Beginnings of Slavery in America
Pages 76-81
Answer the following questions on your own paper using complete sentences.

1. What was slavery?
2. Name two forms slavery took throughout history.
3. Why did the Portuguese and Spanish bring Africans to their islands?
4. Why did colonists decide that African slaves were more useful than Native American slaves?
5. Look at the chart on page 77. What year did the slave trade begin?
6. Why were slaves brought to Hispaniola?
7. What happened to African societies because of the slave trade?
8. How did Africans participate in the slave trade?
9. Looking at the chart on page 77, about how many slaves were imported to the Americas between 1493 and 1810? 10. Why do you think the numbers increased?
11. What was the African Diaspora?
12. How many Africans were taken to America by the 1800's?
13. What was the middle passage?
14. What was the triangular trade?
15. What type of work did slaves do in America?
16. What were slave codes?
17. Why did whites think that slave codes were necessary?
18. What is racism?
19. How many years did the slave trade last?
20. Look at the two pictures of page 78. Describe what you think it would have been like to be on a slave ship.