Opening paragraph is nonNPOV   I consider this line in consideration of the labor provided for free over several centuries without which the United States would likely have never attained its wealth and global power to be nonneutral a personal opinion and a unsubstantiated claim While African slavery in the s and s did have a huge impact on the agricultural community in the south as well as strong political ramifications during the same time period  I consider it quiet a stretch to claim that its likely that without slaves the US wouldnt be the global super power it is today  The USAs current dominant status in global politics and economics is derived directly from the events leading up to and the outcomes of WWII I see no correlation between the industrial manufacturing and production capabilities which originally brought the US power during the s to slaves who worked in the cotton fields over  years prior to the attaining of wealth and power in these modern times  If someone wants to try and justify this fire away