SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Question
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Once captives reached their intended destination, they were subjected to the process of being sold at ____
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Ticket Sale.
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Mall.
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Market.
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Auction.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The captives were about to embark on the infamous Middle Passage, so called because it was the middle leg of a three-part voyage–a voyage that began and ended in Europe. The first leg of the voyage carried a cargo that often included iron, cloth, brandy, firearms, and gunpowder.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle Passage was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -From the 1500s to the 1800s, merchants transported approximately 12 million Africans across the Atlantic as human property.
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