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How Did Trade Negatively Affect African American Colonialism

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Furthermore, European colonialism also had a major economic impact on different African societies, as there was an increased presence of trade and trade relationships. Trevor R. Getz in his document, explains how trade negatively impacted many African states, and in one example, explains how trade did not benefit the local population in Algeria. Getz states, “In fact, the deys were already independently increasingly Algerian trade with Europeans, especially in the area of wheat exports. Although profitable for Algeria’s rulers, however, this trade was unpopular among the Algerian people because it raised domestic food prices” (2013:30). Trade typically benefited the elitist class in many African societies, and this was negative as through this
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