What inspired europeans to explore the west coast of africa? how did this infuence the developement of the slave trade?

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What inspired europeans to explore the west coast of africa? how did this infuence the developement of the slave trade?

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Europeans were inspired to explore the west coast of Africa because they needed more labor to extract raw materials and resources from the New World, especially in the Caribbean. This led to a sharp increase in slave trading.