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AssignmentMultiple Choice

The Middle Passage

Question 15 • FL-2100010-M/J United States History

Why did violence increase in Africa during the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

Answer
A
Different European countries were fighting to gain control of Africa, and thus its people.
B
The demand for more enslaved people led to increased warfare and more raids in order to capture and enslave people.
C
As the number of enslaved people in Africa grew, massive slave rebellions swept the continent.

Explanation

The trans-Atlantic slave trade created a growing demand for enslaved people. To meet that demand, slave traders and states carried out more raids and warfare to capture people and sell them into slavery. Choice B describes this increase in violence; the trade did not primarily cause continent-wide slave rebellions.

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