Prior to exploration, which applied to enslaved persons in africa? check all that apply.
they were an investment for their owners.
they could be freed by manumission.
they were a sign of their owner’s wealth.
they worked in agriculture.
they were foreign criminals

The correct answers are letter A and D

People became enslaved in Africa mainly by wars. Another form of slavery present in Africa was debt slavery: the indebted individual became a slave to the debt creditor.  The slaves worked in the agricultural fields of their masters and for that reason they were considered an investment, because they were a labor with very low cost. So by having a slave, his "owner" was investing in his crop.

the following men who did not in the unification of italy were.

a) giuseppe mazzini

c) alexander ll

the other two men were camilo cavour and giuseppe garibaldi they the unification of italy by yielding territories in the italian unification. in 1861 italy was declared a united-nation state under the sardinian king victor immanuel ll.