... , don't regard it as the prime cause of a capitalist modernity3. In this essay, I will examine the actions of both the European nations and later on the newly independent United States to distinguish if the transatlantic slave trade was the main contributor to the development of a capitalist modernity by looking at four major developments in the social and economic structure of the world from 1440-1870. The discovery and colonisation of the Americas, the exploitation of slaves to be used as ... in both the domestic market and on an international trading scale.21 The colossal amount of mo...

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