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AP world 26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Transatlantic Slave System | Between 1500 and 1865, shipped 12.5 million slaves from Africa across the Atlantic, depositing 10.7 million of them in America. |
| African Dispora | Global spread of Africans via slave trade. |
| Maroon Societies | Free communities of former slaves in remote regions of South America and the Caribbean, largest settlement was Palmares in Brazil, holding 10,000 people during the 17th century. |
| Signares | African woman able to exercire power and gain wealth through marrige to European traders. |
| Benin | West African kingdom ( Nigeria ) whose strong kings limited engagement in slave trade for a time. |
| Dahomey | West African kingdom where slave trade was a major state controlled industry. |