1. Slavery in Latin America
For a long period of time, it was widely anticipated that southern slavery was harsher and crueler than slavery in Latin America, but it was definitely the other way around. In Latin America, the Catholic Church gave slaves more rights than any other region at that time (Anthony: African American Registry). ... In reality, neither the Church nor the courts offered much protection to Latin American slaves, but they were treated much better privately by owners. For a slave, access to freedom was much greater in Latin America. ... The biggest difference between slavery in the south and in Latin A...
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