Slave Trade: Benefits Of Slavery To The North
Benefits of Slavery to the North
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Benefits of Slavery to the North
Introduction
Slave trade is an economical and political system that treats a certain group of people as property; it is the trade of slaves. Just like any other commodity they the slaves can be bought, sold and disposed off at will. Human rights, equality and fair treatment is a privilege that the slaves never get to experience as they are for the entire span of their lives at the mercies of their masters. The slave master could do just about anything that they wished with their slaves, and they did. Slave trade was simply that; a form of trade. It was a booming business in those days and as will be discussed in this paper, slave trade played a critical role in the establishment and strengthening of the western economies.
Beginning of slave trade
Slave trade was a legally accepted concept in the United States of America between the 19th and 20th century. This concept was already in place even before US got her …show more content…
New England was the region that was most involved in slave trade as it supplied slaves to Caribbean islands as well as to the Southern states (Du Bois, 2007). The Northern region preferred to source their slaves from other New World colonies as opposed to getting them directly from Africa. It was held that going to Africa for slaves was expensive and difficult and as such Barbados and Jamaica were better alternatives. The slaves in the north played a crucial role in the development of the economy in a variety of
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Benefits of Slavery to the North
Introduction
Slave trade is an economical and political system that treats a certain group of people as property; it is the trade of slaves. Just like any other commodity they the slaves can be bought, sold and disposed off at will. Human rights, equality and fair treatment is a privilege that the slaves never get to experience as they are for the entire span of their lives at the mercies of their masters. The slave master could do just about anything that they wished with their slaves, and they did. Slave trade was simply that; a form of trade. It was a booming business in those days and as will be discussed in this paper, slave trade played a critical role in the establishment and strengthening of the western economies.
Beginning of slave trade
Slave trade was a legally accepted concept in the United States of America between the 19th and 20th century. This concept was already in place even before US got her …show more content…
New England was the region that was most involved in slave trade as it supplied slaves to Caribbean islands as well as to the Southern states (Du Bois, 2007). The Northern region preferred to source their slaves from other New World colonies as opposed to getting them directly from Africa. It was held that going to Africa for slaves was expensive and difficult and as such Barbados and Jamaica were better alternatives. The slaves in the north played a crucial role in the development of the economy in a variety of