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10-24-2008, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by XSK_Diamond
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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You're arguing with him about a point he isn't making. He isn't talking about African tribes owning slaves, he is saying that's how the American slaves got here. There wasn't much in the way of white slave catchers in Africa. African tribes would go to war with a neighboring tribe, and then the winner would trade the other tribe to slave-ship owners for goods.
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10-24-2008, 05:57 PM
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You're arguing with him about a point he isn't making. He isn't talking about African tribes owning slaves, he is saying that's how the American slaves got here. There wasn't much in the way of white slave catchers in Africa. African tribes would go to war with a neighboring tribe, and then the winner would trade the other tribe to slave-ship owners for goods.
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thus that is why you need to do your homework...slavery as it was known in Africa back in the olden days was nowhere near as brutal and dehumanizing as chattel slavery was in US.
In some cases, being a slave among some African tribes gave you a better lot in life than if you stayed free amongst your kinsmen.
And I state again, altho that period is over with, there is still the issue of some of the deeply seeded behavior that still exists among blacks and whites in our country.
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10-24-2008, 06:09 PM
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Right on! 
Makes you wanna holla sometimes, doesn't it? 
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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
thus that is why you need to do your homework...slavery as it was known in Africa back in the olden days was nowhere near as brutal and dehumanizing as chattel slavery was in US.
In some cases, being a slave among some African tribes gave you a better lot in life than if you stayed free amongst your kinsmen.
And I state again, altho that period is over with, there is still the issue of some of the deeply seeded behavior that still exists among blacks and whites in our country.
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10-24-2008, 06:22 PM
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Right on!
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Some people just don't get it.
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10-24-2008, 07:09 PM
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thus that is why you need to do your homework...slavery as it was known in Africa back in the olden days was nowhere near as brutal and dehumanizing as chattel slavery was in US.
In some cases, being a slave among some African tribes gave you a better lot in life than if you stayed free amongst your kinsmen.
And I state again, altho that period is over with, there is still the issue of some of the deeply seeded behavior that still exists among blacks and whites in our country.
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And now you're arguing with me about a point I wasn't making either. I don't give a rats ass what slavery in Africa was like, it doesn't change the fact that it was other Africans who sold them onto the damn boats.
Some people just don't get it. And it makes you want to holler sometimes, doesn't it.
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10-24-2008, 08:12 PM
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And I state again, altho that period is over with, there is still the issue of some of the deeply seeded behavior that still exists among blacks and whites in our country.
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Which is apparent in this thread.
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10-24-2008, 06:06 PM
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What DaemonSeed said. 
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You're arguing with him about a point he isn't making. He isn't talking about African tribes owning slaves, he is saying that's how the American slaves got here. There wasn't much in the way of white slave catchers in Africa. African tribes would go to war with a neighboring tribe, and then the winner would trade the other tribe to slave-ship owners for goods.
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