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How did the Aztecs use slaves to benefit their economy?

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They made them work in bakeries to grind flour and they built houses and the sacrificed them.
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The main way in which the Aztecs used slaves to benefit their economy was for mining purposes. There was not a lot of field work to be done, so most slaves were employed in hard labor.
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