- Which of the following does not describe the slave trade as it existed in Africa by 1700?
AMore than one-third of slaves died before reaching the coast because of thirst, disease, or exhaustion.
BBritish merchants transported slaves to Caribbean sugar plantations and to Britain's colonies in North America.
CThe Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Dutch also participated in the transatlantic slave trade.
DSlaves were treated humanely on the sea journey to the Americas to make sure the maximum number survived.
- Which of the following does not describe the results of the slave trade in the Americas?
ASlaves sent to the Caribbean and South America did not live long because of the harsh climate, diseases, and terrible living conditions.
BSlavery soon became less important in the Americas and most slaves were freed.
CIn North America, life expectancy for slaves was longer than elsewhere in the Americas.
DThe slave population in North America grew because many of the slaves were women who had children who also became slaves.
- Mark if the following is an example of work slaves did in the Americas.
AMost slaves shipped across the Atlantic worked in the sugar colonies of Brazil and the Caribbean.
BMost North American slaves harvested sugar, as well as rice, tobacco, and indigo.
CMore slaves worked on farms and in households in the American North than in the Deep South.
DThe invention of the cotton gin made cotton farming profitable and increased the demand for slaves.
AMore than one-third of slaves died before reaching the coast because of thirst, disease, or exhaustion.
BBritish merchants transported slaves to Caribbean sugar plantations and to Britain's colonies in North America.
CThe Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Dutch also participated in the transatlantic slave trade.
DSlaves were treated humanely on the sea journey to the Americas to make sure the maximum number survived.
ASlaves sent to the Caribbean and South America did not live long because of the harsh climate, diseases, and terrible living conditions.
BSlavery soon became less important in the Americas and most slaves were freed.
CIn North America, life expectancy for slaves was longer than elsewhere in the Americas.
DThe slave population in North America grew because many of the slaves were women who had children who also became slaves.
AMost slaves shipped across the Atlantic worked in the sugar colonies of Brazil and the Caribbean.
BMost North American slaves harvested sugar, as well as rice, tobacco, and indigo.
CMore slaves worked on farms and in households in the American North than in the Deep South.
DThe invention of the cotton gin made cotton farming profitable and increased the demand for slaves.
