No. Slavery and the slave trade had been going on in Africa for
centuries before the Atlantic Slave trade came into being.
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Britain dominated the Atlantic slave trade.
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The slave-trade cycle that was initiated by ship owners was
known as The Atlantic Slave Trade. The Atlantic Slave Trade lasted
from the 16th century to the 19th century.
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The East African slave trade in the 1600 operated within Africa,
Europe, and Asia, while the Atlantic slave trade in the 1700s also
included in the Americans.