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railway lines, 40 slavery
religion, as justifi cation for slavery, Africans practiced, 63
16–17, 18 Africans were important link in trade,
reparations 63–66, 65
calculating amount, 67 African versus American, 66
descendants of slaves should not is essential to economy of South, 28
receive, 55 cotton production requires slaves,
Africans were important link in 29, 30–32, 31
slave trade, 63–66, 65 interrelationship of all sectors of
are much better off than Africans, economy, 34, 51
63 sugar production requires slaves,
is not economically feasible, 67 29
would set a bad precedent, 68 as tradespersons and artisans,
descendants of slaves should 32–34
receive, 55 is immoral, 15
economic success of US and African Negroes are human
Britain is partially due to slavery, beings, 23
60 are treated brutally, 24–27, 25,
health and economic conditions 43–46, 45
for African Americans currently, infl icts trauma on innocents,
58–59, 59 23–24
precedents exist, 61–62 people should not be judged by
racism has roots in slavery, skin color, 23
57–59 is moral, 15
nations involved in Atlantic slave African Negroes are inferior to
trade refusal to pay, 58 whites, 16, 19–21
Romans, ancient, 18 as economic necessity for
routes, 11 plantation system God created,
Indian Ocean, 68 18–19
Middle Passage is natural state for some, 18
described by ex-slave, 12 religious support for, 16–18, 17
described by historians, 24–25, slaves are happier than free
25, 43–44 African Negroes, 21
described by Norris, 21 is not essential to economy of South,
mortality rate, 60–61 28
trans-Saharan, 8–9 harms development of trade and
manufacturing, 35
Saint Augustine, 17, 17–18 is costly, 35–36, 36
Saint Paul, 16–17 keeps occupations from non-
Saudi Arabia, 14 slaveholders, 38–40
scrambles, 44 majority of Southerners are not
Sergant, Michael Renwick, 21 slaveholders, 37–38
Seward, William H., 22 slaveholders enrich selves at
sexual abuse, 27 expense of non-slaveholders, 38
Shepherd, Verene A., 60–61, 62 value of all property, 41
Skinner, Alexander, 33–34 workers lack motivation and are
slave codes, 44–46, 45 ineffi cient, 35, 36–37
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