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Transatlantic Trade system

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The Transatlantic Trade system refers to the network of commerce and transportation that occurred between Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the 15th to 19th centuries. It involved the exchange of goods, including enslaved Africans, across the Atlantic Ocean.

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