How did the Atlantic Slave trade affect West African Societies?
a.It transformed West African societies by introducing the system of Planation agriculture

b.It strengthened West African societies by providing weapons for self-defense and reliable source of income

c.It destroyed west African societies by removing its youngest and strongest people and encouraging warfare

d.It depopulated West African societies by introducing diseasesfrom the Americas for which Africans had no immunity

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The slave trade had devastating effects in Africa. Economic incentives for warlords and tribes to engage in the slave trade promoted an atmosphere of lawlessness and violence. Depopulation and a continuing fear of captivity made economic and agricultural development almost impossible throughout much of western Africa.

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