This paper explores the issue of
slavery in America. The writer concludes that slavery in the American South was dependent
on the world economy and did not result in the acceptance of a multi-colored, mixed-race society. The paper offers a history of
slavery throughout the world before expanding on the issue as it relates to the American south. The paper also points out the related issue of abolitionists - those who opposed the idea of slavery in America and the lead-up to the civil war which ended slavery altogether.