How did the slave ships manage to get so many captive africans? portuguese and spanish traders captured africans from the western and southern coasts of africa. slave ships bought african captives from english and spanish pirate ships. slave ships carried large armies to conquer african villages and enslave their entire populations. africans along the western coast made raids inland to capture other africans for sale to the slave ships.

The correct answer is A) Portuguese and Spanish traders captured Africans from the Western Western and Southern coasts of Africa.

Slave ships managed to get so many captives Africans because Portuguese and Spanish traders captured Africans from the Western and Southern coasts of Africa.

The advancements in navigation during the 15th century allowed nations such as Portugal and Spain to launch explorations to new regions of the world in searching for new territories for their crowns. Portuguese sailors traveled south the Atlantic Ocean to reach Africa’s gold regions. Portuguese and Spanish traders that traveled those maritime routes were searching for captives and the rich products of the African region. Portuguese and Spanish slave ships managed to get so many captives Africans from the Western and Southern coasts of Africa.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: