USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Those slaves who died during the journey to the New World were ____
A
buried when the slave ship made it to land
B
thrown overboard into the Atlantic Ocean
C
returned to Africa to be mourned by their loved ones
D
cremated
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The voyage was insured, but the insurance would not pay for sick slaves or even those killed by illness. However, it would cover slaves lost through drowning. The captain gave the order; 54 Africans were chained together, then thrown overboard. Another 78 were drowned over the next two days.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle Passage Upon boarding, they were stripped of their belongings, branded, chained, and sent below decks, where they would be forced to remain for most of the months-long journey. The slave deck itself was a living nightmare.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the group’s research, more than 12.5 million Africans were carried across the Atlantic on an estimated 40, 000 slave-trading voyages between 1519 and 1865. At least 1.8 million perished under horrendous conditions on the two-month voyage and were thrown overboard.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ‘Middle Passage’ was the harrowing voyage experienced by the millions of African captives transported across the Atlantic in European ships, to work as slaves in the Americas.

Detailed explanation-5: -Traders chained the slaves in the crowded hold of the ship. This stopped slaves from jumping overboard or causing trouble aboard ship.

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