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In the following four centuries millions of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa were brought to the New World as slaves. By 1518, the demand for slaves in the Spanish New World was so great that King Charles I of Spain (who, as Holy Roman Emperor, was known as Charles V), sanctioned the . . .

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