Concerning the slave trade and the abolition of slavery:

1. How did the British North American colonies and the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies differ in the volume of the slave trade?

2. How did the British North American colonies and the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies differ in the timing of the slave trade and the abolition of slavery?

3-What were the consequences of the differences in the timing of the slave trade and the abolition of slavery for the survivability of African cultural patterns in the United States and in Brazil and the Caribbean?

1.~The British-American system of labor differed from other colonizers because there was less intermarriage whereas the Spanish colonies had a surplus amount of intermarriage which created creoles, mestizos, mulattoes, and zambos. The French and Dutch also intermarried with native Americans quite often.

2.because there was less intermarriage whereas the Spanish colonies had a surplus amount of intermarriage which created creoles, mestizos, mulattoes, and zambosIn general, the conditions of slavery in the northern colonies, where slaves were engaged more in nonagricultural pursuits (such as mining, maritime, and domestic work), were less severe and harsh than in the southern colonies, where most were used on plantations. we

3.The negative impact of the slave trade on the development of the Caribbean islands. The slave trade had long lasting negative effects on the islands of the Caribbean. The native peoples, the Arawaks, were wiped out by European diseases and became replaced with West Africans.