African Slave Trade In The Atlantic World

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African Slave Trade In The Atlantic World African slaves in the Atlantic world were treated a lot different than any other slaves in the world. African slaves were experienced in farming and they knew how to use the tools and what to do without having to be taught. They were all hard working and never stopped when they got tired, they just pushed through the pain and got back to working harder. African slaves could be taught plantation work and they were very cheap labor. African slave owners thought that African slaves would most likely try not to escape because they didn’t know their way around the farms and and. Slave owners also thought that if they did try to escape it would be easier to catch them because of their dark skin color. The

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