Question

how did most slaves come to america?
○ bought from native populations in the west indies
○ on the middle passage in slave ships
○ as indentured servants from europe
○ taken from native peoples who were here
question 14 (5 points)
how did the first africans arrive to the americas?
○ as slaves in jamestown
○ as free men in pennsylvania
○ as indentured servants in jamestown
○ as puritans in massachusetts

Explanation:

First Question (How did most slaves come to America?):

• Option 1: Slaves were not mainly bought from West Indies natives.
• Option 2: The Middle Passage was the route where enslaved Africans were transported via slave ships to the Americas, this was the primary way most slaves came.
• Option 3: Indentured servants from Europe were not slaves, and this was not the main way slaves came.
• Option 4: Native peoples in America were not the main source of slaves (enslavement of natives was less common and not the primary source of most slaves).

• Option 1: The first Africans in Jamestown were initially indentured servants, not slaves right away.
• Option 2: Pennsylvania's early African arrivals don't match the first arrival context.
• Option 3: The first Africans to Jamestown arrived as indentured servants (they worked for a period and then gained freedom, different from chattel slavery initially).
• Option 4: Puritans were European settlers, not Africans.

Answer:

B. On the Middle Passage in slave ships

Second Question (How did the first Africans arrive to the Americas?):