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slave capture
slave factory
Middle passage
slave sale
colony life
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What is one way that slaves could get captured? Another way to ask, how were slaves aquired

*born into it *sold by parents or other African tribes *debt *captured by slave masters durin raids *enslaved in battles or wars

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Where were the slave factories located
On the west coast of Africa
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How many slaves did they fit on one ship going to the Americas

700

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How were the slaves sold?
by an auction
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What were the homes that slaves lived in?
a small hut about the size of a shed
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When capturing the slaves what did the slave masters sometimes do to their villages?
they burned them down
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What were slave factories used for?
They were used as a holding spot for the slaves while waiting for the ships to come to transport the slaves to the Americas.
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On average what portion of the slaves suvived the middle passage?
1/2
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What happened to slaves who got sick while on a ship?

Thrown over board

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What were common punishments for slaves
getting whipped, rolled down the hill in a barrel with nails pointed in, or being hung on a tree by their hands.
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How did the white men get into the homes of the Affrican tribes?

They climbed over walls, Bribery, they would also give firearms and gun powder


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What percent of slaves died on the march to the slave factories

50%

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What were the slaves thrown overboard for
If they were dead, sick, sickly looking, or shackled to other slaves that were any of the above.
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Since the 18th century, how did whites justify the horrors of slavery?

pseudo science

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What were some non-violent rebellions that slaves did in order to defy their masters? list at least 2
they stole food, learned to read and write, faked illness so they couldn't work, damaged tools, and met in big gatherings after dark.
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How were the slaves kept together and forced from struggling when captured?
They were shackled together by the neck, ankles, and hands
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what were the condition of the cells?
they were dark and moldy with little to no space for slaves
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What kind of music was played when the slaves were forced to dance for exercise?
proper music that the white men played such as violin
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What area of the "new world" got the most percent of African slaves delivered to it?

The Caribbean

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When did the slaves arrive in the colonies
during the summer time
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What area where the slaves captured in?

The coast of Africa


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DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!! (place wagers) what were the four different countries that had slave factories and how did they differentiate their slave

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!! (place wagers) what were the four different countries that had slave factories and how did they differentiate their slavesthe 4 different countries were Great Britian, Portugual, Dutch. and France. They were able to tell their slaves apart by branding them.

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How long did the passage take
6 to 8 weeks
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what were some of the reasons Europeans chose African slaves specifically 

Africa had no ruling government, and the slaves were skilled and had easy access. Availability of people

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What skills did the Africans bring to the Americas with them?

planting native crops such as okra or rice and weaving baskets, black smiths, herding