The role of slave trade in promoting the development of capitalism in Europe and its disadvantages

Black slaves did not flourish in Europe for a long time, and were soon banned by comprehensive legislation, so if we want to say what role they played in the development of European capitalism, we can only say that it is very limited.

In this regard, you can look at Linda's close-up of American TV series. The self-repairing ability of capitalism is obvious on the issue of slaves. European countries did enjoy the benefits of these cheap labor in the early days of the slave trade, but the enlightenment and the influence of some religions made European countries abolish slavery quickly and completely restore the free status of slaves.

We often hear that the slave trade mainly happened in North and South America. Early immigrants from Europe to the New World were mostly people who fled to Europe because of natural and man-made disasters or religious persecution, and their property was often exhausted on the way. At that time, the inaccessible American continent was very dangerous for these new immigrants who lacked materials. The famous passengers of Mayflower died and injured more than half in the first winter when they arrived in North America. Therefore, under such extreme conditions, survival is the first, and the evil of human nature can easily overwhelm the good. When they find that they can buy a group of laborers with little money, most people who are eager to build their homes will not refuse. Now it seems that the completely anti-human slave trade played a vital role in the development and growth of American colonies at that time. Without a steady stream of slaves forced or lured to the United States, the development of American colonies could not be so rapid.

The existence of black slaves made it easy for European pioneers to develop large areas of land, get money and other commodities by transporting the output of these lands to Europe, and accumulate wealth for the colonies.

However, after the colonial life became more and more stable, the evil nature of the slave problem was finally considered by the white people. Many northern States have abolished slavery, or at least banned the import of slaves. However, the inertia brought by cheap labor makes the slave problem an intractable historical sequela. The slave-holding states in the south, represented by Carolina and Georgia, were seriously separated from the north in thought, so that after the founding of the United States, the constitutional convention almost aborted because of the abolition of slavery, and this problem eventually directly led to the only civil war in the United States, that is, the Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 people and scorched the whole south. It can be said that the legacy of slavery, which brought a strong impetus to the American economy during the colonial period, became the root of a series of social problems in the history of the United States. Until modern times, racial discrimination caused by slavery continued. After the civil rights movement in the 1970s, this issue has become a major factor of social instability in the United States. Now, the racial problem in the United States has become a high-voltage line that those program hosts who take teasing Obama as their responsibility dare not touch. Because of this disgraceful history, the United States has been criticized many times by its own textbooks and those of other countries. It can be said that the disadvantages brought by slavery to the United States far outweigh the benefits in the long run.