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Lesson 8
Slavery in America
Question | Answer |
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slave trade | the business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slavesin exchange for goods. |
triangular trade | the exchange of slaves and goods between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa using shipping routes acoss the Atlantic. |
Middle passage | the voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean, form West Africa and the America continents. |
slave auction | a public sale in which slaves were sold to the highest budders. |
overseer | a person who was in charge of the work of slaves and could punish them for disobeying him. |