In 1860, the U.S. contained about half of all slaves in the New World. How did the U.S. become the largest owner of slaves in the West?The U.S. brought slaves from the Caribbean to aid Westward expansion and protecting land against Native American threatsThe slave population grew through natural increase (i.e. reproduction)Large slave users like Brazil had emancipated their slaves, making the U.S. one of the few remaining slave countriesThrough the Atlantic slave trade, the U.S. imported more slaves than any other country

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