Africans were brought to the Americas starting in the 16th century through the Trans-Alantic slave trade. While traveling across sea the numbers on these slave ships were almost double the amount they were actually equipped for, resulting in lack of movement and a great amount of deaths because they weren't receiving the proper amount of care. Slave masters saw so many slaves dying and little movement coming out of them that they created “dancing slaves” trying to make sure they get exercise and maybe their value at the market would be higher.However, the slaves were chained up so most of their movements were frantic hops.

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How It All Began