Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
The largely untold (and unwanted) side of the story of slavery is that the Europeans were not running around Africa capturing people. Quite simply they were enslaved by other Africans. When that side of the story is fully embraced, we might be able to start getting some resolution of the horrors of past history.
And weren't a lot of these ppl resigned to dying in famine if it didn't rain enough one year if not for getting room and board from overseas employers ?