Which of the Following Is a True Statement About the Atlantic

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a true statement about the Atlantic slave trade's effect in West Africa?

• A) It had little effect on West Africa,because more than 90 percent of enslaved people came from East Africa.
• B) It helped lead to the rise of militarized states in West Africa,whose large armies preyed upon their neighbors in order to capture slaves.
• C) It encouraged the expansion of West Africa's domestic textile industry,which supplied clothing for slaves.
• D) It led to an increase in West Africa's population during the 1700s,as slave traders encouraged women to have more children who would then be sold into slavery.
• E) It successfully united West African nations to resist European slave traders,who reluctantly ended the trade by 1763.

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