LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Slaves from the west coast of Africa were valued highly by South Carolina planters because
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they already knew how to cultivate and grow rice
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they already knew how to grow and cultivate cotton
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South Carolina planters valued their music and culture
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they already knew how to grow and cultivate tobacco
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As the demand for rice grew, so did the demand for enslaved Africans. The plantation owners were willing to pay higher prices for slaves from this area, and Africans from the Rice Coast were almost certainly the largest group of slaves imported into South Carolina and Georgia during the 18th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overall, by the end of the colonial period, African arrivals in Charleston primarily came from Angola (40 percent), Senegambia (19.5 percent), the Windward Coast (16.3 percent), and the Gold Coast (13.3 percent), as well as the Bight of Benin and Bight of Biafra in smaller percentages.
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