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Explain why in the 1490 and early 1500 there was only a small number of African slaves in the Caribbean?
Because the economic value of agriculture had just began to grow and was not fully developed in the Caribbean. Remember that as the economic value of agriculture grew, the greater the number of slaves grew so that the economic standard could be sustained. As a result, there wasn't many African slaves in the Caribbean during that era.
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Where did the African influence in Caribbean come from?
The African slaves
What is the Caribbean relation to Africa?
Europeans brought African slaves to Caribbean
Which of the following describes the Haitian revolution?
A revolt by African slaves in the Caribbean against French colonists.
What were the African slaves used to produce that was in the Caribbean?
They worked on the production of Sugar.
Where were African slaves were shipped to the Americas mostly to which two countries?
Brazil; the Caribbean
What describes the Haitian Revolution?
A revolt by African slaves in the Caribbean against French Colonists.
What was the longest period of survival for most African slaves in the English Caribbean?
Ten years
Descendants of European planters and African slaves are called what?
Descendants of European planters and African slaves are often referred to as Creoles in some regions such as the Caribbean and Louisiana.
Relate African cultural forms in the Caribbean?
African cultural forms in the Caribbean were strictly prohibited and was outlawed by governments in all Caribbean society. Those (slaves) who continued to practice them would face severe punishments.
Where were African slaves first brought to work?
The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
The majority of African slaves were sent to?
The majority of African slaves were sent to the Americas, particularly to regions in the Caribbean, Brazil, and the Southern United States, to work on plantations producing labor-intensive crops like sugar, tobacco, and cotton.
The Garafuna are descended from slaves that were shipwrecked on what island?
The Garafuna are descended from slaves that were shipwrecked on
