The origins of slavery in the colonial United States are complex and there are several theories that have been proposed to explain the trade.
Read more about Slavery In The Colonial United States: Background, The Development of Slavery in 17th-century America, The Atlantic Slave Trade To North America, Indentured Servitude, Enslavement of Native Americans, The Rise of The Anti-slavery Movement
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“I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
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—Flora Tristan (1803–1844)
“In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has had less authority than the last. . . . Masculinity ceased to be defined in terms of domestic involvement, skills at fathering and husbanding, but began to be defined in terms of making money. Men had to leave home to work. They stopped doing all the things they used to do.”
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—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)
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—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)