A sovereign state is a state with borders where people live, and where a government makes laws and talks to other sovereign states. The people have to follow the laws that the government makes. ... Being recognized makes it easier for a sovereign state to talk to and make agreements (treaties) with other sovereign states. h
These two-way exchanges between the Americas and Europe/Africa are known collectively as the Columbian Exchange. Of all the commodities in the Atlantic World, sugar proved to be the most important.
A slave owner performs manumission when freeing a slave.
