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Slave Trade Leaves Economic Legacy

Slave Trade Leaves Economic Legacy

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January 8, 20136m 40s

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Decades after the end of colonial rule in Africa, and more than one hundred years after the official end of the slave trade in the US, the continent remains among the least-developed regions of the globe. But how far is the trade in human beings responsible for Africa's lack of economic progress?