*So exhausted of hearing a counterpoint to the transatlantic slave trade, as “well Africans sold Africans into slavery”. Africa had many empires, kingdoms, chiefdoms, and hunter/gatherers that had separate lives, separate social hierarchies, etc.*
*Some Africans were intact directly captured by Europeans and forced into slavery, some were sold into slavery for a great profit, and some were spoils of war and conquest. It was Oyo kingdoms vs Dahomey, Benin vs Ijaw, Hausa vs Yoruba, etc.*
Greeks enslaved the Slavic Eastern European people, it wasn’t “white people enslaved white people”
Romans and Arabs enslaved everybody
These are not cultural identities, but a modern categorical concept.
“Humans are bastards” should be the only lesson fro m this.
hornymomment on
I mean I think the point is that this part is not teached in schools at all, kids end up learning that europeans just went into the continent and kidnapped some people, and thats something that rarely happened
Space_Socialist on
One of the things that I think a lot of the “Africans enslaved Africans” crowd ignore is that why Europe needed a constant supply of slaves. The Slave plantations in the Caribbean were horrific literally churning through people. This system was entirely the fault of European colonial overlords who decided to make a horrific system in the name of profit.
dead_meme_comrade on
Excellent amazing. Now, why was there such a demand for slaves?
PixelJack79 on
It’s also worth mentioning that Europeans greatly increased demand for slaves.
Audere1 on
Who were the main purchasers?
KingofFools3113 on
No-one is saying that Europeans are off the hook. But let’s tell the whole story not just the parts you want
TheHistoryMaster2520 on
Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, and Oceanians also sold Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, and Oceanians into slavery, the only continent free of slavery is Antarctica
suckleknuckle on
No one said europeans are saints, but history should be told in full. Revisionism is cringe.
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*So exhausted of hearing a counterpoint to the transatlantic slave trade, as “well Africans sold Africans into slavery”. Africa had many empires, kingdoms, chiefdoms, and hunter/gatherers that had separate lives, separate social hierarchies, etc.*
*Some Africans were intact directly captured by Europeans and forced into slavery, some were sold into slavery for a great profit, and some were spoils of war and conquest. It was Oyo kingdoms vs Dahomey, Benin vs Ijaw, Hausa vs Yoruba, etc.*
Greeks enslaved the Slavic Eastern European people, it wasn’t “white people enslaved white people”
Romans and Arabs enslaved everybody
These are not cultural identities, but a modern categorical concept.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-middle-passage.htm#:~:text=The%20Middle%20Passage%20itself%20lasted,15%25%20grew%20sick%20and%20died.
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/history-of-slavery/west-africa#:~:text=From%20their%20first%20contacts%2C%20European,slaving%20became%20the%20dominant%20trade.
https://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0003
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/african/journey-in-chains/
“Humans are bastards” should be the only lesson fro m this.
I mean I think the point is that this part is not teached in schools at all, kids end up learning that europeans just went into the continent and kidnapped some people, and thats something that rarely happened
One of the things that I think a lot of the “Africans enslaved Africans” crowd ignore is that why Europe needed a constant supply of slaves. The Slave plantations in the Caribbean were horrific literally churning through people. This system was entirely the fault of European colonial overlords who decided to make a horrific system in the name of profit.
Excellent amazing. Now, why was there such a demand for slaves?
It’s also worth mentioning that Europeans greatly increased demand for slaves.
Who were the main purchasers?
No-one is saying that Europeans are off the hook. But let’s tell the whole story not just the parts you want
Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, and Oceanians also sold Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, and Oceanians into slavery, the only continent free of slavery is Antarctica
No one said europeans are saints, but history should be told in full. Revisionism is cringe.