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How Did The Atlantic Slave Trade Affect America

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The Atlantic slave trade had a great impact on both Africa and the Americas. In Africa, numerous cultures lost their members to European traders and plantation owners. African families were torn apart and many of them were never reunited. The slave trade devastated African societies by introducing guns into the continent. Enslaved Africans made economic, political, cultural, and religious contributions to American societies. Africans developed a way of life based on their cultural heritage to get through the horrors of slavery. Their musical traditions and stories of their ancestors were kept alive. However, their greatest contribution to the development of the Americas was their labor. Without their hard work, colonies such as those on Haiti
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