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In America, by the 19th century, plantations worked by slaves captured in Africa were growing cotton and sugar in Asian Markets.

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The given statement is False.
In America, by the 19th century, the enslaved people captured in Africa were working in growing plantations of cotton and sugar in European markets, not in Asian markets. To make profits, Europeans captured Africans to work in American fields. By doing this, they could make more profits as African labour was very cheap, and Europeans traded them as their slaves to cultivate sugar and cotton.
The correct statement is that In America, by the 19th century, plantations worked by enslaved people captured in Africa grew cotton and sugar in European markets.

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