SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Believing that one’s culture and heritage is equal to all others.
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Believing that one’s culture and heritage is superior to all others.
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Believing that one’s culture and heritage is less significant to all others.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Europe’s conquest and colonization of North and South America and the Caribbean islands from the fifteenth century onward created an insatiable demand for African laborers, who were deemed more fit to work in the tropical conditions of the New World.
Detailed explanation-2: -What roles did Europeans and Africans play in the unfolding of the Atlantic slave trade? The Europeans needed cheap labor at the time and Africans began to sell slaves to them. This helped to balance the supply and demand.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ivory, gold and other trade resources attracted Europeans to West Africa. As demand for cheap labour to work on plantations in the Americas grew, people enslaved in West Africa became the most valuable ‘commodity’ for European traders. Slavery existed in Africa before Europeans arrived.
Detailed explanation-4: -An important contribution of enslaved Africans employed in large-scale, specialized production of commodities in the Americas is the development of price-making markets across the Atlantic basin in regions (including Western Europe) that had long been dominated by non-market-oriented production.