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=== Most other slaves were obtained from kidnappings, or through raids that occurred at gunpoint through joint ventures with the Europeans. But some African kings refused to sell any of their captives or criminals. === Even though scholars have begun to discuss in an earlier argument, that the age and sex composition was influenced by conditions within Africa, and that the African captors and traders participated in setting the terms under which the trade took place. They also raped the female slaves to demonstrate how powerless the male slaves are in their inability to protect the vulnerable female slaves. Therefore in them doing so, the slave masters were expressing sexual desire, and raped their female slaves in order to exert dominance, control and power.

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=== Most other slaves were obtained from kidnappings, or through raids that occurred at gunpoint through joint ventures with the Europeans. But some African kings refused to sell any of their captives or criminals. == Thus, scholars have begun anew to discuss another earlier argument, that the age and sex composition was influenced by conditions within Africa, and that the African captors and traders participated in setting the terms under which the trade took place.(Eltis, David, and Stanley L. Engerman. “Fluctuations in Sex and Age Ratios in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1663-1864.” The Economic History Review, vol. 46, no. 2, [Economic History Society, Wiley], 1993, pp. 308–23, https://doi.org/10.2307/2598019.) They also rape the female slaves to demonstrate how powerless the male slaves are in their inability to protect the vulnerable female slaves. Hence, beyond expressing sexual desire, slave masters raped their female slaves in order to exert dominance, control and power that is "exercised from innumerable points".(Oduwobi, Oluyomi. "Rape victims and victimisers in Herbstein's Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade." Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, vol. 54, no. 2, spring 2017, pp. 100+. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A655199366/LitRC?u=tel_a_pstcc&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=84d343e6. Accessed 27 Feb. 2022.)