Civilizations connected through trade first via trading tools with other nearby communities then it evolved into trading more goods such as foods crops and weapons. Then with boats this allowed technology and customs to travel for example Egyptian sculptures influencing Greek art work and the silk road. This helped humanity since a example of isolation was japan until the Miji Restoration. Humanity needs trade in order to communicate and get things they cannot make in their region of the world.
A case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857 and seen as a landmark decision in the debate surrounding the constitutionality and legality of slavery.