Expansion of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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1. Examine the development and expansion of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Consider how European colonization in the fifteenth century transformed the West African economy in addition to the impact that Columbus's discovery of the Americas had on the slave trade. How did the establishment of colonies in the Americas affect the trade? Why did African leaders participate, along with Europeans, in the enslavement of other Africans during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

2. How did the concept of Manifest Destiny impact the growth and westward expansion of slavery during the 19th Century? Remember to include details about the Northwest Ordinance, the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. How did these and other events (the election of Abraham Lincoln) lead to conflict and the Civil War?

3. How did African American culture originate? Make sure to detail the importance of West African cultural traditions by including an analysis of the significance of family structure, kinship ties, religion, African language iterations, music, food, and literature. How did enslaved Africans use these cultural developments to adapt to and survive the conditions they faced in the Americas?

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