Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. There were few other protests, however, until the 1700s. B. After Europeans discovered the Americas, they set up colonies there. C. Slowly but steadily, more and more people became opposed to the idea of holding other human beings as private property. D. Soon many Africans were being shipped to the Americas to work on the sugar and cotton plantations in the colonies. E. In the 1600s, certain people in the British colonies of North America condemned slavery on religious grounds.

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