Slavery in Latin America

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to suffer to the point of death

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perish

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a farming estate in which crops were exported for money

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plantation

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a plantation or farming estate in which crops were used for the colonists

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hacienda

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the Americas (including Latin America and the Caribbean) during the Age of Exploration

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The New World

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tall grass with a thick stalk that was used in production of sugar

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sugarcane

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the forced enslavement and transportation of Africans to the Americas between 1400 and 1800

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Transatlantic Slave Trade

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the original inhabitants of an area

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indigenous

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Where did the slaves come from on the plantations and haciendas in Latin America?

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West Africa

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What were the main crops grown and cultivated in Latin America?

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coffee and sugarcane

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What happened to some of the indigenous people in Latin America?

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They would die from diseases like small pox.