Slavery was common for various reasons. One of them being climate when the british brought them to america they figured they were used to the heat and moisture. Another was the plantations required alot of attention. They didn't see the africans as equal so they let them sleep around the plantations in barley inhabital places. Another obvious reason is the fact that the southern colonies were on the coast of the Atlantic as was africa so it was a much easier to put the slaves there.
In exchanging , the United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land. The treaty was dated April 30<span> and signed on </span>May 2<span>. In October, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase, and in </span>December 1803<span> France transferred authority over the region to the United States.</span>
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Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm.