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Group: Maryland, State of (U.S.A.)
People: Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn Aḥmad
Topic: Colonization of Oceania, European
Location: Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil

A large-scale slave trade with English privateers …

Years: 1684 - 1827
A large-scale slave trade with English privateers has begun.

The life expectancy of slaves is much higher in North America than further south, because of less disease and better food and treatment, leading to a rapid increase in the numbers of slaves.

Colonial society is largely divided over the religious and moral implications of slavery and colonies pass acts for and against the practice, but by the turn of the eighteenth century, enslaved Africans are replacing indentured servants for cash crop labor, especially in southern regions.
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