Question

Where might a slave captured in what is today Nigeria most likely have been shipped? A. Brazil B. the Caribbean and North America C. Spanish colony of Peru D. Persia

Answer 1

A slave captured in what is today Nigeria might most likely have been shipped to the Caribbean and North America. Option B is correct

Slavery in the British and French Caribbean refers to slavery in the parts of the Caribbean dominated by France or the British Empire. African were sold as slaves to work on plantations on British Colonies. Caribbean colonies were the center of wealth and the focus of the slave trade for the growing British Empire. Enslaved people constantly rebelled against slavery right up until emancipation in 1834.

Answer 2

A slave captured in what is today Nigeria most likely would have been shipped to the Caribbean in order to help with the thriving sugar trade. Slaves were not taken back to Portugal.