What role do you think the black people on the slave ship had that equiano refers to?

The black people who had brought Equiano on the slave ship were African slave traders. They would capture and kidnap people from villages and bring them to the European trade outposts along the coast. When a slave ship anchored on these coasts, they sold these captured and kidnapped men, women, and children to the European slave ship owners for a high price.

Do you have any multiple choice?