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The Concept of Race in the Modern World
The concept of race as we understand it to day, develops during this era. For an ancient greek, someone who was black from africa, they would call them ethiopians. That was in the ancient world. Modern historians have done a wonderful job explaining why you might pay more if you were a slave owner or might have to pay more for an africanslave than a native american slave. And it has to do with completely logical and understandable reasons that we would understand to day in the free labor market. Simply based on the value to the slaveholder, what we'd say in the unfree market. I mean, consider this, for example. Besides the fact that the