Question 75 of 128 American History
What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
Answers USCIS accepts
- Africans
- People from Africa
Give any one of these answers at your interview.
Africans, people from Africa, were taken and sold as slaves.
What it means
Millions of people were forcibly taken from Africa and enslaved in the American colonies and later the United States. Slavery ended with the Civil War and the 13th Amendment (1865).
Say “Africans” or “people from Africa.”
Memory tip: Enslaved people were taken from Africa.
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What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
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Official source: USCIS M-1778 (09/25), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version). Last checked: .