How Did Slavery Affect The Life Of African Americans

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The lives of Africans were rough and miserable. This affected them because it made them all suffer from miserably abuse and hardless hours of hard work. When Belgium took over it made africans not be able to do anything. Basically Slavery. They were also forced to do labor, collect ivory, rubber, and grow crops such as cotton, coffee, and tea to export. If africans did not bring in the amount that kind leopold wanted that day they would get one hand cut off as a punishment.

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