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I think it's a fair assumption that nearly every country that developed engaged in some form of slavery, but I struggle to think of any country that achieved the status of a world power that didn't employ it in some form.
This isn't to excuse US' history of slavery, which was barbaric, just that the singling out one country tends to ignore that slavery isn't an exceptional thing.