in history that resulted in the exploitation and suffering of countless individuals. The African slave trade was motivated by the demand for labor in plantations, especially in the southern United States and the Caribbean, where labor-intensive crops like sugar and cotton were cultivated.

While other groups, such as Indigenous peoples and indentured Europeans, faced exploitation and difficult circumstances, the scale and systemic nature of the African slave trade were distinct in its brutality and long-lasting impacts on society, race relations, and American history.