Many Native American Indians died from smallpox disease.

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Many Native American Indians died from smallpox
disease.
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Native American Indians also died from the
harsh working conditions imposed on them by the
Europeans.
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The deaths of so many Native American Indians
created the need for a work force.
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Europeans decided to use Africans to replace a
dying American Indian population.
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Europeans removed millions of Africans between
the 1500s and the 1800s.
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Africans were stripped of their
language, culture, and freedom. They were
forced to labor under brutal conditions in
plantations in the Americas.
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Enslaved Africans were usually captured by
warring ethnic groups or tribes and traded to
European and American slave traders.
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Slaves were traded in exchange for guns and other
goods.
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The Middle Passage was the slaves voyage
across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
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Many slaves died during the Middle
Passage because of the terrible conditions on
the ships. Slaves were crowded together in
small, unsanitary spaces.
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Once in the Americas, African slaves encountered
brutality and cruelty on plantations in the
Americas.
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Life expectancy on sugar plantations was low due
to the brutal working conditions.
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade was a tragic period
in world history.
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Effects
Causes
Middle Passage