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Aristotle was quoted extensively by Spanish conquistadors and American slaveholders to justify conquest and enslavement of Native American and African peoples. Based on what we know of his life and writings, would Aristotle have supported the Conquest of the Americas and African slavery?

by /u/We-Bash-The-Fash in /r/AskHistorians

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