Discuss the classical causes of slavery, and explain how the justification for slavery was modified by the colonial landowners in the New World

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The classical causes of slavery were debt, war, and crime. In the classical view, slavery was not inherited, it allowed slaves some rights, and it was often limited to a specific period of time, especially to satisfy a debt. When colonial landowners adopted slavery, they modified it to fit their needs and make it more profitable. After failing to enslave Native Americans, they turned to Africans being brought to the New World. Slavery in the colonies became lifelong and inheritable, and led to centuries of racism. Accompanying these changes was a new ideology that slaves were inferior to the white colonists, that they were barely human, and that they and their offspring could be sold and traded.

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