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Effects Of Slavery In America
Slavery, a condition compared to that of a slave in respect of exhausting labor or restricted freedom.
Slavery has effected has effected America’s history and even present. Slavery has affected me due to the fact that I am an African American. It is more important to understand ones history and to under
Stand oneself.
From the beginning there have been slaves. Slaves were known merely as a thing, not as a person.
They have been traded, bought, and even given as a gift. Soon slaves were a fundamental to the community and the economy. Slavery in America began in a North American colony of Jamestown,
Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. Slavers were mainly used to help build economic foundations

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