Black People : Who Told Us Africans Sold Us Into Slavery?

[spicybrown]

While I believe some revisionists skew our history and reality, there's no doubt that SOME of our continental brethren assisted the transatlantic slave trade. During such turbulent times, anything could have transpired. The newest internet rumor is that the trans-atlantic (American) slave trade never occured!

 

[DUTCHESS]

WHITE LIES!

The question we need to ask is not why the Africans sold us but how do we know they did.

Some of us believe everything that white people say. We have got to replace their lies with the truth.

 

[mrron]

Apparently, no one wants to take full credit or the blame for the slave trade. I've heard all the various versions, each contradicting the others. So I resort to common sense. These white men had to travel across thousands of miles of rough seas, with small food rations, a small crew. Undoubtedly losing some men to illness, and at times getting lost at sea. They couldn't have arrived on the continent of Africa in tip top shape. They actually built ports to hold the subject slaves for debarkation (who built them?). The ships could only hold so many slaves, and carry enough stores to make the trip that took months (where did they get their stores and fresh water from?). These white men could not have known where to capture these prospective slaves and do so without resistance, and replenish their stores for the return trip.(who helped them catch the slaves?) I hope no one thinks the slaves volunteered to join the slave ships.

Sure the white men had some weapons and used some trickery. But how long could that work against a resisting people? They would have never seen the continent of America again, if the Africa men decided to put up a fight. There would have been millions of Africans fighting against a handful of white men. Those white men would not have had a chance in hell of making the first tranaction, without the help and guidance and betrayal of our African brothers. It's just plain old common sense. Put yourself in their place.

Also, from some of the accounts I've read, only four percent of all the slaves came to America. So the other ninety six percent went elsewhere. South America had a even larger slave trade. It's estimate to have been twelve and a half million blacks enslaved throughout the diaspora, with about a half a million coming to the US.

 

[Zulile]

Some of us believe everything that white people say. We have got to replace their lies with the truth.

of worthy mention: African tribes that conquered another tribe kept "slaves" - long before the euro got there. "sold into slavery".. hmmm.. we kept some women and children from defeated tribes... thus 'slavery' by marriage, adoption, parentage even.. and the men, we 'traded' to neighbouring tribes. It wasnt feasable to keep hardened men in 'the tribe of the conqueror' for many reasons.

rules of warefare included respect - oaths - moral obligations - etc

the euro, who had been selling their own sons and daughters off for lives of servitude/slavery since the begining of time - capatlized on this basic, yet extreme cultural difference.

anything non euro - to this day - is considered barbaric. Is it really? Was it?
Every record will show how the euro arrived and was amazed by the hospitality of the locals (africa or america or wherever) and immediately, the euro turned to abuse it.

I know that didnt answer you question, sister river. I just feel strongly about the disregard for cultural differences which I feel likely played a large role in the beginning of this entire spiral.

 

[Zulile]

Apparently, no one wants to take full credit or the blame for the slave trade. I've heard all the various versions, each contradicting the others. So I resort to common sense.

I have yet to hear any sense from you, mrron you cant decide who takes blame for the slave trade? the ENSLAVERS! hahahaha..

HAHAHAHA!!!!!