What was the role of slavery in the Atlantic Triangle?

The Atlantic Triangle was a complex network of trade routes between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, and the institution of slavery played a central role in it. The demand for cheap labor in the new American colonies led to the forced migration of millions of enslaved African people across the Atlantic. European powers, particularly the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, British, and French, trafficked slaves on a massive scale, with millions of people sold into slavery across four centuries. The Atlantic slave trade was a brutal and inhumane system of exploitation that provided the labor required to drive the plantation economy of the Americas and generate immense wealth for the European colonizers. The long-term impact of the Atlantic slave trade is still being felt in many parts of the world.

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