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Why did Europeans turn to African slaves? Do you believe that they were already racist views towards the Africans or did the system of slavery create racism?

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Why Europeans turn to African slaves are determined. The expert explains whether they believe that they were already racist views towards the Africans or the systems of slavery create racism.

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Europeans were not laborers. The ones that came over to the new world from Europe were in the upper class and thus they had money to come over. They were not used to hard labor and they needed people to do the labor and to cultivate the lands because ...

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