SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Question
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The Middle Passage, the route from Africa to North America, was used for what?
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Transport cotton to North America
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Transport enslaved Africans to North America
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Transport cloth to North America
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Slave ships (also known as Guineamen) transported the slaves across the Atlantic (second side of the triangle).
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1700 and 1808, the most active years of the international slave trade, merchants transported around 40% of enslaved Africans in British and American ships.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the second leg, ships made the journey of the Middle Passage from Africa to the New World. Many slaves died of disease in the crowded holds of the slave ships. Once the ship reached the New World, enslaved survivors were sold in the Caribbean or the American colonies.
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