Slavery occurred throughout the continent from the period of British colonization, in 1788-1868. specific groups of people including convicts, indigenous Australians and people transported from Asia and the pacific islands were made to labor in conditions which were either unpaid or under unilateral indenture contracts which were commonly not fulfilled.
When the United States dropped the first atomic bomb in Japan, the Soviets honored their promise to declare war on Japan. The bombed was dropped on August 9, 1945 in the city of Nagasaki. Nagasaki at that time was described to be an important industrial and shipping area with a population of about 258,00.
