Unveiling the Harsh Realities

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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?

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?

6 million

10 million

4 million

12.4 million (correct)

Which country received the largest proportion of captured Africans during the slave trade?

Brazil Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of captured Africans were brought directly to what would eventually become the United States?

5% Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of slavery according to Orlando Patterson?

Permanent, violent, and personal domination Signup and view all the answers

What were the conditions like on the slave ships?

Horrific and unbearable Signup and view all the answers

During the period from 1700 to 1808, approximately how many enslaved Africans were trafficked out of Africa and to the Americas?

Two-thirds of the total Signup and view all the answers

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?

64% Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the heinous responses to slave resistance during the Middle Passage?

Speculum orum Signup and view all the answers

Why did some captured Africans attempt to take their own lives during the transatlantic slave trade?

To undermine the economic incentives of the enslavers Signup and view all the answers

Which country was the final country in the Western world to abolish slavery?

Brazil Signup and view all the answers

During what period did the Royal African Company play an active role in the slave trade?

1675-1725 Signup and view all the answers

Which state prohibited the African slave trade in 1787 but reopened it in 1803?

South Carolina Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the enslaved Africans who were brought to North America through the middle passage entered through the coast of Charleston?

40% Signup and view all the answers