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Africa in an Age of Transition Ch 13 Section 2
Africa in an Age of Transition
Ch 13Section 2
Impact on Africa
• King Afonso I – King of Congo saw affect of slaves on his land
• Benin in West Africa lost faith in their gods, and their art deteriorated. Human sacrifice became more common.
• Great impact on population in Western Africa.
What went through the minds of Africans?
Why? When? Where?
• Southwest Asia – domestic servants• Americas – laborers for sugar cane• 1518 – First Spanish ship to carry boatload of
African slaves to America• 10 million slaves between 16th and 19th
centuries
Triangular Slave Trade
