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Slaves in the United States
In 18 hundred, as we'd said, there'd been about 700 thousand slaves. By 18 25, the slaves in the united states numbered over a d of all slaves in the americas. This trend would continue. So more slaves making more money. At the same time, you have an unprecedented, growing abolition movement that's fervent. These two things are on a collision course, aren't they? And it doesn't look like it's going to end all that well.