Slavery in Latin America

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to suffer to the point of death

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perish

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Farming estate exporting crops for money

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plantation

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Plantation or farming estate for colonists' crops.

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hacienda

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The Americas during the Age of Exploration

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The New World

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Tall grass with a thick stalk used for sugar production.

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sugarcane

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Forced enslavement and transport of Africans to the Americas (1400-1800)

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Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Original inhabitants of an area

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indigenous

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Slaves on Latin American plantations and haciendas came from:

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West Africa

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Main crops in Latin America:

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coffee and sugarcane

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Indigenous people in Latin America faced significant challenges.

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Died from diseases like smallpox.