If blacks were never enslaved in the united states, what would our leaders be li

Question: If blacks were never enslaved in the united states, what would our leaders be like!?

would we have the same leaders, would our music and inventions be the same and would we even have the same industries and food!?
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You'd have a different world, music, food, clothing and industries!.

Your leaders would likely have been religious community leaders from the Northeast, the South would have been unpopulated as the big cash crops could not be harvested without cheap or forced labor!. Cotton would not have been king and in fact would probably only be worn in its present form by kings and wealthy people as it was an expensive crop to produce!. The great cities of the northeast would not have risen so quickly on the wealth of cotton and garments!. Your food would likely not have included anything with Carribbean influence, I would think less barbeque, no yams or other similarly Southern foods!. You would not have rock & roll or rap in any form that you know it!. More likely you would have some sort of adaption of the Irish folksinging, and Appalachian folk music, without the strong African-influenced beats!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

It'd be like Europe for the most part!. Had black people not been brought to this country, there wouldn't be a black population (minimal at best), and all of the inventions (by blacks) would have eventually been created, we'd have the same industries and the same food!. Basically, your world would be a lot like the European world!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com