The growth of the transatlantic slave trade in the seventeenth century was facilitated by Europeans' racial ideas that

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Europeans believed that Africans were inferior and compared them to animals, and that their childrearing and clothing practices were inferior. These beliefs were used to justify the enslavement of Africans and the notion that they were not fully human. This facilitated the growth of the transatlantic slave trade, as Europeans saw Africans as a source of cheap labor.

The Growth of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Seventeenth