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Peter Claver
Saint Peter Claver was a Jesuit who, due to his remarkable life and work, become the patron saint of slaves, of Colombia and of African Americans.
Slavery in New Granada
See also Atlantic Slave Trade and Middle Passage
The Spanish settlers in the Americas had a perceived need for laborers: both to cultivate the lands which they had conquered and to work the gold mines. European diseases decimated the indigenous peoples, and the Spanish replaced them as a default labour force with slaves brought from Africa. The coasts of Guinea, the Congo, and Angola became a market for slave-dealers. Due ...
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