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How Did The Columbian Exchange Affect The Atlantic Slave Trade

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The Colombian Exchange and the Atlantic Slave Trade have left a foot print on the economies of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Through trade, the Colombian Exchange helped connect the Old World and the New World. The European and African side of the Atlantic traded horses, pigs, goats, chili peppers, silver, and sugar cane. In return America traded squash, beans, corn, potatoes, cacao, cassava, and peanuts. This trade resulted in a population increase due to the surplus of food. Europe also showed population growth. Specifically, maize was traded in and to China, and the white potato was traded in and to Ireland. Christianity had also spread to the New World . Silver and Sugar were the two key products of the Columbian
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