SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Question
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European introduced enslaved people to Africa
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Europeans decreased the demand for enslaved Africans.
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Europeans worked with African rulers to enslave people.
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -European greed led to the over exploitation of Africa’s natural resources. Its people were enslaved and subjected to unspeakable cruelty. They were regularly chained, punished with whips and branding irons and women were often raped.
Detailed explanation-2: -The slave trade would bring ruin to West Africa. Entire villages disappeared. Guns and alcohol spread across the continent. Tribes turned against other tribes as the once-fabled empires faded into history.
Detailed explanation-3: -They turned to Africans after native people of the West Indies planned major rebellions. They turned to Africans after native people of the West Indies died in large numbers. They could not afford to pay workers from the West Indies. They brought enslaved workers with them from Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.