also let us remember that slavery was a worldwide tragedy and scourge. Romans had slaves during their empire.
Europe took it up before the United States even existed
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1562 Britain begins its slave trade in Africa. Slave Trade increases significantly with development of plantation colonies of the Americas, especially in Brazil. Other countries involved in the European slave trade included Spain (from 1479); North America (from 1619); Holland (from 1625); France (from 1642); Sweden (from 1647); and Denmark (from 1697).
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It was indeed
worldwide:
This was a tragic time in world history and especially the history of the United States, and I don't know one person that I deal with who thinks otherwise.