Enslaved Africans were individuals from Africa who were forcibly taken from their homes and sold into slavery, primarily during the transatlantic slave trade. This brutal practice involved capturing people, often through warfare or raids, and transporting them across the ocean to work on plantations and in households, mainly in the Americas and the Caribbean. The conditions for enslaved Africans were harsh and inhumane. They faced long hours of labor, physical punishment, and a complete lack of freedom. Many were stripped of their cultural identities, but they also created new communities and traditions, blending elements of their African heritage with those of other enslaved people and their surroundings.