LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Question
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How many African Americans were brought to the Americas by 1800?
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15 through 18 million
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1 billion
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700, 000 through 900, 000
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Though it is impossible to give accurate figures, some historians have estimated that 6 to 7 million enslaved people were imported to the New World during the 18th century alone, depriving the African continent of some of its healthiest and ablest men and women.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the interval from 1850 to 1860 the total free colored population of the United States increased from 434, 449 to 487, 970, or at the rate of 12.33 per cent.
Detailed explanation-3: -With a growing free black population in northern and border states, 95 percent of the country’s African American population was enslaved in 1820.
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