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What was the main cause of death of Native American after European arrival?
European Diseases
Who was the Spanish priest that suggested using enslaved Africans as workers?
Bartolomé de Las Casas
What fraction of enslaved Africans died during the Middle Passage?
One out of every Six
How many slaves went to go work at the colonies of New Spain?
2 million
What was a vital part of slave culture and provided refuge for many enslaved people because it was something not fully and a slaveholder's control, and was often broken apart when a member was sold to another slaveholder?
Families
What is a natural resistance to diseases called?
Immune
When did the Spanish government legalized the sale of slaves?
1510
What was the estimated population of Native Americans north of Mexico when Columbus arrived?
10 million
How many slaves were sent to work in British and French colonies in the Caribbean and Latin America?
3 million
What was a second refuge for slaves that gave enslaved Africans a form of expression partially free from slaveholders' control, and a sense of self worth and a hope of salvation in this life and the next?
Religion
Who was the Spanish author that reported that in 1548 the estimated 1 million Native Americans had dwindled down to roughly 500 hundred person?
Fernández de Oviedo
How long did the first full cargo ship of enslaved Africans take to arrive in the Americas?
Eight
What was the scattering of African peoples across the New World called?
African Diaspora
How many slaves went to Britain's North American colonies that would later become the United States?
600,000
What religion did slave religion primarily consist of?
Christian
What was the estimated population Native American population north of Mexico before Columbus arrived?
10 million
How many miles could the voyage that many enslaved Africans were forced to endure across the Atlantic Ocean?
1,000
What is a scattering of people called?
Diaspora
What were enslaved Africans considered to be by law of colonies?
Property
What was a common form of religious expression among slaves called?
Spirituals
What was a mainstay of the colonial economic structure?
Plantation Agriculture
What was the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure called?
Middle Passage
How many enslaved Africans were sent to Brazil to work on Portuguese sugar plantations?
4 million
Who was tortured and often killed?
Runaways
What was important in social events in slave culture and was one was many slaves expressed themselves?
Dances