... survive the trip were very unfortunate. They were branded like cattle with burning iron rods and were chained up until needed (Doc A). Although this method of labor seemed immoral and inhumane to most, the South's economy had tremendously increased through slave labor. This slave labor eventually became the economic backbone of the Southern colonies in view of the fact that they ... the Southerners. The South had unknowingly created a social hierarchy by setting slaves as the scum of the earth and placing themselves at the top of the social ladder. This corrupted treatment of Africans h...

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