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In 1511, when African enslaved persons arrived in the Americas, they were consideredA. An investmentB. PrisonersC. A commodityD. Captives

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They were an investment and used as goods for sale. This practice was used up to the 1850's when the US banned it. But other slaves came from this which included Chinese, Italian Irish etc.
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