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Europeans decided to enslave Africans primarily due to the demand for labor in the Americas, where they needed workers for plantations producing sugar, tobacco, and cotton. The transatlantic slave trade offered a solution to labor shortages as indigenous populations declined due to disease and harsh treatment. Additionally, Europeans justified slavery through racial and cultural superiority ideologies, viewing Africans as inferior and thus rationalizing their exploitation. This economic gain, combined with prevailing social attitudes, led to the establishment of a brutal system of racialized chattel slavery.

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