The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers with relative ease on Wednesday night, and superstar Juan Soto and his teammates looked like they were having all sorts of fun while doing it.

Their story marks an important historical transition, as the North American colonies began to turn away from indentured servitude and instead rely on chattel slavery. (See also: It was America's ...

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