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With native populations diminished, European colonizers turned to enslaved Africans for labor, especially after the collapse of the indigenous economy. The Atlantic slave trade supplied millions of Africans from West Central Africa, including groups like the Fon, Yoruba, Congo, Igbo, and Mandinga. These Africans brought rich cultures, religious practices, and knowledge of agriculture and metallurgy, profoundly shaping Haitian history.