The African slave trade
A. was fundamentally altered by the French in the late 1400s.
B. involved the forcible movement of millions of African slaves overseas.
C. involved the deaths of less than one percent of those leaving West African ports before they arrived at a new home in the Americas.
D. began practices never before seen in Africa.
E. solved the labor shortage challenge in European agriculture.
Answer: B
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