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Slavery - Wikipedia When the Atlantic slave trade began, many of the local slave systems began supplying captives for chattel slave markets outside Africa Although the Atlantic slave trade was not the only slave trade from Africa, it was the largest in volume and intensity
Slavery | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica In many areas there were large-scale slave societies, while in others there were slave-owning societies Slavery was practiced everywhere even before the rise of Islam, and Black slaves exported from Africa were widely traded throughout the Islamic world
U. S. Slavery: Timeline, Figures Abolition | HISTORY Though the U S Congress outlawed the African slave trade in 1808, the domestic trade flourished, and the enslaved population in the United States nearly tripled over the next 50 years
slavery | Wex | US Law | LII Legal Information Institute In the United States, individuals were forced into slavery, born into slavery, and were slaves for life based on their race Slaves were recognized as property or objects of the slave owners
Slavery in America: A Resource Guide - Library of Congress Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries millions of Africans were forced to become enslaved people in the American colonies This guide provides access to Library of Congress digitized primary sources, links to related websites, and a print bibliography Digital Reference Specialist, Researcher and Reference Services Division
Slavery - New World Encyclopedia Slaves are people who are owned and controlled by others in a way that they have almost no rights or freedom of movement and are not paid for their labor, aside from the food, water, clothing, and shelter needed for basic subsistence