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How did the slave trade start?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Supply:_Kings_in_Africa_owned_slaves._Slave_were_status_symbols.">Supply: Kings in Africa owned slaves. Slave were status symbols.

Demand: Expansion plantation owners in west indies/America needed a large work force.

This promoted the trade.

Slave catchers caught African men/women, the king made more money the trade expanded.

Growth: Disaster in Africa. Prophet for people in Britain.

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12y ago

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