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| During 1500-1800s, how many black Africans were victims of the slave trade? |
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| 1400s to 1500s- slavery was known throughout the world and many considered it to be? |
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| Slaves in Africa were usally captives of what? |
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| war or people being punished for crime- in either way many slaves had some rights. |
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| Most slaves in Africa were better treated than those in? |
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| Most slaves who came to America were from where? |
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| Most: Western Africa; many from Eastern Africa |
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| How many people were lost in the slave trade? |
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| How many people survived in the slave trade? |
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| The rising demand for slaves caused continual wars among |
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| slave-trading African states |
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| At first, Portuguese bought few Africans - what did they buy? |
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| gold, ivory and peppers in exchange for horses, liquor, cloth and guns |
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| What is the New World Slave Trade? |
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| Portuguese sailors and coastal peoples of Africa began trading contacts in the 1400's |
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| What year did Columbus and the Europeans envision a New World? |
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| What was the purpose of the New World? |
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| to colonize and put to commercial use settlers from Spain, Portugal, England and other countries. |
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| What was the commercial use in the New World? |
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| Set up a large labor force to toil in American gold and silver mines; and set up plantations in the Caribbean and North and South Amercia. |
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| Why did they need strong workers? |
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| to grow crops on the plantations, like sugar |
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| At first, the Europeans used who in their labor force? |
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| Were the Native Americans successful? |
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| No. Small pox and other diseases killed them. They also easily escaped to return to their people. |
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| Atlantic Slave Trade - founded in centuries-old craving of Europeans for goods that came from Asia. |
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| What were the rights of slaves? |
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| some could marry; occasionally some were set free |
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| Did African slaves in America have rights? |
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| No. Little hope of freedom and many suffered harsh physical abuse |
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| What happened during the Crusades from 1095 - late 1200s? (take the holyland from Muslims) |
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Europeans saw for the first time the thriving trade between Arabs and Indians and Chinese
Europeans wanted some of the goods for themselves |
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| How did the 15 million slave survivors reach the New World? |
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| Caravans, bulking stations and ocean travel |
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| Some slaves came from the Western Hump. What is the WH? |
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| modern day Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone |
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| what is the "gold coast"? |
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| What is the "slave coast"? |
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| modern day Togo, Benin, Nigeria |
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| europeans would turn one group of Africans against another |
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| Were slaves in Africa treated better than slaves in America? |
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| How did they turn the African groups against each other? |
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| Offer guns and liquor to an African ruler in exchange for slaves; then they made the same offer to a rival ruler |
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| Why were obtaining the guns so important to the African groups? |
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| Guns gave a military advantage so the African groups would "compete" to capture the most slaves so they could get more guns |
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| African armies and their Europen allies went deeper and deeper into the interior parts of Africa for what? |
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| To seek captives to enslave |
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| What happened when they were captured? |
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| were put in guarded slave caravans, marched to sea. Some were murdered if didn't keep up. |
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| Once slaves got to the coast, what happened? |
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| Crowded into prison camps called bulking stations while waiting for slave ship. |
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| What happened in the bulking stations if the ships were not on time? |
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| ran out of food, unhealthy condidtions -captives often died there |
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| where did the slaves to once put on the ships? |
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| Most went to South America and the Caribbean islands where they worked sugar plantations. (harsh conditions, short working life). some went to North America |
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| What happened to many of the slaves while crossing the Atlantic? |
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| Died from the torturous crossing |
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| Before the slave trade, how did the Africans live? |
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| they enjoyed a standard of living similar to that of Europeons |
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| How did life change when the slave trade started? |
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| Africans spent much time fighting or hiding to prevent capture |
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| little time was spent growing food because they were avoiding capture |
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| what else happened to their standard of living? |
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| less time or energy for building, inventing & creating so cultural and economic activity dwindled |
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| What was the greatest blow to the Africans? |
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| Sharp drop in population. Killed or removed millions of the continent's youngest, strongest and most productive women and men. In many areas of Africa, only the old, sick and blind remained |
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| Not all served as slaves for life, some were treated how? |
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| like the serfs of Europe (farmers of the home) |
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