Question

Which of the following statements about the seasoning of enslaved Africans is accurate? Select the best answer from the choices provided. A. Falling ill during seasoning was a myth and was not based on actual experiences. B. The seasoning period claimed the lives of many enslaved Africans before they started working. C. European colonists had less immunity than enslaved Africans to the tropical diseases that attacked in the seasoning period. D. Diseases during seasoning only affected those who changed their diet in the Americas.

Answer 1

Answer: B. The seasoning period claimed the lives of many enslaved Africans before they started working.

Step-by-step explanation:

Seasoning was a heinous process inflicted on newly enslaved Africans when they first arrived into captivity in the Americas. It involved engaging in practices that were meant to acclimatise the newly enslaved to the conditions in the new continent because afterwards, they had higher survival rates and commanded better prices.

The seasoning period involved a lot of beating, malnourishment and heinous living quarters which brought disease to the enslaved. Needless to say many died during this period including those who wilfully committed sui-cide rather than submit to the horrible nature of slavery.