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Why did the Atlantic slave trade grow in the Americas?

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The Atlantic slave trade was the result of, among other things, labour shortage, itself in turn created by the desire of European colonists to exploit New World land and resources for capital profits.

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to exploit New World land and resources for capital profits.

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