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Slave auctions,
part of America's racial legacy
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Slavery, which
grew very slowly in the American colonies between 1619 and 1680,
expanded rapidly after that because
(A) tobacco replaced indigo as the most important Southern crop
(B) the supply of indentured servants decreased while the need
for laborers continued to grow
(C) Bacon's Rebellion worried landowners
(D) a new strain of cotton was developed
(E) harsh colonial laws regarding slave behavior reduced concerns about
possible slave uprisings
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