Define Slavery In America

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Slavery as shown above was a scandalous phenomenon which influenced the entire world and particulary the United States. We can not define the term slavery without distinguishing some essential features and conditions. Going back to history, Slavery had three leading characteristics which are violence, the loss of free will and the economic profeetering. Using violence, the master assures the total control and the domination over the slave. The integration of those aspects give the definition of the term “slavery”. In this research, we have focused on the issue of slavery in America starting from its origins and exactly in 1619 when Africans were brought and exchanged with food. In the 17th century, the British colonizers counted

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