The commodities produced by slaves — sugar, tobacco, rum, and molasses — were shipped back to Europe, making vast amounts of money for British banks and the plantation owners in Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
Trump has argued that the amendment, ratified in 1868, was intended to confer citizenship to the children of slaves.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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