Slavery

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This paper explores the issue of slavery in America. The writer concludes that slavery in the American South was dependent on the world economy and did not result in the acceptance of a multi-colored, mixed-race society. The paper offers a history of slavery throughout the world before expanding on the issue as it relates to the American south. The paper also points out the related issue of abolitionists - those who opposed the idea of slavery in America and the lead-up to the civil war which ended slavery altogether.

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"In ancient societies, the economic security of slavery required that slave masters limit production so the base of consumer demand was not overwhelmed. In the South, however, slavery was tied to the developing capitalist society with an insatiable demand for slave-produced goods, giving slaveholders the incentive not to limit production (Oakes 52). American slaveholders were the first in history whose power depended on commercial relationships with a capitalist world that was more powerful than all the slave societies put together."

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