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Our society still has strong racist values, and these values were brought from the Atlantic Slave Trade. The slave trade had brought diversity into the Americas, with the addition of African people. The Europeans had a strong disliking to the color black and had negative meaning attached to it. When they had first seen the African people they had associated these meanings to them.

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What did the Atlantic slave trade ultimately do for Europe?

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What did the Atlantic slave trade ultimately do for Europe?

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Slaves helped the 13 colonies become very wealthy. However, a lot of racism arose from slavery because the Europeans were very pail-skinned.

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According to the author, why did African enslavement go on so long?

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According to the author, why did African enslavement go on so long?

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The Africans had done all the work they needed, it was the most convenient after time, they had begun to develop racist values

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What does the author mean when she writes, “the business of transporting slaves across the Atlantic had become a horrifying science.”

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What does the author mean when she writes, “the business of transporting slaves across the Atlantic had become a horrifying science.”

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The slaves being brought from Africa suffered for 6 to 12 weeks at a time, being crammed in a ship with many other slaves. The more slaves in the ships meant it was cheaper because the ships would not need to go back for more slaves.

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How do we know so much about how many Africans were enslaved and where they went during this time?

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How do we know so much about how many Africans were enslaved and where they went during this time?

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We know there were 2,700,000 africans enslaved. This had come from a database project which was done by gathering information from few countries like Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The Spanish also kept records of all trade from ports.

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Who started the Atlantic slave trade and how long did it last?

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Who started the Atlantic slave trade and how long did it last?

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The Portuguese started the Atlantic slave trade when the first enslaved Africans to Brazil. The Atlantic slave trade lasted up to the early's 1800's.

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Why were Africans the targets of slavery and not people from another area of the world? 

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Why were Africans the targets of slavery and not people from another area of the world? 

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There wasn't a lot of native slaves left, due to the Europeans bringing  diseases and they were not resistant. They then turned to using European criminals but they were small in number for all the work that had to be done. The Portuguese had began to enslave Africans and brought them to america, they had been resistant to European diseases.