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ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

Most of the African Americans you know today come from Africa. Their ancestors were most likely shipped from Africa to the Americas for trade. At that time however, they were traded as slaves. They were part of the Trans-Atlantic Trade also known as the Triangular Trade.

Thesis Statement:

The Slave Trade is sometimes called the Maafa by African and African American Scholars, meaning "holocaust" or great disaster in Swahili. Therefore, this trade was an event in history that was very destructive to the African people. (slaves)

Topic Sentence:

1. The Atlantic Slave Trade was mainly African people traded to the colonies of the New World in and around the Atlantic Ocean such as the Americas.

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