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I believe that the Europeans became interested in Africa because of cheap labor. In the movie Roots, the European merchants wanted to round up all the African people and ship them back to Britain. That time, Britain was starting to imperialize different territories. Then Britain had to look for cheap human resources to grow more efficiently.
I think slavery will have a very negative effect on the African society. All men are created the same, and the British did not have any right whatsoever to "use" these African people as slaves. I think this tragic history prevents interaction between whites and blacks. The African tribe will now view the white Europeans as adversaries. Also, the society will fall apart because almost everything in the society are ran by men.