Atlantic Slave Trade

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When did the Atlantic Slave Trade started?

1526

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True OR False? The conditions on the ship was good.

False.

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Who is the person who reach America first?

Christopher Columbus

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Who is the people who live on the Americas before the setters?

American Indians.

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What is the new world virus?

Treponemiasis and Tuberculosis.

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True OR False? The Atlantic Slave Trade was a significant event in human history.

True

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In the New World, what are the main crops?

Tobacco, Sugar, & Cotton

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True OR False? Between 1501 and 1867, nearly 13 million African people were kidnapped, forced onto European and American ships, and trafficked across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved, abused, and forever separated from their homes, families, and cultures.

True.

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True Or False? The 'triangular trade' was always triangular.

False.

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What are 5 causes of slavery?

The importance of the West Indian colonies. The shortage of labor. The failure to find alternative sources of labor. The legal position. Racial attitudes. Religious factors. Military factors.

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Who started slavery?

European merchants.

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Why did the Atlantic slave trade start?

Why did the Atlantic slave trade start?

Gold & other trade resources attracted Europeans to West Africa. As demand for cheap labor to work on plantations in the Americas grew, people enslaved in West Africa became the most valuable 'commodity' for European traders. Slavery existed in Africa before Europeans arrived.

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When did slavery end?

December 6, 1865.

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How did the Atlantic slave trade start?

The transatlantic slave trade had its beginning in the middle of the fifteenth century, when Portuguese ships sailed down the West African coast. The intention was to trade for gold and spices, but the voyagers found another even more valuable commodity—human beings.