What advantage did the Africans have that actually became a tragic disadvantage?

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The resistance to both European and tropical diseases meant that many Africans were not as susceptible to smallpox, measles, and other illnesses brought by European explorers and colonizers. However, this also meant that Europeans would often bring in non-resistant African slaves to work on plantations, leading to high mortality rates due to disease in the slave population.

What Advantage Did the Africans Have That Actually Became a Tragic