Slavery has almost always existed. That cannot be disputed. But, to toss out that Africans owned slaves in an attempt to diminish the impact of American slavery is fallacious. West African slavery was not anything like American slavery. America took slavery, and the slave trade, to a level of barbarity that was unprecedented. You should do some research, because you're way off the mark on this.
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
You do realize that your very own ancestors owned slaves, correct?
Very few of the slaves were simply caught by white folks with net or something, most were enslaved by rival tribes and then sold to the white folks.
It may be your own family.
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