European colonization of the Americas in the sixteenth century did not only impact the lives of Europeans and those living in the new settlements on the American continent. The development of a global slave trade created a system of economic interdependence between Africa, America, and Europe that resulted in major and devastating transformations in Africa. What specific changes did African societies experience from the slave trade? In your responses to classmates, consider the experiences of African slaves in the Americas. How did they interact with the different societies in the Americas?
Respond to your peers by answering the following: How did these experiences create a new African American culture, and how was this identity a reflection of the collision of different cultures in the American colonies?