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Slavery
The enslavement of people by their fellow humans is a practice known to humanity for several millennia. Yet, the fact that it dwelled and flourished until it took continental proportions in the modern world is still one of the black spots on the conscience of the former colonial powers.
The discovery and exploration of the new world was soon followed by the exploitation of its sources. The Americas were offering the Portuguese and Spanish explorers huge opportunities to start new businesses, but it also demanded a tremendous amount of labor. The Europeans were already accustomed to the practice of slavery in their conquered territories in Africa. The vast lands in the Caribbean and in South America, soon after Columbus' discovery of the New World, became a huge source of wealth for those who could afford to hire servants and work the land. The big companies interested in investing in the production of sugar cane were facing a dilemma related to finding the most profitable way of starting mass production. The aborigine...
Thus, the cheapest and most profitable way to find the necessary working force became the import of slaves from Africa.
At be beginning of the seventeenth century, after having landed in the territory they called Virginia, after their virgin queen, the English established their first colony in North America. They followed the example of the Spanish and Portuguese settlers before them and brought in slaves from Africa to work in the fields of tobacco and cotton. While the use of slaves underwent a period of decline towards the end of the seventeenth century in Spanish America, it flourished in the English, Dutch and French North American colonies (The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas, David Eltis, p. 26).
The institution of slavery helped build America and the history of this country would be completely different without its practice. The land…
Horton, J.O, Horton, L.E. Slavery and the Making of America. Oxford University Press U.S., 2005
Eltis, D. The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas. Cambridge University Press, 2000
Standage T. A History of the World in Six Glasses. Walker & Company New York. 2006
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During this life, contemplation about life and the journey was also part of the plan toward the best life. Contemplation, for this type of philosophy, is an activity that refines and discovers virtue which, carried out continuously throughout one's life, allows one to reach a clear goal of self-actualization, and thus the potential within. And it this is true of the body, how much more just that a similar distinction
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