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how many slaves were forcibly moved from Africa to the Americas from 1500-1800 CE?
10 to 12 million
approximately how many of those died during the voyage?
15 percent
what two areas received the most slaves from Africa? Which area received the fewest?
Caribbean and Brazil
North America
what are the three major agricultural products grown by the institution of slavery?
sugar, tobacco, coffee
what three products did Europeans usually trade with Africa to obtain slaves to take to the americas?
metal tools, fine textiles, guns
describe the treatment of slaves brought from Africa to the americas
4 feet of room per person, horrendous
slavery in brazil and the caribbean vs. north america
B./C.- 23 year life expectancy, planted, harvested and processed sugar, worked 48 hours a day 10 months of the year, amputated limbs with hatchet when caught in sugar rollers
both- lives dominated by work and terror
N.A.- sold in market similar to cattle sale, branded on cheeks, slave treatment was better and the slave population began increasing
how did slavery in the atlantic compare to previous forms of slavery? explain
early slaves could sometimes hold power and were influential (Zheng-He) , Atlantic was worse and more horrifying because it was slavery in which people were movable property
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