SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -It triggered mass African migration, the rise of African communities, the toppling of African empires, and the advent of racism against slaves. This led them to explore new fertile and sunny lands near the equator as well.
Detailed explanation-3: -European sailors first reached sub-Saharan Africa in 1442, when Portuguese ships reached the Senegal river. The Portuguese had been sailing the coasts of Morocco and Western Sahara since 1413, when they captured the Moroccan city of Ceuta [still a Spanish city today].
Detailed explanation-4: -What are two reasons why West Africa strongly felt the effects of the slave trade? 1) The West African countries lost most of their able-bodied men and women to the slave trade. 2) West Africa had more natural resources than other parts of Africa.