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How did Enlightenment thinkers justify continuing slavery?(1 point)
They ignored slavery and considered the enslaved people free.
They considered it necessary for the economy.
They said it was too widespread of an issue to solve.
They did not count enslaved people as people.
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They did not count enslaved people as people.
Many Enlightenment writers treated Africans and other enslaved groups as inferior or as property, so the era's talk of "natural rights" was applied selectively.
Many Enlightenment writers treated Africans and other enslaved groups as inferior or as property, so the era's talk of "natural rights" was applied selectively.
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