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How did slavery in the Americas affect African society?

Slave labor within Africa became more common, and violence between Africans increased.

Slave labor within Africa became less common, and violence between Africans decreased.

African culture began to incorporate European customs such as language, food, and music.

African culture returned to its roots to avoid European influences and the enslavement system.

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In the 1600s and 1700s, Europeans established themselves in the West Indies to

search for precious metals and to grow crops such as coffee.

find a labor force for their large plantations back in Europe.

trade European goods such as cloth, guns, and ammunition.

sell precious metals such as gold and silver.

How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade benefit European plantation owners in the West Indies?

It allowed them to grow and produce goods more cheaply.

It provided them with guns and ammunition for defending their plantations.

It provided them with goods from Europe unavailable in the Americas.

It allowed them to sell enslaved persons to landowners in the Middle East.

Slavery in the Americas

was based on race.

was banned in 1810.

involved more women than men.

led to fighting between European countries.

Conditions on slave ships caused

many enslaved Africans to get physically stronger.

slave traders to put an end to the slave trade.

many enslaved Africans to resist.

slave traders to target men more than women.

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