The House of Representative Members, such as James Jackson were shocked that the Quakers would have the nerve to show concern for Slave trade, because they did not risk their lives in the American Revolution. ... Congress had no idea how to act on the subject of slavery because it is controversial for the public causing the government to just keep their silence on the subject. ... There was no way that the northern states could control how the southern states should act. South Carolina and Georgia threatened to leave the union if the government ever tried to change the laws on slavery. ... It...

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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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