After the Hebrews had began to settle in many Africa countries (mainly on the west and east coast of Africa), The Arab slave trade started, where Hebrews were led captive into all the Arab countries (Arabia, so called mid east and North Africa). Arab Slavery started 1000 years before the European slave trade. The Muslims were the first to inform the Portuguese of the "people of the book" (this is a title that the Muslims gave the Israelites of west and east Africa). 

The Muslims said "they were living in great number to the south of the desert - a people cursed of God and predestines as slaves." The Muslims also called the western Sudan (West Africa) "Yahoodee" which means "The Tribes of Israel".  Hebrews were also led captive into many "African" nations, by many indigenous Tribes on the west and east coast of Africa. It was these tribesmen that sold us to Muslims who in turn sold us to the Europeans. Or sometimes these tribesmen would sell us directly to the Europeans.Where we were led captive into Europe and the Western Hemisphere, this was the beginning of the trans Atlantic slave trade. It lasted for over 300 years, just about every nation on earth had a hand in this slave trade. The Portuguese, Dutch, Spain, France, Britain, Jews, The U.S., Muslims, Christians (both Protestants and Catholics), Italians, Danes, Swedes, Prussians and even all five of the so called "civilize American Indian tribes". We were captured on the west coast of Africa transported in slave ships to Europe, Asia, North, Central and South America and even the islands of the sea, SUCH AS: The Canary Islands, Madeira, The Cape Verde Islands, Madagascar, Guadeloupe, Saint Thomas, Martinique, the virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti / Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago. No other group(s) were brought here as captives.