The African slave trade
A) was fundamentally altered by the French in the late 1400s.
B) involved the forcible movement of millions of African slaves overseas.
C) involved the deaths of less than one percent of those leaving West African ports before they arrived at a new home in the Americas.
D) began practices never before seen in Africa.
E) solved the labor shortage challenge in European agriculture.

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The African slave trade did involve the forcible movement of millions of African slaves overseas, primarily to the Americas. While exact numbers of deaths during the voyage are difficult to determine, it is believed that a significant portion of those that were captured did not survive the journey. The trade was not fundamentally altered by the French, and it did not solve the labor shortage challenge in European agriculture. Additionally, while some practices associated with the slave trade were new, such as the development of slave forts and the creation of European trading networks, slavery itself has a long history in Africa.

The African Slave Trade