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African Americans As Slaves
During the Atlantic world, people were starting to settle in America and needed slaves to help. Explorers found out that they could use Africans as slaves. There were able to bring them over and sell and trade them. Most died and they brought over diseases. The Africans were the best idea for slaves at that time.

When Christopher Columbus accidentally found America, there were Native Americans already there. The first thought of who to use for slavery was them. They thought it would be okay to use natives because they were not christians. They believed that anyone who was not catholic, were okay to enslave. The nice thing about enslaving them is they don’t have to go anywhere to capture them. But since they already knew the land, they
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