The Significance of Slavery in the Early History of America (862 words, 2 pages)
Slavery played an important role in the economic growth of a young America. It grew like a cancer, at first slowly, almost imperceptibly, then inexorably, as colonists eager for material gain imported hundreds of thousands of Africans to toil in their fields (Kolchin, 4). Although economically motivated, racism soon began ...
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