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               Note: Boldface page numbers indicate   Barbados, 10
                 illustrations.                   Benning, Henry, 53
                                                  black codes, 44–46, 45
               abolitionist movement              Black Sandy (slave hunter), 34
                 beginning and spread of, 13–14, 43  Brazil, 10, 14
                 frightens South, 51              Britain
                 reasons for                        abolition, 14
                   breakup of families, 47          reparations and, 58, 60–61
                   brutality of slavery, 24–27, 25,   slavery as economic necessity,
                     43–46, 45                       18–19
                   threat to national unity, 47–48  trade to American colonies, 11, 11
                 success of                       brutality of slavery, 24–27, 25, 43–46,
                   would be harmful to ex-slaves,   45
                     53–54                        Byrd, William, II, 32–33
                   would destroy civilization, 50,
                     51–53, 52                    Cameron, David, 61
                   would lead to fi nancial ruin of   Campbell, Alexander, 19
                     South, 34, 50–51             Canary Islands, Portuguese plantations
                   would result in war between North   on, 10
                     and South, 48                Cape Verde Islands, Portuguese
               African Negroes                      plantations on, 10
                 are better off as slaves than free in   Caribbean nations, conditions in,
                   Africa, 21, 54                   60–61
                 are human beings, 23             Constitutional Rights Foundation, 57
                 descendants of slaves are better off   cotton gin, 31
                   than, 63                       cotton production, 31
                 as inferior to whites, 16, 19–21   conditions, 46
                 as lacking feelings and not human,   slavery is essential for, 29, 30–32
                   13                             Craemer, Thomas, 67
                 practiced slavery and were important
                   link in slave trade, 63–66, 65  descendants of slaves
                 treatment during Middle Passage is   should not receive reparations, 55
                   brutal, 24–25, 43–44              Africans were important link in
                 treatment on plantations is brutal,   slave trade, 63–66, 65
                   26–27                             are much better off than Africans,
               American blacks. See descendants of     63
                 slaves                              is not economically feasible, 67
               apprenticeships, 33                   would set a bad precedent, 68
               Aristotle, 18                        should receive reparations, 55
               artisans, 32–34, 38–40                economic success of US and
               Atlantic crossings, 11, 11–13, 21       Britain is partially due to slavery,
               auctions, 44                            60




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