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Slavery is something that should have never happened, but unfortunately
it
did. This

project is about the history of slavery in America, and the terrible unfair
reality that slaves had to

deal with.

When the Meso American, or the Middle American natives first encountered
the

Europeans, they were very familiar with slavery. Among the most advanced
civilizations in

Central America was the Aztecs and Maya. In these places slavery, although
not necessary, was

common. The Aztec used the the same methods for getting slaves as other
cultures. Slaves were

prisoners of war, criminals, debtors, and poor people selling family members
into slavery. The

most common reasons for becoming a slave was poverty, or not being able to
pay taxes to the

empire. Slaves in Aztec were not mistreated and were fed, housed and
clothed by their owner.

Slaves could marry, and have their own property, just as others could.

In Aztec, slavery was a......

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