primarily because the institution had existed for about 5,000 years in Africa and elsewhere and had spread to the new world.
sometime during the slave trade, which was in the late 1800's
primarily because the institution had existed for about 5,000 years in Africa and elsewhere and had spread to the new world.
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A large majority of people did not own slaves. Most slave owners had few slaves.
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Slave labor has traditionally been used by more powerful societies to perform tasks their own people don't want to perform. Slavery was common in ancient Rome, for example, and in the US South. Most slave owners were wealthy people who needed the slaves for manual labor such as working in the field or in a mine.
About 5 million people were counted by the 1800 Census (August 4, 1800). It showed the estimated population of the US as 5,308,483 people, of which 893,602 were slaves.
It meant a state in which people were allowed to own slaves. Several Southern states in the US allowed slavery until the Civil War ended the practuice.
People didn't like them
Abraham Lincoln got over 7500 people to protest against slave trade
5,308,483 was the population of the US in the year 1800.
People own the dogs because they do not control us while we control them.