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Challenges and Obstacles in Eradicating Slavery
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What was the primary economic driver of the transatlantic slave trade?
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The demand for labor on plantations in the Americas
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The transatlantic slave trade was primarily driven by the demand for labor on plantations in the Americas, where enslaved Africans were forced to work in harsh conditions to produce cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton.