Which of the following is not an effect of African migration and settlement in the New World?

Question

Choose the best answer from the options below:
A The development of an extensive trading system whereby manufactured goods exchanged for slaves in West Africa
B The incorporation of slavery into the social system
C The loss of thousands of slaves during the Middle Passage
D The utilization of land resources and the development of plantation economies on a larger scale throughout the Americas

Answer 1

A The development of an extensive trading system whereby manufactured goods exchanged for slaves in West Africa

While the transatlantic slave trade did involve the exchange of manufactured goods for enslaved people, this option specifically focuses on the trading system before the effects of African migration and settlement in the New World, and therefore it is not an effect of that migration and settlement itself. The other options (B, C, and D) are direct outcomes of the migration and settlement of Africans in the Americas.