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How did exploration change the African slave trade?

Exploration expanded the reach of the African slave trade by opening up new markets for enslaved people in the Americas. European powers sought slaves to work in their colonies, leading to an increase in demand for African captives. This demand resulted in intensified slave raids and increased the scale of the transatlantic slave trade.


Did African and native slaves know how to grow crops?

Yes, many African and Native slaves had knowledge and skills in crop cultivation, passed down through generations. They often used this expertise to grow crops on plantations and provide food for themselves and their communities.


Why were African slaves used instead of Native Americans or indentured servants?

Slaves were resistant against harmful diseases brought by the Europeans.Indentured Servants began to finsh there years of work there masters sood dicovered that slaves knew how to grow cash crops such as rice and were used to doing work on plantations for that is what they did at home.


How did the slave trade affect saint domingue?

Answer this question… Many slaves were brought from Africa to Haiti to help grow sugarcane.


How did west African farmers ability to grow more food enncourage labor specialization?

The ability of West African farmers to grow more food allowed for a surplus of resources, which in turn enabled some individuals to specialize in other tasks aside from farming, such as crafting goods, trading, or governing. This labor specialization led to the development of more complex societies and economies in the region.

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What did African slaves help grow in Latin America?

Sugar cane was the main crop. Tobacco was second.


Where do coconut trees grow?

Latin America


How do you make short hair grow African America?

It has to be African American to start with.


How did exploration change the African slave change?

It made them grow tobacco, rice, and cotton


What plants grow in latin America?

corn, rice, and weat


What part of Latin America will grow faster economically?

brazilia


Rice in colonial America?

englishmen forced African slaves to grow rice.


Where do coconut grow?

Latin America


How did exploration change the African slave trade?

Exploration expanded the reach of the African slave trade by opening up new markets for enslaved people in the Americas. European powers sought slaves to work in their colonies, leading to an increase in demand for African captives. This demand resulted in intensified slave raids and increased the scale of the transatlantic slave trade.


Can a shea tree grow in America?

Yes, shea trees can grow in certain parts of America, particularly in regions with a similar climate to their native West African habitat.


What is the technique used by native people of latin America to clear fields to grow crops?

slash and burn


What were the consequences of the slave trade for the black peoples of America?

The huge loss of African culture and history that would usually be told to the younger generations of Africans. Since over 10 million enslaved Africans were traded just for labor and grow crops, the only way of reviving their culture were to use the same traditions they learned in Africa; like singing, dancing, or chanting (,but the slave masters mostly let them do these things in an African funeral.)