Yes, I agree with David Brion Davis’s conclusion that the Atlantic slave trade was not merely a fraction of history but indeed had a profound effect on the New World settlement. To begin with, slavery In the case of economic growth and trade, slavery was integral. As David Brion Davis states in Inhuman Bondage, the slave trade helped forge business relations across the ocean and throughout the hemisphere. Without the slave trade, it is indubitable truth that the United States and in turn the New World growth would not have enjoyed such economic success. The myriad of problems that branch from the unspeakable greed that manifested into the early American society continues to cast a dismal shadow on today’s culture. In addition, this fact further
