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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Which of these was true of most West Africans in the 1500’s?
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They spoke the same language
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They were long-distance traders
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They were captured and enslaved
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They valued family and ancestors
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A separate group of East Africans moved west, encountering and mixing with Central African hunter-gatherers and eventually becoming the first West Africans. The people of Shum Laka may be the descendants of this group.
Detailed explanation-2: -Africans carried to North America, including the Caribbean, left mainly from West Africa. Well over 90 percent of enslaved Africans were sent to the Caribbean and South America.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the first century of trading over 900, 000 (52%) of all Africans leaving the continent came from West Central Africa. Map of embarkation areas in West and West Central Africa. Volume of Transatlantic Slave Trade by Region of Embarkation (in thousands) 1519–1700.
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