the middle of the 15th century, Africa entered into a unique relationship with Europe that led to the devastation and depopulation of Africa, then until the end of the 19th century, Europeans began to establish a trade for African captives. the Middle East and other parts of the world before the mid-15th century, as a result of a trade in human beings that had also long existed in Africa. So yesThere was exportation of slaves during the slave-trade era.