Which of the following statements concerning the shape of the commerce in African slaves is most accurate?
a. The African states of the interior actively resisted the slave trade.
b. The Atlantic slave trade drew slaves from across the African continent and its concentration shifted from Senegambia to central and western Africa over time.
c. Fewer slaves crossed the Atlantic than the Sahara due to the military needs of the Arabic kingdoms.
d. The Atlantic trade drew its slaves almost exclusively from southern Africa until the 19th century.
e. The emergence of the Atlantic slave trade caused the immediate end of the older trans-Saharan slave trade in the hands of the Muslims.
Answer: B