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48% of slaves went to the United States during the North Atlantic slave trade
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Answer:

That statement is false.

Step-by-step explanation:

Approximately, there were around 10.7 million slaves taht were traded in the North Atlantic slave trade. The amount that landed in United states is around 380,000 slaves. (which is around 3.5%)

The rest of the slaves were spread to other regions such as Europe and South America. The Europeans have large amount of plantations in south America that required Labors.

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