Transatlantic Slave Trade, Middle Passage, & Slavery

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Which is NOT true of slavery in Africa prior to the transatlantic slave trade? Options: Slaves were often taken as Prisoners of War, Slaves were often allowed to assimilate into kinship groups, Slaves were not considered property, Slaves were always taken for a lifetime term

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Slaves were always taken for a lifetime term

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Part of triangular trade during which enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to America.

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Middle passage

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Why was the middle passage so hard and horrible? Choose the best answer: The smell - people would vomit and use the bathroom where they were standing and it would never get cleaned up. The slaves were barely fed food. There was barely enough space to turn around.

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all of the above

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The majority of slaves that were brought to the American colonies were brought to...

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Work on plantations

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How were the first Africans in the American colonies treated?

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Like indentured servants

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"White" appeared in a legal document for the first time in history when what law was passed?

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Whites and blacks could not marry one another

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How did Europeans justify enslaving Africans? Options: They claimed that Africans were biologically inferior, They claimed that Africans were biologically superior, They claimed that Africans were cannibals

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They claimed that Africans were biologically inferior

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What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade include? North America, South America, Europe, and Africa

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North America, South America, Europe, and Africa

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The global slave trade that transported between 10 and 15 million enslaved Africans across The Atlantic Ocean to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries.

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Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Considered the "in-between" portion of the Slave Trade was the waterway from Africa to the Americas. Sickening cruelty characterized this journey. In African ports, European traders packed Africans into the dark holds of large ships.

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Middle Passage