Slavery has been a tragic part of human societies as far back as we can trace it (401). Although linked to warfare, it is not certain how slavery came to be. Nevertheless, the trend of slavery began to prosper rapidly as it became a large and important part of the transatlantic trade system that linked Europe, Africa, and the European colonies in the Americas; by the late1500's, in the West Indies and the cities of …showed first 75 words of 858 total…

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