(04.03 mc) why does historian eric foner call the emancipation proclamation "perhaps the most misunderstood of the documents that have shaped american history? " the document did not actually free any slaves at all. it was intended to be a threat and not an actual law. the document freed slaves only in areas of rebellion. it was meant to encourage slaves to leave the country.

Item 14 which statement is an accurate description of the transatlantic slave trade? africans were brought to the americas in a three-part system of triangular trade. slaves went from europe to africa, and then to the americas in a circle of trade. native american slaves were sent to europe in exchange for sugar and molasses. africans traded tobacco and furs for captured arabs whom they sold into slavery.