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Your comment is so discombobulated I can not tell what your point is, outside of irrational assumptions, oddball questions and the typical scoffing that comes with the socially illiterate, I have no clue what you are trying to get across, other than purposefully embarrass yourself.

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The point is no one forced the colonists to purchase the slaves.

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No one forced Africans to sell Africans into slavery either and yet it happened. Do you have any other "point"?

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No, my point is made. Whites of the civilized world had the same morals as the Africans. Colonists burned women alive.

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One might even say slavery is an historic norm. Kudos to White Americans for ending it.

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Blacks in Haiti freed themselves in a war that lasted from 08/21/1791-01/01/1804

White Americans were late to the issue.

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What a nice spot you sit in here in the 21st century judging the past through such a silly lens.

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You think he is socially illiterate. I want a definition of terms

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You are hilarious. Your words only make sense to a Conservative audience full of apologists for slavery.

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Peace Out

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Trying to justify enslavement seems a sorry hill to die on. I want my child taught that slavery is wrong no matter the enslaver. I also want them to know the enslaved fought back..

From Howard French

It is often remarked that Africans themselves sold enslaved people to Europeans. What is less well known is that in many parts of Africa, such as the Kingdom of Kongo and Benin, Africans fought to end the trade in human beings once they understood its full impact on their own societies. Enslaved people resisted in numerous shipboard revolts, or by simply taking their own lives at sea rather than submit to bondage.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/12/africa-slaves-erased-from-history-modern-world#:~:text=It%20is%20often%20remarked%20that,impact%20on%20their%20own%20societies.

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