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enslaved africans |
Enslaved Africans were African American people who were forced to work for people as slaves. |
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dilemmas |
A dilemma is a situation in which a person is forced to make a decision even though he or she does not like any of the choices. |
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“breaking in period” |
Breaking in period means adjusting to his or her new life. |
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griot |
A griot is a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa. |
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overseer |
An overseer is a person who was in charge of the work of slaves and could punish them for disobeying him. |
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scramble |
Scramble means public sales where the price was the same for each slave. |
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slave auction |
A slave auction is a public sale in which slaves were sold to the highest bidders. |
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slave trade |
A slave trade is the exchange of captured people for goods. |
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triangular trade |
A triangular trade is the exchange of slaves and goods among Europe, the Americas, and West Africa, using shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean. |
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middle passage |
The middle passage is the voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean, from West Africa to the West Indies and the American continents. |
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plantation |
A plantation is a large farm on which crops are grown by free workers or slaves who live on the land. |
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West Africa |
West Africa is a region of Africa. It lies near the equator and south of the Sahara, a large desert in northern Africa. To its west and south is the Atlantic Ocean. Most of West Africa is covered by grassland or rainforest. |
