Slavery's History

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his travels and condemned the idea that Africans were lesser then Europeans. The book became the most widely read account of a slave's experience of the era.

In the section Slavery in the North economics of New England and the Middle Colonies were based on small farms, slavery was far less important. Given that slaves were few and posed no threat to the white majority, laws were less harsh than in the South. According to the time period slaves did represent a sizable percentage of urban laborers, particularly in New York and in Philadelphia. Becoming African-American the common link among Africans in America was "not kinship, language, or even "race," but slavery itself (Foner 141)". First 3/4 of the 18th century was NOT a prelude to American independence.

Why is slavery so important to U.S. history today? Slavery today is important in maintaining the equilibrium of modern life. Meaning we are all slaves to a system of globalization, if we choose to live in the modern world. ...

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