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Why were most slaves in the atlantic system taken from west and central africa

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West Central Africa

The majority of all people enslaved in the New World came from West Central Africa. Before 1519, all Africans carried into the Atlantic disembarked at Old World ports, mainly Europe and the offshore Atlantic islands.

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