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Assignment:
"Slavery, Freedom and the Stuggle for Empire"
Answer the following questions.
1. Define:
Atlantic Trade -
Asiento -
Triangular Trade Route -
Middle Passage -
Slave Sale Broadside -
2. What happened to Olaudah Equiano and why might his story be significant to colonization of the new world?
3. How many Africans were brought the New World on slave ships? When?
4. What was the purpose of the "Atlantic Trade" overall? Who benefitted?
5. What were the major items of trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas?
6. What role did African countries play in the slave trade?
7. Describe the "Middle Passage?"
8. Explain the chart in Table [Slave Population]
9. Describe slavery in the following areas:
A. Chesapeake?
B. Carolina
C. Rice Kingdom
D. Georgia
E. Slavery in the North
10. What does the author mean by becoming African American?
11. What religion did Africans practice in the "New World?"
12. How and why did distinct African-American cultures develop in the New World by the 1750s?
13. Short Essay: Explain how the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade developed during the European Age of Exploration. Conclude with whether you agree or disagree with the thesis of Eric Williams in Capitalism & Slavery.