History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0178 short lesson, about 20 seconds
African Labour, and One Correction
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The idea
By the mid-sixteenth century Africans were an increasingly important labour force for sugar and tobacco, classified as non-Christians to justify enslavement.
In practice
Portugal pioneering the slave factories, such as Elmina, that others copied.
Where people slip
The anchor insists it is wrong to assume all Africans came as captives. Some were free men who served as conquistadors alongside Cortés.
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