Chapter 3: The Rise of the Global Empires
The Industrial Revolutions
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The Origins of Race-Based Slavery
Roxanne Jones: If African slaves were forced to convert to Christianity, and they were, how could that slavery be justified over the generations? At first, European slave owners said the Africans had deeply lodged Islam into the hearts of their descendants. But as the years went on, Europeans needed to develop increasingly racist ideas to justify the continued enslavement of black people. Jones: The industrial revolutions have made our lives so much better, but they are rooted in gut wrenching injustice. This is Black History Month.
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