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The document discusses the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the Americas from 1500 to 1870. It began as Europeans established sugar plantations and tobacco farms in the Americas and needed a large workforce. They initially planned to use Native Americans but then turned to importing slaves from Africa. Over 12 million Africans were captured and sold as slaves, with over 40% going to Brazil to work on sugar plantations. The voyage, known as the Middle Passage, had high mortality rates as slaves endure

Author

T. McCaskill

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