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Countries like Netherlands, France, England definitely profited form the slave trade. But there are many European nations, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, that d
by apexalpha 5y ago
Countries like Netherlands, France, England definitely profited form the slave trade. But there are many European nations, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, that didn't.
- gorbachev 5y agoScandinavian countries, however, had an underclass, who worked in near-slave-like environments for the benefit of land owners.
- apexalpha 5y agoYes, as did every other (European) nation at the time. The benefits of the slave trade in the Netherlands did not go to the bottom part of society...
- Daishiman 5y agoSo you think that the abundant, cheap, raw material that made it into European factories that spurred the Industrial age materialized out of nowhere?