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*Islam spread into Africa, non-Muslim prisoners of war could be bought and sold as slaves.
* had some legal rights including escaping by marrying into the family they serve.
* This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.
*From 1690 until England abolished the slave trade in 1807, it was the leading carrier of enslaved Africans.
*By 1830 roughly 2 million slaves toiled the United States.
*Africans transported into the Americas were part of the triangular trade.
*One trade route Europeans manufactured goods.
*Another, Africans were transported and sold in the West Indies.
*The last, merchants carried rum and other goods from New England colonies to Africa.
*The route that brought Africans to the West Indies and to North and South America was known as the middle passage.
* they suffered sickening cruelty throughout the journey.
*Slaves worked in mines, fields, or as domestic servants.
*Many lived on little food in small, dreary huts.
*They worked long days and suffered beatings.
*To deal with the horrors of slavery they based life on their cultural heritage.
*They found ways to resist, such as breaking tools, uprooting plants, and working slowly, thousands ran away.
*Early as 1522 about 20 slaves attacked and killed several Spanish colonists.
*Larger revolts occurred throughout Spanish settlements in the 16th century.
*African families were torn apart.
*Devastated African societies in another way: introducing guns into the continent.
*Slaves contributed greatly to economic and cultural development of the Americas.
*Western Hemisphere is home to a substantial amount of African American populations.
* had some legal rights including escaping by marrying into the family they serve.
* This was known as the Atlantic slave trade.
*From 1690 until England abolished the slave trade in 1807, it was the leading carrier of enslaved Africans.
*By 1830 roughly 2 million slaves toiled the United States.
*Africans transported into the Americas were part of the triangular trade.
*One trade route Europeans manufactured goods.
*Another, Africans were transported and sold in the West Indies.
*The last, merchants carried rum and other goods from New England colonies to Africa.
*The route that brought Africans to the West Indies and to North and South America was known as the middle passage.
* they suffered sickening cruelty throughout the journey.
*Slaves worked in mines, fields, or as domestic servants.
*Many lived on little food in small, dreary huts.
*They worked long days and suffered beatings.
*To deal with the horrors of slavery they based life on their cultural heritage.
*They found ways to resist, such as breaking tools, uprooting plants, and working slowly, thousands ran away.
*Early as 1522 about 20 slaves attacked and killed several Spanish colonists.
*Larger revolts occurred throughout Spanish settlements in the 16th century.
*African families were torn apart.
*Devastated African societies in another way: introducing guns into the continent.
*Slaves contributed greatly to economic and cultural development of the Americas.
*Western Hemisphere is home to a substantial amount of African American populations.