The distinguishing feature of American slavery was the high cost of importing new slaves. That made it economical to breed slaves rather than to just import new ones. Most slaves in the Middle East were born free and captured, whereas most slaves in America were born unfree.https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1305550049103941633 …
it's not that they were expensive to import; it's that the import was forbidden by the Constitution
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My understanding is that it was first expensive because of time and distance, then because of the ban.
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