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... se, it had been abolished in name only; under the table, the slave trade still continued.

I keep bringing up the South, but that’s just what it was like there. Officially, they were mercenaries, but the clients had absolute control over their lives, and the contract had no end date. How was that any different from slavery?

As with any illegal activity, people would find loopholes and twist words to make it seem legal. When it came down to it, though, enforcing the law was tricky, ...

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