USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

NEW NETHERLANDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Someone from Africa who was taken captive and forced to work was called a ____
A
slave
B
indentured servant
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The capture and sale of enslaved Africans Most of the Africans who were enslaved were captured in battles or were kidnapped, though some were sold into slavery for debt or as punishment. The captives were marched to the coast, often enduring long journeys of weeks or even months, shackled to one another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Both groups had been captured by English privateers from the Spanish slave ship San Juan Bautista. They are the first recorded Africans to arrive in England’s mainland American colonies. The landing of the first Africans in Virginia is one of the most significant events we interpret.

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