One of long-standing justifications for the Slave Trade has been that slavery ex

One of long-standing justifications for the Slave Trade has been that slavery existed in       Africa prior to the Atlantic Slave Trade and that it was Africans who helped to initiate and  sustain the Slave Trade by selling other Africans into slavery. The error of this argument is   that it overlooks the type of slavery that as practiced in ancient societies of the Old World of Africa and the Mediterranean was more like a system of patronage or vassalage. In        societies like those of Medieval Africa a slave was often someone who had been captured in battle or someone who was unable to pay an outstanding debt. There they would be       incorporated into their captor’s or benefactor’s household as punishment, sometimes for a limited amount of time and sometimes for life. However, over time they were accepted   as members in the new societies were free to work, marry, and become productive            citizens of their new societies. Unlike the system of slavery in the New World, these slaves   were valued for their skills, crafts, and intelligence rather than being seen as mere chattel whose only value was their potential labor power. Write short answers, [3-5 sentences] for each of the questions below. Each answer is worth 20 points toward a maximum score of   100 points. A well-written short answer should identify significant themes addressed in      each lesson. 
How was slavery in African societies different from the types of chattel slavery       practiced on American plantations?
What types of European manufactured goods were typically exchanged for            enslaved Africans during the era of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
How were political and economic relations in pre-colonial Africa affected by          participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade? 
Why were Africans preferred over Europeans and Native Americans as slave            laborers in the New World?
What are some of the elements of African cultures that have survived in African    American, Latino, and Caribbean cultures?
Only use the attached regardings to answer the questions, please cite where you got your       answers from. Thank you!