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

The correct answer is that Africans were taken to America and sold as slaves, primarily during the transatlantic slave trade, which lasted from the 16th to the 19th century. This horrific practice involved the forced transportation and exploitation of millions of Africans who were captured, traded, and ultimately sold into slavery in the Americas.

The institution of slavery in the United States was heavily reliant on African labor, particularly in the agricultural sector, with crops such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar being major commodities that depended on slave labor for profitability. This historical context highlights the profound impact of the African slave trade on American society, economy, and culture.

The other groups listed, such as Native Americans, Europeans, and Indians, were not systematically taken and sold as slaves on the same scale or under the same brutal conditions as Africans were during this period. While there were instances of enslavement and forced labor among Native Americans and some Europeans, these were not comparable to the extensive systems of racialized chattel slavery that dominated in the context of African slaves in America.