USA HISTORY

LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861

SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is capturing, transporting, and selling people called?
A
slave auction
B
slave trade
C
triangular trade
D
Middle Passage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -slave trade, the capturing, selling, and buying of enslaved persons. Slavery has existed throughout the world since ancient times, and trading in slaves has been equally universal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade, or Euro-American slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. The slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, and existed from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scramble (slave auction)-Wikipedia.

Detailed explanation-4: -(sleɪv ˈtreɪdə ) someone who bought or sold slaves. Collins English Dictionary.

Detailed explanation-5: -The slave trade began in the seventeenth century. A triangular slave trade was between Europe, Africa and the Americas. bought slaves from local chieftains. The exploitation of slave labour made it possible to meet the markets for sugar, coffee, and indigo.

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