ECONOMICS
TRADE EXCHANGE AND INTERDEPENDENCE
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Question
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cut off the slaves’ ear
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branded them
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cut off their foot
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tied them up in chains
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Detailed explanation-1: -three stages of the so-called triangular trade, in which arms, textiles, and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The treatment of slaves in the United States often included sexual abuse and rape, the denial of education, and punishments like whippings. Families were often split up by the sale of one or more members, usually never to see or hear of each other again.
Detailed explanation-3: -Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Over the course of almost two centuries, the British empire colonized islands in the Caribbean and transformed them into plantations labored by over 2 million enslaved Africans.