LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Enslaved people were regarded and treated as property with little to no rights. In many colonies, enslaved people could not testify in a court of law, own guns, gather in large groups, or go out at night.
Detailed explanation-2: -In fact, throughout the colonial period, Virginia had the largest slave population, followed by Maryland.
Detailed explanation-3: -The arrival of the first captives to the Jamestown Colony, in 1619, is often seen as the beginning of slavery in America-but enslaved Africans arrived in North America as early as the 1500s.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Atlantic slave trade to North America Of the enslaved Africans brought to the New World an estimated 5–7% ended up in British North America. The vast majority of slaves transported across the Atlantic Ocean were sent to the Caribbean sugar colonies, Brazil, or Spanish America.