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The Overlap Between Soldiers and Slaves in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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The qualities that make a valuable soldier, such as discipline, toughness, and resilience, are also sought after in the labor force of free or slave workers. In addition, the resistance to diseases that sub-Saharan Africans have developed serves as an advantage for their labor in the New World.

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