SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Conditions of British nationals/workers were the same as slaves
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The had a right to property
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Slaves needed civilization
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Slaves needed brotherhood
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Detailed explanation-1: -Arguments in favor of slavery include deference to the Bible and thus to God, some people being natural slaves in need of supervision, slaves often being better off than the poorest non-slaves, practical social benefit for the society as a whole, and slavery being a time-proven practice by multiple great civilizations.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1641, Massachusetts enacted a Body of Liberties, specifying that slavery was permissible only for those captured in “just wars” or those who willingly sold themselves into it.
Detailed explanation-3: -The specific clauses of the Constitution related to slavery were the Three-Fifths Clause, the ban on Congress ending the slave trade for twenty years, the fugitive slave clause, and the slave insurrections.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery.