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because he liked black people
slave trade
There was no “democratic “ slave trade. The slave trade had nothing to do with democracy and was the result of men who wanted to make money off of the enslaved.
Thomas Clarkson researched a lot about the slave trade and then also joined a campaign to stop the slave trade. Both him and William Wilberforce, who were also good friends, worked about trying to solve the troubles of the slave trade. Thomas Clarkson also painted pictures so that people can see what it was like.
Yes, he did. He wanted Congress to control the slave trade on imports, though not exports.
The colonists were all to to blame for the slave trade
Abolitionists such as William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, and Olaudah Equiano argued against the continuation of the slave trade. They used moral, ethical, and religious arguments to push for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
africans
the slave trade
sometimes African tribal kings would use capture and use men from other tribes to sell to the slave trade in exchange for weapons. They cant be blamed for the slave trade but they did help it along so in a way they kind of are to blame
because he liked black people
Africans played various roles in the continuation of the transatlantic slave trade, including capturing and enslaving individuals from rival groups during intertribal warfare, serving as middlemen in the trade by capturing people and selling them to European slave traders, and participating in the transportation of enslaved individuals to the coast for sale. However, it's important to note that African participation in the slave trade was complex and often forced or influenced by European colonial powers and traders.
ANSWER The slave trade was officially abolished starting from Jan. 1, 1808, following an Act of 1807 under the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. A second act of the Congress in 1820 declared that trade as "piracy" and therefore punishable as such.
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slave trade
Slave trading started in Europe where then after a few centuries American found out what they have been doing. America didn't start it, but followed what the Europeans had started. The first of Slave trading started in Jamestown where it then grew to the rest of America
The Bill of Rights makes no mention of slavery nor does the Constitution.