#AP African American Studies: Night Before Review 🚀

Hey! Let's make sure you're feeling super confident for tomorrow. We're going to break down the key stuff, make it stick, and get you ready to rock this exam! 💪

#1. The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Global Catastrophe 🌍

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Scale and Scope

• Forced Migration: The largest forced migration in human history, with more Africans arriving in the Americas than people from any other region before the 19th century.
• Duration: Lasted over 350 years, from the early 1500s to the mid-1800s.
• Numbers: Over 12.5 million Africans were forcibly transported. 🤯
  • Only about 5% (around 388,000) came directly to the U.S.
• Destination: Majority went to the Caribbean and South America.

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• Charleston, SC: The main U.S. slave-trading port, receiving 48% of all Africans brought directly to the U.S. 🚢
• Other Ports: New Orleans, LA, and Newport, RI were also significant.

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• Big 5: Portugal, Great Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands.
• Portugal: First to engage, transported the most.
• Great Britain: Dominated in the 18th century, carrying about 3.1 million Africans.

This map shows the vast scale of the transatlantic slave trade, illustrating the routes and impact on both African and American societies.

#2. African Origins: Diversity is Key! 🌍

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Primary African Regions

• Nine Main Regions: Enslaved Africans in North America came from nine contemporary African regions:
  • Senegambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Angola, and Mozambique
• **Senega...