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How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade benefit European plantation owners in the West Indies?

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It allowed them to sell enslaved persons to landowners in the Middle East.

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In general, the trans-Atlantic slave trade greatly benefited European plantation owners in the West Indies since they were able to receive a practically limitless amount of free labor from Africa, which increased exports to Europe. 
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