Europeans offered American Indians various goods and resources in exchange for enslaved people, including metal tools, firearms, textiles, and other manufactured items. These trade relationships often exploited existing rivalries among tribes, leading some to capture and sell members of rival groups. The exchange was driven by Europeans' demand for labor in the Americas, which further entrenched the cycle of violence and exploitation in Indigenous communities.
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