London’s Financial District makes an effort to remove slavery statues
In light of the BlackLivesMatter movement, London’s Financial District is carrying out a review of the appropriacy of its symbols associated with the slave trade.
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When Did Slavery Start in America? An Historical Reconstruction
The first Africans who arrived by sea in the future United States were not slaves, but contract servants: that landing, however, laid the foundations of the American slave society. In fact, once the masters understood that it was more advantageous to have slaves for life, the concept of ownership of human beings spread. Slavery laws were one of the triggers for the war of secession, after which slavery was finally declared illegal.
