USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Slave traders violently captured Africans and loaded them onto slave ships, where for months these individuals endured the “Middle Passage”-the crossing of the Atlantic from Africa to the North American colonies or West Indies.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1501, Spanish colonists began importing enslaved Africans from the Iberian Peninsula to their Santo Domingo colony on the island of Hispaniola. These first Africans, who had been enslaved in Europe before crossing the Atlantic, may have spoken Spanish and perhaps were even Christians.

Detailed explanation-3: -Until the European discovery of America, there was only a relatively small slave trade between Africa and Europe. Needing labor to replace the rapidly declining Taino, the Spanish introduced African slaves to Hispaniola in 1502; by 1510, the trade was important to the Caribbean economy.

Detailed explanation-4: -A slave market is a place where slaves are bought and sold. These markets became a key phenomenon in the history of slavery.