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1652 - Human Rights, Social Justice
Human Rights, Social Justice
Demand for slave labor begins to increase as Londoners get their first taste of coffee and cocoa; the growing popularity of these drinks (and, soon, of tea) will increase demand for sugar, and—since sugar is grown almost entirely with slave labor—their popularity will produce a rise in the slave trade.
