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27 September, 03:02

Millions of African slaves were brought to the Americas through the transatlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries. The type of slavery that came to exist in the Americas was known as chattel slavery. Chattel slavery is different from other forms of forced labor in that

A.

it implies the outright ownership of the slave by a master.

B.

a person was tricked into the arrangement by the offer of a good job.

C.

it involved a period of employment where the person worked off their debt.

D.

a person was sworn into service to a lord and worked the lord's land.