1 gen 1840 anni - Slavery mostly abolished

Descrizione:

- Most Latin American countries abolished slavery
- Parts of Carribean allowed for individual peasant agriculture for free slaves
- Labor shortages->huge new wave of migration->indentured servants from India and China imported
- Price of slaves dropped in Africa but use increased

Continuities:
- Women still treated poorly
- Some slavery abolished, some stayed
- Businesses remained in the hands of creole men

Changes:
- Legal distinctions between races disappeared
- Free people considered equal citizens officially

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