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cross_type 2.00 — strongly supporting 3 facts
The U.S. is historically linked to the slave trade through constitutional regulations on its ports [1], its role as a major hub for the trade in cities like Newport [2], and the ongoing financialization of slave-assets within its jurisdiction even after the trade was formally outlawed [3].
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Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Brown University slaveryandjusticereport.brown.edu 2 facts
claimThe inhabitants of Newport, Rhode Island, held the largest share of the slave trade among all the United States, with the trade serving as the primary driver of the town's commerce and wealth.
claimThe United States Constitution prohibited Congress from interfering with the slave trade into U.S. ports for twenty years, until 1807.
'The Lehman Trilogy' and Wall Street's Debt to Slavery reparationscomm.org 1 fact
claimThe financialization of slave-assets allowed investors to profit from slavery even in jurisdictions that had formally outlawed the slave trade, such as the United States after 1808.