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Which regions were the primary sources of enslaved Africans during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Which regions were the primary sources of enslaved Africans 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 (correct)
- Senegambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, the Bight of Benin, the Bight of Biafra, and West Central Africa
- Senegambia, Sierra Leone & the Windward Coast, the Gold Coast, the Bight of Benin, and West Central Africa
- Senegambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, the Bight of Benin, and West Central Africa
What was the Middle Passage?
What was the Middle Passage?
- The exchange of cargo for people on the coast of Western Africa
- The second leg of the triangular trade
- The journey across the Atlantic that carried enslaved Africans (correct)
- The movement of goods from Europe to Africa
How many people were estimated to have been loaded onto slave ships during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
How many people were estimated to have been loaded onto slave ships during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
- 6 million
- 10 million
- 4 million
- 12.4 million (correct)
Which country received the largest proportion of captured Africans during the slave trade?
Which country received the largest proportion of captured Africans during the slave trade?
What percentage of captured Africans were brought directly to what would eventually become the United States?
What percentage of captured Africans were brought directly to what would eventually become the United States?
What is the definition of slavery according to Orlando Patterson?
What is the definition of slavery according to Orlando Patterson?
What were the conditions like on the slave ships?
What were the conditions like on the slave ships?
During the period from 1700 to 1808, approximately how many enslaved Africans were trafficked out of Africa and to the Americas?
During the period from 1700 to 1808, approximately how many enslaved Africans were trafficked out of Africa and to the Americas?
According to historian Jill Lepore, what was the survival rate of enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade from Africa's interior to the coast?
According to historian Jill Lepore, what was the survival rate of enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade from Africa's interior to the coast?
What was one of the heinous responses to slave resistance during the Middle Passage?
What was one of the heinous responses to slave resistance during the Middle Passage?
Why did some captured Africans attempt to take their own lives during the transatlantic slave trade?
Why did some captured Africans attempt to take their own lives during the transatlantic slave trade?
Which country was the final country in the Western world to abolish slavery?
Which country was the final country in the Western world to abolish slavery?
During what period did the Royal African Company play an active role in the slave trade?
During what period did the Royal African Company play an active role in the slave trade?
Which state prohibited the African slave trade in 1787 but reopened it in 1803?
Which state prohibited the African slave trade in 1787 but reopened it in 1803?
What percentage of the enslaved Africans who were brought to North America through the middle passage entered through the coast of Charleston?
What percentage of the enslaved Africans who were brought to North America through the middle passage entered through the coast of Charleston?
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