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The slave trade in America began in the early 17th century when European colonists sought cheap labor to cultivate cash crops like tobacco and later cotton. Initially relying on indentured servants, the demand for labor soon shifted to enslaved Africans as they offered a more permanent solution to labor shortages. The transatlantic slave trade was established, with enslaved individuals forcibly transported from Africa to the Americas, marking the start of a brutal system that would last for centuries and significantly shape American society and economy.

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