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What religion were the African prior to coming to the new world as slaves?
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What was the religion for the African Americans in the 1300s?
There were no African Americans prior to about 1550.
How were African slaves prior to the US Civil War?
The African slaves were totally disenfranchised before the Civil War. They had no rights. They were basically treated like animals, and died by the masses.
In 1870 former black male slaves obtained the right to vote but what about blacks who were not slaves prior to that year?
in 1870 black African American slaves was able to vote
Why did planters in the Americas start using African slaves?
Planters in the Americas started using African slaves primarily due to the labor-intensive nature of cultivating crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton. African slaves were seen as a readily available source of cheap labor, and their prior experience in agriculture made them well-suited for the demanding work required on plantations. Economic factors and the perceived racial hierarchy of the time also played a role in justifying the use of African slaves for labor.
How were free African Americans really not free?
In many cases, free African Americans were not wholly free. At some points prior to the Civil War, former slaves that had escaped could be recaptured, and after the Civil War, free slaves were limited in their career options, the locations of their homes, and even in where they could shop.
What were the Advantages of African slaves over Natives?
Some advantages of African slaves over Native Americans for European colonizers included their resistance to diseases like smallpox, their familiarity with agricultural practices such as rice cultivation, and their perceived ability to withstand harsh working conditions due to their prior exposure to tropical climates.
What religion did the Persians follow?
Prior to the conversion to Islam, the predominant religion of Persia was Zoroastrianism.
What is meant by the term white wage slaves?
At a time (prior to the Civil War) when people of African descent were enslaved in America, there were also people of European descent who were not literally slaves, but who were so heavily dependent upon their employers as to have no real option of quitting or of finding other employment; they were therefore similar to slaves.
What major religion was prior to the birth of Jesus Christ?
Judaism was one major religion.
What was China religion?
Prior to the introduction of Buddhism, the most prominent religion of China was Taoism.
What fraction of a free citizen did slaves have prior to the 13 and 14 amendment?
Slaves were considered one-third of a person. Three slaves were the equivalent of one person.
When slavery begin in the unite states?
Slavery existed in the Americas prior to the formation of the United States in 1787. When the US Constitution was accepted, slavery was already there. The first African slaves were brought to the Jamestown colony in the 17th Century.
