How new was slavery to West Africa? How did West Africans view slavery?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Slavery had existed for centuries in Africa. West Africans owned slaves themselves as well as participated in an overland slave trade, selling prisoners of wars and individuals convicted of heinous crimes. Slaves in West Africa lived under the same conditions as their owners and had rights to education, marriage, and their children. Slavery was not always a life-long condition and the children of slaves were free.
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A) the military superiority of the United States B) the simplicity of the United States' strategy C) the overwhelming American support for the war D) the singular genius of Zachary Taylor as a general E) the support of Mexicans wishing to join the United States
Michael VIII Paleologus faced the threat of conquest from which of the following groups?
a. The Ottomans b. The Slavs c. The Normans d. The Mongols e. The Franks