"Then it was that the exports of slaves from Virginia and the Carolinas was so great that the population of those States remained almost, if not quite stationary"
- Henry Charles Carey
About this Quote
This quote by Henry Charles Carey is describing the slave trade in the United States throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The quote recommends that the export of servants from Virginia and the Carolinas was so big that the population of those states remained almost, if not entirely, unchanged. This indicates that the number of servants being exported was higher than the number of slaves being born in those states, leading to a stagnant population. This quote is a tip of the terrible results of the servant trade on the African American population in the United States. It is a stark pointer of the oppression and ruthlessness of the slave trade and its lasting impact on the African American neighborhood.
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