[Answer] Which of the following describes slavery in Latin America?

Which of the following describes slavery in Latin America?

Slavery in Latin America was an economic and social institution which existed in Latin America from before the colonial era until its legal abolition in the newly independent states during the 19th century although it continued illegally in some regions into the 20th century.

Slavery in Latin America began in the precolonial period when indigenous civilizations including the Maya and Aztec enslaved captives taken in war. After the conquest of Latin America by the Spanish and Portuguese over 4 million enslaved Africans were taken to Latin America via the Atlantic slave trade roughly 3.5 million of those to Brazil. The large Afro-Latino p…

Slavery in Latin America began in the precolonial period when indigenous civilizations including the Maya and Aztec enslaved captives taken in war. After the conquest of Latin America by the Spanish and Portuguese over 4 million enslaved Africans were taken to Latin America via the Atlantic slave trade roughly 3.5 million of those to Brazil. The large Afro-Latino populations which remain in these regions today are the legacy of colonial slavery. After the gradual emancipation of most black slaves slavery continued along the Pacific coast of South America throughout the 19th century as Peruvian slave traders kidnapped Polynesians primarily from the Marquesas Islands and Easter Island and forced them to perform physical labour in mines and in the guano industry of Peru and Chile.

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