3. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 3: The Atlantic Slave Trade

**Quiz for Document 3.1: Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa (1798)**

Quiz for Document 3.1: Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa (1798)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. Venture Smith’s account of his experiences as a child in Africa supports which of the following conclusions?

Warriors had no interest in the capture of children.

Africans captured prisoners of war to sell in the slave trade.

Europeans traversed Africa seeking to capture people for the slave trade.

African monarchs objected to the European slave trade.

2. What does Smith’s account suggest about the role that European nations played in Africa during his childhood?

European nations remained isolated from African politics.

European nations worked actively to protect African women and children.

European nations were more honest negotiators than African nations.

European nations equipped African armies and sent them to subdue other Africans.

3. According to Smith, what determined how the enemy treated its captives?

The prisoners’ skin color

The prisoners’ gender

The prisoners’ behavior

The prisoners’ age

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