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in 1790, it was estimated that the British, French, Portuguese and Dutch shipped 72,000 slaves across. Over some 350 years that the trade lasted, well over 10 million people may have been transported. Some historians argue that it was about twice that figure. We will never know exactly.
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How were slaves brought into the new world?
Slaves were brought to the New World when the Triangle Trade came around. Africa sent slaves to America and England in return for the imports that Africa got from them.
What happened to the slaves in west Africa societies?
what happened was the slaves from Africa got taken and sent to America to work for farmers during the civil war some were treated badly and some were not they got taught to work all day and if they got caught escaping they would be punished severely
What part of Africa were slaves mostly captured?
West Africa
How did the European get the slaves from Africa?
Europe got slaves from Africa by the triangular trade. Europe traded with Africa, Europe gave Africa guns, rum, gunpowder, and tools. Africa traded back with slaves
Who were the slaves how did they get here?
The slaves were African. They got to other countries through the slave trade in which they were sold in Africa and shipped to the United States.
What was the outcome for the British in the American Revolutionary war?
They got sent back to Britian, along with the slaves.
What happened to the African slaves onces they got to America?
When slaves reached America they were sent to the auction block. They were sold like animals. many were separated from their families. it was only if a child was an infant that the mother would get to keep them
Where were most slaves taken from Africa sent?
The vast majority of slave from Africa never left Africa, as the African slave trade existed for perhaps a thousand years before the Portuguese got involved. Other than Africa, most exported slave went to Brazil and the Caribbean islands, via the Portuguese slave trade.
What was the main reason that black africans sent their own people across the ocean as slaves?
They got paid - MONEY.
How were the slaves treated once they got to the Americans?
badly, they were put into slavery. the americans treated them like dirt..they got sent directly to plantations to become a slave. they were whipped, punched, slapped etc. slaves had no respect. it was not fair.
The first enslaved africans were sent to?
Other tribes within Africa. The trade was going of for centuries before the Europeans got involved. The first "slaves: sent to America were for marriage to trappers because of the severe shortages of women in the "new world". They were distributed throughout Canada, and what is now the United States.
In what ways did the africans and their culture shaped life in the Americas?
The African's didn't have anything on the American culture they were just brought to America to work as slaves. The Africans brought over many diseases. They also taught the Americans about rice cultivation and cattle herding. Also, they brought along a whole lot of drama and conflict.
