Slavery powered European merchant capitalism and American expansion

Evidence

Slavery was at the heart of the thriving system of merchant capitalism that was profiting Europe, devastating Africa, and propelling the rapid expansion of the Americas. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 19

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Capitalism was expanding before Marx as colonial extraction — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 41; Slavery made Euro-American trade uniquely self-catalyzing before industrialization. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 873; Slavery’s advantage, not intrinsic superiority, let European nations become capitalist superpowers. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 253 (+3 more)