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What were the six primary regions from which the majority of enslaved Africans were taken during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Senegambia, Sierra Leone & the Windward Coast, the Gold Coast, the Bight of Benin, the Bight of Biafra, and West Central Africa also known as Kongo and Angola.
How long did the Trans-Atlantic slave trade last?
Nearly four hundred years from the late fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century.
How did W.E.B. Du Bois describe the Atlantic slave trade in his book Black Reconstruction in America?
As 'the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of human history,' though he did not mean 'magnificent' in a good way.
What was the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and how long did it last?
The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was the forced transportation of enslaved Africans from their homes in Africa to the Americas and lasted nearly four hundred years from the late fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century.
What were the primary regions from which enslaved Africans were taken during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
The majority of enslaved Africans were taken from six primary regions: Senegambia, Sierra Leone & the Windward Coast, the Gold Coast, the Bight of Benin, the Bight of Biafra, and West Central Africa also known as Kongo and Angola.
How did W.E.B. Du Bois describe the Atlantic slave trade in his book Black Reconstruction in America and what did he mean by 'magnificent'?
W.E.B. Du Bois described the Atlantic slave trade as 'the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of human history,' but he didn’t mean 'magnificent' in a good way. He was emphasizing the massive scale and horrific nature of the slave trade.
Test your knowledge on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade with this quiz! Learn about the primary regions where the majority of enslaved Africans were taken from during the nearly 400-year period, and see how much you know about this dark chapter in Black American history. Keywords: Trans-Atlantic slave trade, enslaved Africans, primary regions, Black American history.
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