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Horrifying? Absolutely. Unique? I ask you to look at Caribbean sugar plantations, Brazil, the Belgian Congo, like c’mon. “Others were doing it too” is no excuse but you gotta reach a little further for your circlejerk man.
Brazil is Americas??
Edit: But, yes, same deal. The racialized element of the forced labor system is what I’m referring to. The social concept of race is modern. sustained, large scale, intercontinental?migrations are required. And it was this forced labor system, mostly in the tropics.. depending how you measure…
The uniquely cruel aspect to chattel slavery in the continental US was the breeding programs.
Incidentally