They were bought fair and square from their own people. They were going to be slaves regardless, but instead ended in a nation that bled to free them. The alternative was staying in Africa were they would have been slaves to other Africans or Muslims, who were even more brutal, for even longer.
The choices weren't "free or slaves" for most of history. It was "slave to him or slave to us."
And in exchange, every one of their descendants has a better life than most of those who weren't enslaved. Africa is a shithole worse than the worst ghettos of America in nearly every inch of it.
Slavery was horrible but giving them even the foundation of "its a great stain on our history, our biggest sin" fails every logic test and only works on Modern Moralizing on History.
The alternative was staying in Africa were they would have been slaves to other Africans or Muslims, who were even more brutal, for even longer.
For quite shorter, actually. Muslims castrated their black slaves, and a lot of them died in that process. More would die in the journey across the Sahara. And the castration would ensure that they would not have any descendants, which is why despite massive Muslim slave populations, you barely see blacks in Muslim countries (and when they are, they are called "slave").
You are correct. My thought was that the "institution" of slavery would last longer in those nations, but logically each bloodline would end immediately and be free.
But this entire slavery moralizing doesn't work on logic anyway. Bloodlines that were never enslaved still live in America reaping the victim credit and crying tears as if they were.
Most slaves through history weren't created products. They were spoils of war that became a product. So they would always have them as long as they continued their conquesting, they just ceased to export them and just kept them internally.
There are more slaves in the world right now than there were in most of history, despite more than half the world "banning" it.
They were bought fair and square from their own people. They were going to be slaves regardless, but instead ended in a nation that bled to free them. The alternative was staying in Africa were they would have been slaves to other Africans or Muslims, who were even more brutal, for even longer.
The choices weren't "free or slaves" for most of history. It was "slave to him or slave to us."
And in exchange, every one of their descendants has a better life than most of those who weren't enslaved. Africa is a shithole worse than the worst ghettos of America in nearly every inch of it.
Slavery was horrible but giving them even the foundation of "its a great stain on our history, our biggest sin" fails every logic test and only works on Modern Moralizing on History.
For quite shorter, actually. Muslims castrated their black slaves, and a lot of them died in that process. More would die in the journey across the Sahara. And the castration would ensure that they would not have any descendants, which is why despite massive Muslim slave populations, you barely see blacks in Muslim countries (and when they are, they are called "slave").
You are correct. My thought was that the "institution" of slavery would last longer in those nations, but logically each bloodline would end immediately and be free.
But this entire slavery moralizing doesn't work on logic anyway. Bloodlines that were never enslaved still live in America reaping the victim credit and crying tears as if they were.
I keep being amazed at how they screech about 3/5. Logic really has nothing to do with it.,
What about the laws of supply and demand? Surely a drop in demand means that fewer people were enslaved after each country banned the practice.
Most slaves through history weren't created products. They were spoils of war that became a product. So they would always have them as long as they continued their conquesting, they just ceased to export them and just kept them internally.
There are more slaves in the world right now than there were in most of history, despite more than half the world "banning" it.