SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Africans served as guides for the Europens into the jungles of Africa
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Africans captured and sold other Africans into slavery
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Africans served as brokers for the sale of Africans into slavery
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Africans played a direct role in the slave trade, kidnapping adults and stealing children for the purpose of selling them, through intermediaries, to Europeans or their agents. Those sold into slavery were usually from a different ethnic group than those who captured them, whether enemies or just neighbors.
Detailed explanation-2: -By the eighteenth century, when the trans-Atlantic slave trade reached its trafficking peak, the British (followed by the French and Portuguese) had become the largest carriers of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Many Africans turned to the trans-Atlantic slave trade to expel their opponents or to garner profits. The population loss and disruptive effects on social, political, military, and labor systems caused by the trans-Atlantic slave trade varied in scale depending on the African region and group.