LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Native Americans
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African Americans
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Both
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Slavery in India escalated during the Muslim domination of northern India after the 11th century, when Muslim rulers re-introduced slavery to the Indian subcontinent.
Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest known slave society was the Mesopotamian and Sumerian civilisations located in the Iran/Iraq region between 6000-2000BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -Native Americans were enslaved by the Spanish in Florida and the Southwest under various legal tools. One tool was the encomienda system; new encomiendas were outlawed in the New Laws of 1542, but old ones continued, and the 1542 restriction was revoked in 1545.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the early years of slavery, runaways tended to consist mostly of African-born males. Since African-born men were in the numerical majority through much of the eighteenth century, this should not surprise us.