Question

1. approximately how many africans were forced into slavery from 1500 - 1880?
2. where did slaves land? what percentages?

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b.
c.

1. what is a popular misconception about slavery? what is the reality?

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b.

1. what type of crop plantations proved to provide slaves with the worst living conditions?
2. what is the definition of slavery from the sociological perspective?
3. what historical groups helped to contribute to the concept of slavery that resulted in the atlantic slave trade?

Explanation:

Answer:

(1) Approximately 12 - 12.8 million
(2)
(a) North America: About 6%
(b) Caribbean: About 48%
(c) South America: About 46%
(3)
(a) Misconception: Slaves were well - treated on some plantations. Reality: Slavery was a system of extreme exploitation and abuse, with slaves facing harsh working conditions, violence, and lack of basic human rights.
(b) Misconception: Slaves were passive and did not resist. Reality: Slaves engaged in various forms of resistance, from slow - down strikes to outright revolts.
(4) Sugar plantations
(5) Slavery is a social relationship in which one person (the slave) is the property of another (the master), with the slave having no legal rights and being forced to work without compensation.
(6) European slave - trading companies, African rulers and merchants who participated in the slave trade, and plantation owners in the Americas