Question

source 6.3 the slave trade and the kingdom of kongo
king affonso i | letters to king joão of
portugal | 1526
sir, your highness of portugal should know how our kingdom is being
lost in so many ways that it is convenient to provide for the necessary
remedy, since this is caused by the excessive freedom given by your
factors and officials to the men and merchants who are allowed to come to
this kingdom to set up shops with goods and many things which have
been prohibited by us, and which they spread throughout our kingdoms
and domains in such an abundance that many of our vassals, whom we
had in obedience, do not comply because they have the things in greater
abundance than we ourselves, and it was with these things that we had
them content and subjected under our vassalage and jurisdiction, so it is
doing a great harm not only to the service of god, but to the security and
peace of our kingdoms and state as well.

and we cannot reckon how great the damage is, since the mentioned
merchants are taking every day our natives, sons of the land and the sons
of our noblemen and vassals and our relatives, because the thieves and
men of bad conscience grab them wishing to have the things and wares of
the kingdom which they are ambitious of; they grab them and get them to
be sold, and so great, sir, is the corruption and licentiousness that our
kingdom
the removal of christian missionaries, whose teachings ran counter to his
muslim faith
help in his wars with neighboring nations
a greater cut of the profits from the slave trade
17 multiple answer 1 point
source 6.3 provides evidence on which of the following? choose all that apply
the perspective of european slave buyers
the human suffering generated by the slave trade
the roles played by african facilitators of the slave trade
the life of slaves in the americas
18 multiple choice 1 point
when were these letters written, and to whom were they addressed?
in the thirteenth century to the pope
in the sixteenth century to the king of portugal
in the sixteenth century to the pope
in the thirteenth century to the king of portugal

Explanation:

Question 17 (Multiple Answer)

• The perspective of European slave buyers: The source is from King Affonso I of Kongo, not European slave buyers, so this is incorrect.
• The human suffering generated by the slave trade: The letter mentions natives, sons of the land, etc., being taken, showing human suffering from the slave trade, so this is correct.
• The roles played by African facilitators of the slave trade: The text talks about Portuguese merchants and thieves grabbing people, not African facilitators, so this is incorrect.
• The life of slaves in the Americas: The source focuses on the slave trade in Kongo, not slaves' lives in the Americas, so this is incorrect.

• The letter is titled "Letters to King João of Portugal | 1526", and 1526 is in the sixteenth century. So the correct option is the one with "In the sixteenth century to the king of Portugal".
• "In the thirteenth century to the pope" is wrong (time and recipient).
• "In the sixteenth century to the pope" is wrong (recipient).
• "In the thirteenth century to the king of Portugal" is wrong (time).

Answer:

The human suffering generated by the slave trade

Question 18 (Multiple Choice)