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How did slavery in the Americas affect African society?

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Slave labor within Africa became more common, and violence between Africans increased.
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Slave labor within Africa became less common, and violence between Africans decreased.
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African culture began to incorporate European customs such as language, food, and music.
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African culture returned to its roots to avoid European influences and the enslavement system.
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In the 1600s and 1700s, European plantations in the West Indies

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turned to slavery to fulfill their need for workers.
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traded goods from Europe to help with costs.
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were able to contain the spread of disease.
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funded their operations with precious metals.
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How did the writings of Olaudah Equiano affect the slave trade?

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They brought public awareness to the inhumane conditions on slave ships.
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They encouraged slave traders to improve conditions on their ships.
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They encouraged enslaved Africans to take control of slave ships.
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They angered slave traders and worsened conditions on slave ships.
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Which of the following events during the 1600s and 1700s led to the development of slavery in the Caribbean?

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Christopher Columbus arrived in the West Indies.
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Thousands of natives of the West Indies were killed by disease.
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French, English, and Dutch traders joined Spanish traders in the West Indies.
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French, English, and Dutch traders fought for control of the West Indies.
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How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade benefit European plantation owners in the West Indies?

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It allowed them to grow and produce goods more cheaply.
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It provided them with guns and ammunition for defending their plantations.
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It provided them with goods from Europe unavailable in the Americas.
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It allowed them to sell enslaved persons to landowners in the Middle East.
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To escape enslavement while on board slave ships, some Africans

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jumped overboard.
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traded food.
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attacked other Africans.
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bribed sailors.
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The end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade resulted in

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a decrease in money going to African kingdoms.
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payment from the Americas to Africa.
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Africa owing money to American slaveholders.
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an increase of European goods in Africa.
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How did hunger strikes by enslaved Africans affect slaveholders during the Middle Passage?

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Slaveholders knew that an enslaved person weakened by hunger could be sold for less money.
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Slaveholders knew that an enslaved person who did not eat would be too tired to perform duties on the ship.
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Slaveholders worried that an enslaved person who did not eat would not cooperate.
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Slaveholders worried that an enslaved person who did not eat would try to take control of the ship.
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To keep up with European demand, how did African slave traders enslave people?

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They took prisoners of war and raided villages.
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They stopped selling enslaved people to the Middle East.
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They traded goods with Africans on the West Coast.
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They improved conditions on slave ships to help more people survive.
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Slavery in the Americas

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was based on race.
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was banned in 1810.
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involved more women than men.
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led to fighting between European countries.

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