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Yes, you are correct. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa
But the point being made was that the slave trade from Africa to the Americas was not a trade in people already slaves but free people abducted, enslaved and then transported as slaves.
Didn't african kings and emperors already have slaves before the europeans arrived in Africa?
ReplyDeleteYes, you are correct. See
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa
But the point being made was that the slave trade from Africa to the Americas was not a trade in people already slaves but free people abducted, enslaved and then transported as slaves.