Chart 1 is one showing the overall population growth of Africa from 1500 to 1800. Chart 2 shows the increasing amounts of slave export from Africa from the 16th to the 18th century. This shows the increasing dependence on African slave labor for the rest of the world. Chart 3 shows the location of slave exports, with most going into the area where sugar is grown. Charts 2 and 3 support information already provided by the book, where the Western world became almost addicted to using slaves for sugar plantations. However, Chart 1 was contradictory to my previous assumptions, as I thought that because of the lack of able men in African society, the overall population was not increasing much. The chart, however, shows consistent growth regardless of increased slave exports.
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