Sowell writes, "No non-Western nation or civilization shared this animosity toward slavery that began to develop in the Western world in the late eighteenth century" (Sowell 117). It was a Western ideal, and it spread from Britain into the Western world, including the United States. In fact, the people who first objected were extremely conservation religious members of society, but this is often overlooked or ignored. A true philosophy of ending enslavement began in Britain in the 18th century, before that, most civilizations did not view slavery as a problem at all. Serfdom, a popular agricultural solution in Europe, tended to supplant slavery, ending it there, as well. These areas tended to be small and weak, and when they were taken over, they were no longer acceptable for slave capture (Sowell 115). Slavery ended due to several instances, such as nations becoming larger and larger, taking over more territory, and thus reducing the areas available for slave capture. In addition, they were often enslaved by fellow blacks, capitalizing on the white man's desires, and so, another misconception about slavery is demolished, races did not band together they worked against each other when enslaving their neighbors.
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