Okay, since there's only 20 comments, I can hope that this does not get buried as does all my other posts concerning slavery.

FIRST OF ALL

There will be some retard who says something along the lines of, "blacks sold their own into slavery it's not as much the europeans fault." Yes, africans did sell their own into slavery, but the African practice of slavery was more similar to European indentured servitude than European slavery. African slaves had basic rights, were allowed to own property, had their children born free, and various other amenities not experienced by European slaves. For the most part, African slavers had no idea what they were selling their slaves into because the slavery they practiced was much more humane.

Secondly

Slavery in the U.S is just a microcosm of slavery in the Americas. In all honesty, if you had to be a slave, being a slave in colonial America was probably the best thing that can happen to you. For one, the spanish treatment of their slaves was completely and utterly horrible. Their entire system of slavery was based around the fact that their slaves had a lifespan of 2-3 years, so their system was based on disposing of old slaves and bringing in new ones.

Overall, slavery was fucking horrible and more inhumane than you can imagine, yes Africans did sell their own into slavery but Europeans hold most of the blood on their hands. I'm not saying white people are evil; I'm saying Europeans who participated in the slave trade during the Columbian Exchange were evil.