One possible answer draws on the different values of societies around the Atlantic and, more particularly, the way groups of people involved in creating a trans-Atlantic community saw themselves in relation to others in short, how they defined their identity. ... The epidemiological impact of the Old World destroyed not only Native American societies, but also a potential labor supply. ... A revolution in ocean-going technology gave Europeans the ability to get continuous access to remote peoples and move them against their will over very long distances. ... Just as Brazil overlapped on the ...

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