When Americans traveled to Africa to buy its people they did so because African's had strong bodies that will provide the labor plantation owners needed to sustain the American economy. ... They buying and selling of humans were seen as mere transactions in the eyes of those with power. ... For decades they were viewed as animals with no access to inalienable human rights. ... Collins discusses how since slavery began Black men were viewed as bucks, a human animal that is domesticated as a result of slavery (Collins, pg. 56). ...

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African and Native groups also held similar ideas about animal spirits, the guiding presence of ancestors, oral traditions, a living world, and extended family relationships" (IndiVisible). ... Some of the tribes also began buying African American slaves during the Revolutionary War. ... Tribal members began buying or trading African American slaves for field work, domestic work, and various trades (Cox). ...

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