GEOGRAPHIC
REASONING
The introduction of enslaved
Africans to the American
Colonies was part of the broader
Atlantic slave trade.
1. PATTERNS AND MOVEMENT
What region of the Americas
was the destination for most
enslaved peoples?
2. SPATIAL THINKING What area
of North America held the
largest numbers of enslaved
people?
The market success of plantation cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton greatly increased labor demands and solidified economic reliance on slavery.
