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What is The Middle Passage?
The journey made on a ship from the coast of Africa to The New World. Freedom to enslavement.
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What were slaves traded for?
Rum, guns and polyp.
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Africans had never seen white man before and were very scared of them. What did they think they were being captured for?
They though white man were cannibals and were going to eat them.
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Why did Justice Joseph Storey free the Africans and allow them to return to their homeland?
Justice Joseph Storey decided the blacks were kidnapped Africans and had the inherent right to self-defense.
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Why were people enslaved in the ancient world?
They were prisoners of war, committed a crime such as petty theft, unable to repay a debt or they were just different
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By the 15th century, the Spanish, Dutch and French arrived in Africa. What were they looking for?
Gold.
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July 1, 1839 there was a massacre on board The Schooner, a Spanish slave ship. Joseph Cinque led the revolt. What single item helped him escape?
A nail.
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True or False: This was the only time in history that blacks were kidnapped in Africa, brought to The New World and returned to Africa as free people.
True.
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How long was slavery part of the ancient world?
Thousands of years.
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What did the Africans lead the world in for hundred of years?
Invention and diversity, they made tools, paintings cultivated grains and created an advanced legal system.
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Why did Cinque and the Amistad Africans spare the lives of the ship masters?
The ship masters knew how to navigate the ship and the Africans wanted to return to Africa. They ordered the ship masters to steer the ship towards the rising sun, but at night they would Northwest and they eventually arrived off the coast of Long Island.
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How many Africans have been estimated to begin the journey from Africa to the United States, South America and the Caribbean? Out of these 15 million, how many were estimated to die at sea?
15 million Africans were estimated to begin the journey and 2/10 were estimated to die at sea.
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In 1441, Henry the navigator a Portuguese Prince left the African coast with how many men and women bound in chains to take to The New World? This was the start of how many years of slavery?
12 men and women were bound in chains and taken on his ship to The New World. This was the start of 400 years of slavery.
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What are slave castles?
Temporary prisons for millions of Africans. There are some slave castles still standing today on the coast of Africa!
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Why did President Martin Van Buren order an appeal the Supreme Court’s decision not to charge Cinque and the Amistad Africans?
To keep the Southern vote.
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True or False: Europeans tried to prevent Africans from using their language or engaging in their culture.
True.
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How many Africans have been estimated to begin the journey from Africa to the United States, South America and the Caribbean? Out of these 15 million, how many were estimated to die at sea?
15 million Africans were estimated to begin the journey and 2/10 were estimated to die at sea.
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True or False: Europeans tried to prevent Africans from using their language or engaging in their culture.
True
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What former President argued in front of the Supreme Court in support of Cinque and the Amistad Africans?
John Quincy Adams, at age 73, argued before the Supreme Court in support of Cinque and the Amistad Africans and won!
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