Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
The violent uprooting and separation of Africans from their homeland, families, communities, and cultural roots during enslavement and the slave trade.
AP course connection
Topic 2.4: 2.4 African Resistance on Slave Ships and the Antislavery Movement