Archaeology of Colonial America
The transatlantic slave trade was a brutal system of transporting enslaved Africans to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century, fundamentally reshaping societies on both sides of the Atlantic. This trade not only fueled the economies of European colonies but also had lasting impacts on social structures and cultural identities in the Americas, particularly in agricultural regions where plantation economies thrived.
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