SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Europe
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Brazil
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the North American colonies
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the West Indies
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Detailed explanation-1: -What become the main destination for maximum slaves imported from Africa? Africans carried to North the United States, including the Caribbean, left in particular from West Africa. Well over 90 percent of enslaved Africans were imported into the Caribbean and South us.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British government passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833, which emancipated all slaves in the British West Indies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Once they arrived in the Caribbean islands, the Africans were prepared for sale. They were washed and their skin was oiled. Finally they were sold to local buyers. Often parents were separated from children, and husbands from wives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Africans carried to North America, including the Caribbean, left mainly from West Africa. Well over 90 percent of enslaved Africans were sent to the Caribbean and South America.
Detailed explanation-5: -Most Caribbean societies possess large or majority populations of African descendants. The many legacies of over 300 years of slavery weighing on popular culture and consciousness persist as ferociously debilitating factors.