American Holocaust

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72. You are correct

I fell into the trap of thinking of the US in terms of the slavery question because I was answering a question that I red as being about comparing atrocities in the territory of the continental US.

The Carribbean experience was different (and mostly earlier)

The US Constitution ostensibly barred importation after 1807 (1808?) and the British empire got quite agressive in enforcing abolition on the seas after they abolished slavery and the combined scarcity effect mandated a different 19th century economic approach to the mortality of enslaved persons.

On the other hand, in the early days of the triangle trade there was a lot less cost in the importation of human beings since the ships were going to the cane colonies anyway and human life was, both literally and figuratively, cheap.

I stand corrected.