The slaves were sailed to North America, South America, and the Caribbean and exchanged for sugar, tobacco, and other products that were shipped to Europe. ... In 1817, Spain signed a treaty agreeing to immediately end the slave trade north of the equator and south of the equator in 1820.   ... Citizenship of the Freed Slave is not only an event to waffle about, in actual fact its start of a new chapter in American history. ... Because the black population was so large in many parts of the South, whites were fearful of their participation in the political process. ... It would take over 100 ...

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