HUM 1020 – INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES
Assignment for Video:
“Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?”
Worth 20 points
Instructions:
Watch the video titled “Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?” As you view, respond to each of the questions below. Type your answers directly into the entry fields. (Be sure to write in complete sentences.)
1. Why were most slaves in the new world Africans, especially considering West Africa is thousands of miles away from the Americas and Europe? (4 pts.)
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2. Why did Europeans set out to colonize the Americas to begin with? (3 pts.)
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3. When did the first enslaved African slaves arrive in the North American colonies (under control of the British), and where did they arrive? (4 pts.)
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4. When did the first enslaved Africans arrive in the Caribbean and Latin America? (3 pts.)
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5. Why did European colonists start to look exclusively at West Africans as the source of slave labor? (3 pts.)
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6. How did the emergence of chattel slavery in the Americas differ from pre-existing forms? (3 pts.)
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the link below is for the video for the questions