southsider2k5 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20..._slavegirl.html They were able to follow one particular slave from Africa to the US and even figure out who her living ancestors were today. Facinating read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 The African slave trade was aided and abetted by African kings, who sent men into the interior of their countries to capture men, women, and children. These captives who were later traded to European slave traders for guns, beads, cloth, rum, horses, and other goods. Interesting facts here. I never knew it was Africans making other Africans into slaves. How/why are we always blamed for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 Actually it was a fairly common practice. As I understand it, this was way more common than the white men sailing up and kidnapping a village to sell off to the highest bidder. Most of the time these people were being sold to the white men by a rival tribe who had either captured them in war, or were doing the kidnapping themselves to both weaken a rival, and to reap the rewards of payments from the slave purchasers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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