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List three factors that that caused Africa to become a growing source of slaves for the slave trade.

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• The Europeans who did most of the transportation of slaves from Africa viewed then as godless heathens.

• It was a logistical god send because of the Colombian Exchange and advancement of sailing technology that allowed for Africa to become the in-between from Europe to South America.

• They were a fairly easy "resource" to "harvest" because many warrior tribes inhabited Africa and would capture and sell their competing neighbors to the slave traders in exchange for rum and weapons/supplies.

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