Question

Key Question: How accurate is the headline “African Merchants Make Fortunes Trading Cloth for Rum”: mostly accurate, partly accurate, or mostly inaccurate? Use evidence from Placard D to explain your answer.

Answer 1

Inaccurate because Africans were sold to rich colonists to labor for them during the time of the colonizers. Africans were typically mistreated by colonizers, who had them work long hours for no pay. Since Africans were primarily slaves and unpaid laborers, it is highly unlikely that they were wealthy merchants.

Answer 2

the answer is mostly inaccurate