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Why did it become necessary to abolish the slave trade through the industrial capitalism of the 19 century begun to replace the purely commercial capitalism of the 18 century?

Jon Black Ultimately capitalism needs consumers to expand, and slaves without wages can't fulfill that need. So capitalism shifted to a system of wage slavery…moreUltimately capitalism needs consumers to expand, and slaves without wages can't fulfill that need. So capitalism shifted to a system of wage slavery(less)

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what was eric Williams argument?

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In this history text, Eric Williams has demonstrated the irrefutable link between European/Western amassing of vast fortunes (and one can therefore, posit the current privilege it affords their descendants) and slavery; can the snowball effect of oppressive economic circumstance for Afrikan descendants ever be hindered/reversed, and can there ever be a level playing field?

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