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    to do my Primary Source Portfolio on is the Slave Trade: The African Connection 1788. The Slave trade was between America and Africa the main crops that were around then and needed to be moved were cotton‚ sugar cane‚ and tobacco. This Slave trade was between America‚ Africa and the Europeans but like stated earlier mostly between America and Africa. During 1788 he slave trade reached the all-time high of the 18th century‚ an estimated of 80‚000 slaves crossed the Atlantic over to slavery 40% Caribbean

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    How did slaves affect the daily Roman economy? As Romans won wars and conquered lands‚ the population of these towns would in most cases become slaves. Some records indicate that Julius Caesar once sold a whole town in his Gallic campaign‚ for which the dealers gave him a receipt for 53‚000 men‚ women‚ and children. “Census records from Roman Egypt during the first few centuries CE‚ some 13 percent of adequately documented households owned slaves” (Scheidel‚ 2010). It is also said that in the

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    Europeans to enslave Africans. Europeans and Americans enslaved Africans for economic‚ social and psychological reasons. In my opinion‚ the main economic reason that the Europeans and Africans enslaved Africans was because it was cheaper labor. A key social reason was the Americans and Europeans enslaved Africans was because the Europeans had slaves in their homeland and it was socially acceptable. The chief psychological reason was the Europeans and Americans believed the Africans were mentally

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    In the 1800s‚ life was very cruel and messed up for some people‚ especially African Americans. They were treated like slaves and had to do work for the Whites and the British people. It was hard for them to live during this kind of life‚ they must have been really brave to go through all of the misery and suffering. African Americans had survived through torture‚ pain‚ and suffering. They were separated from their friends and families‚ whenever two African Americans get married and one gets sold

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    In both Africa and North America internal trade networks continued to connect the populations of both regions. However‚ with the discovery of North America‚ maritime trade networks greatly expanded between these and other regions. Also‚ the Colombian Exchange and the Triangular Trade led to the introduction of new goods to both of these regions. Internal trade networks existed in both Africa and North America in this period. Throughout this era‚ the African slave trade existed both internally and

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    some argue that African Americans deserved to have freedom in America. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that Southerners didn’t agree with giving African Americans their freedom. Reconstruction changed america because the KKK‚ expansion of railroad‚ and the thirteenth Amendment ended slavery. The KKK is well known for the amount of hate that they had for African Americans during the time of reconstruction. They were a destructive group of people that would burn down African American churches

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    Herrill‚ 5 Slave Culture: African or American Despite the abduction of millions of blacks from their homeland‚ slaves developed a strong familial camaraderie in America‚ retaining their African traditions as seen through dance‚ language‚ clothing and hairstyle. Although kinship ties were usually broken during the slavery process‚ blacks living on the same plantation created a strong-knit community that took part in festivals that highlighted the vibrant music and dancing of the African culture.

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    Slavery had existed for centuries. They would capture africans and trade them for gold‚guns and other good they needed they would trade for guns to help expand empires and obtain more slaves until they were against the european colonisers. Most africans slave were pulled from their families and were never reunited again sale could fight to be married into a family. The transport of slave from africa to the americans forms the middle passage of the triangular trade. The export of trade goods from

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    one trying to take over one another. African slaves worked in plantations to sell sugar to at a cheap price. Sugar and silver was also brought to Europe and China. But Europe was going out considering most of the world instead of all the great empires going to conquer the Americas. I think this is because of the positioning that Europe was in. Europe could trade with the Americas‚ Africa and Asia that made them very rich they could take sugar from North America and spreading

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    in the life of a slave‚ Linda battles with slavery. Linda is a strong black female. She stood up for what she believed in and she was very determined to get freedom. Slaves were considered property‚ and sexual favors of slave women were often associated with their masters. Linda denied Dr. Flint‚ when he tired to have a sexual relationship with her‚ when Linda was 15 years old Dr. Flint started to raped her. He threatens to kill her grandmother if she tries to tell her. I feel that most slave women

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