The American system of chattel slavery wasn't motivated primarily by racism, but by greed. Slaveholders were racists, and they used racism both to justify their behavior and to make the enslavement of millions more sustainable, but it was the money and the inhumane greed that drove the racist system.
Slaveholders were racists, and they used racism both to justify their behavior and to make the enslavement of millions more sustainable.
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