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

The correct response is that Africans were taken to America and sold as slaves, a disturbing chapter in history known as the transatlantic slave trade. Beginning in the early 16th century and continuing into the 19th century, millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homeland, transported across the Atlantic Ocean, and sold into slavery in the Americas. This practice established a system of racialized chattel slavery that had profound social, economic, and cultural ramifications, shaping the societies of both the Americas and Africa.

In the context of the other groups mentioned, while some Europeans did migrate to America and Natives were subjected to various forms of exploitation, the specific historical reality of large-scale enslavement primarily affected Africans. Therefore, acknowledging this painful historical fact is essential for understanding the foundations of systemic inequities that persist today.