Whilst we're remembering all of that, it should also be noted that , slaves in North America during the colonial period had the right to own property, families were kept together, and, while it wasn't often able to be exercised, had they had the ability,
as my ancestors did, to buy their freedom. The abolition of the slave trade in 1815 created a somewhat uniquely cruel institution in the southern part of the U.S.-at a time when various states and colonies were abolishing slavery altogether, the south was built on maintaining slavery, and the status of the slaves-at a time when there were black freemen in other states, it had long been illegal for such a thing to exist in some southern states, and various other laws made certain that blacks were "less free" than their white counterparts in instances where they were freed from slavery-for example, a white landowner in Kentucky could go to a free black family and take away a child for "apprenticeship," for "the child's own good."
Largely because of ignorance, I'd imagine. I mean, you do realize that Africa is a continent, of many nations and tribes, don't you? To speak of one tribe or country of the time thinking of another as "their fellow Africans" is, as I posted earlier, much like expecting the British to cut their "fellow Europeans"
the French some slack, when, in fact, both nations spent a great deal of time in enmity-just as African and Arab nations and tribes did.
"Fellow Africans."
:lfao: