Answer: that people help return runaway slaves to their "rightful" owners.
GDP is important because it is a leading indicator of a country's economic health. It gives economists an idea of the nation's financial viability. <span>The GDP calculates the economic value of all produced goods and services generated by the country. Keeping track of it you would know or maybe predict the future trends of the economy of a country. Hope this answers the question.</span>
Coal, I think that's right it seems to be the only one that makes sense
The sentence that provides a clue to the meaning of Slaughtered is
"Entire Populations were slaughtered".
Slaughtered means kill or defeat.
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