SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Question
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Enslaved Africans were kept in various slave fortresses where they were prepared for travel across the Atlantic Ocean in the slave trade. Please identify from below one of the slave fortresses.
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Cape Cod Castle, Ivory Coast
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Cape Brunswick Castle, Ivory Coast
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Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast
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Cape Arden Castle, Gold Coast
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In late August, 1619, 20-30 enslaved Africans landed at Point Comfort, today’s Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., aboard the English privateer ship White Lion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Slave Coast is a historical name formerly used for that part of coastal West Africa along the Bight of Benin that is located between the Volta River and the Lagos Lagoon.
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