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Originally Posted by 2lib4dem

What is the point of this? As I stated earlier, who sold Africans into salvery does not matter as much as the current remnants of slavery in AMERICA? Should African Americans feel less slighted because they were originally sold into slavery by Africans? Africans could not have sold slaves if there were not purchasers. This article is just justification as to why the UNITED STATES should not be held accountable for the atrocities perpetuated on blacks during and after slavery. The whole thing in offensive.

WHOA ! The "current remnants of slavery" ? After going back over this thread several times, it became evident that the history of slavery would eventually be mentioned . Admittedly history can be offensive but it happened and it's not going away no matter how much we would enjoy ignoring such .

There can never be justification or excuses for slavery . But the public display of "that pesky rebel flag" and/or denying the complete history of slavery are unproductive . To my amazement, many black people of my generation were unaware of the true history of slavery . Some actually thought white men sailed to the shores of Africa, simply herded up a group of black people and sailed to the South . There's much left out when we don't examine the details of how horrible the extraction of black people from their homeland and the transporting them to their final destination really was . Thousands died on the trip over and many had already died at the hands of their brothers in Africa .

Many years ago I read a novel , "The Sun is My Undoing", about the slave trade . The author, who I don't remember, even knew the names of the many tribes . The book was at least 2 inches thick and was very informative but difficult to read because of the cruelty . It was a best-seller 50-60 years ago .

Black people today should be extremely proud that their forefathers were strong and resilient enough to survive those terrible ordeals . Generations of white people have recognized, sympathized and contributed to their introduction into this society .

"The remnants of slavery "? A black man's tribulations today are less than trivial to what their forefathers experienced . These "remnants" shouldn't be much of an obstacle .