20.3 World History

How did African slaves contribute to the development of the Americas?

African slaves contributed to the development of the Americas by bringing cultural diversity, and labor

Why do you think the slave trade flourished for so long?

I believe slave trade flourished for so long because America was just starting out and in need of laborers mostly willing to help create and develop a country.

How did enslaved Africans resist their bondage?

In African society, slaves could escape their bondage in numerous ways, including married into the family they served, or making themselves less productive by breaking tools, uprooting plants, and working slowly

How was slavery in the Americas different from slavery in Africa?

Slavery in the Americas was different from slavery in Africa because the slavery was over religion in Africa, weather you had Muslim beliefs or non-Muslim beliefs, while in America all Africans were seen as things used for cheap labor

Atlantic Slave Trade

The buying, transporting, and selling of Africans for work in the Americas

What seems to have been the most important consequence? Explain.

The most important consequence of the slave trade in Africa was that numerous cultures lost generations of their fittest members to European traders and plantation owners. Also countless African families were torn apart and many were never reunited. The slaves were unwilling participants in the growth of the colonies and they greatly contributed to economic and cultural development of the Americas. They brought expertise in agriculture as well as their own culture such as music, religion, and food to influence American societies.

What does the percentage of enslaved Africans imported to the Caribbean Islands and Brazil suggest about the racial makeup of these areas?

The percentage of enslaved Africans imported into the Caribbean Islands and Brazil suggest that the racial makeup of these areas was predominantly European

What effect did the spread of Islam have on the slave trade?

The spread of Islam into Africa during the seventh century ushered an increase in slavery and the slave trade

Triangular trade

The transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in America

Middle passage

The voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies, and later to North and south America, to be sold as slaves-so called because it was considered the middle leg of the triangular trade