Asked by Mikaela Colvin on May 29, 2024
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Which commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the West Indies during the seventeenth century?
A) tobacco
B) indigo
C) silver
D) cotton
E) sugar
Sugar
A sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrate found in many plants, extensively used as a sweetener in food and beverages.
Slave Trade
The buying, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves, specifically the transatlantic slave trade which forcibly brought Africans to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
West Indies
A region in the Caribbean Sea consisting of numerous islands that were crucial during the colonial period for their agricultural production, especially sugar.
- Realize the significance of the slave trade and slavery in the formation of colonial America and the Caribbean.
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Learning Objectives
- Realize the significance of the slave trade and slavery in the formation of colonial America and the Caribbean.
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