1. Why did the demand for African slaves increase in the 1500's? Discuss the economic reason for this increased demand.
What made the Africans different from Native Americans?
2. Give historical examples of slavery prior to the 1500's -- explain how slavery was not a new concept yet how the European form of the 1500's was a new type of slavery
3. How did the slave trade help racism (and negative views toward Africans) take root? Any effects of this racism exemplified in the US today?
4. Explain how the European slave traders got their supply of slaves. Why might African rulers have "sold out" their own people?
5. What was life like aboard a slave ship? How many Africans may have died during the 400 years of the slave trade?
thanks! 10 points to best answer! i would do these myself but i left my world cultures binder at school lol
6. Why was the trip from Africa to the Americas referred to as the "Middle Passage"? (Hint: It has something to do with the trade routes traveled by the slave ships)
7. What is abolition and how did it help outlaw the slave trade? Describe the importance of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for this abolition movement.
8. How did industrialization in Europe help end slavery? Focus, once again, on the economic reasons. Be sure to explain why less labor was necessary in the factories.
9. List three negative effects of the slave trade for the people of Africa.
10. What is a diaspora? Explain how the culture of the African people has lived on -- especially here in the Americas.
What made the Africans different from Native Americans?
2. Give historical examples of slavery prior to the 1500's -- explain how slavery was not a new concept yet how the European form of the 1500's was a new type of slavery
3. How did the slave trade help racism (and negative views toward Africans) take root? Any effects of this racism exemplified in the US today?
4. Explain how the European slave traders got their supply of slaves. Why might African rulers have "sold out" their own people?
5. What was life like aboard a slave ship? How many Africans may have died during the 400 years of the slave trade?
thanks! 10 points to best answer! i would do these myself but i left my world cultures binder at school lol
6. Why was the trip from Africa to the Americas referred to as the "Middle Passage"? (Hint: It has something to do with the trade routes traveled by the slave ships)
7. What is abolition and how did it help outlaw the slave trade? Describe the importance of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for this abolition movement.
8. How did industrialization in Europe help end slavery? Focus, once again, on the economic reasons. Be sure to explain why less labor was necessary in the factories.
9. List three negative effects of the slave trade for the people of Africa.
10. What is a diaspora? Explain how the culture of the African people has lived on -- especially here in the Americas.