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Originally Posted by cmac2012
It is true that tribal rivalries in Africa made it a lot easier for slavers to obtain slaves in Africa. I've made that argument myself in the past, that blacks were partly responsible. But I'm sorry, the bulk of the guilt rests with white Americans and Europeans. It was white slavers who enticed African collaborators with European high tech, and it was white slave owners that made the institution into a multi-generational abomination.
At any rate, Black African participation does not absolve whites involved of their guilt.
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At time the above mentioned stuff was happening Slavery was not considered something to feel Guilty about.
Even up until Greek and Roman times if you Lost a War it was not uncommon for the losing Army to be sold off as Slaves and that included many of the People in the losing Country, City State and so on.
I don't know if Europeans in that time participated in Slavery in the same manner as the Greeks and the Romans as they did not have extensive Agriculture like the Romans and Greeks did.
Blacks more responsibly then you say for the selling of other Blacks as slaves. They had already been doing that for thousands of Years to the Middle East.
Also at that time for Whites to spend even a Month or so away from the Coast of Africa in the interior would likely have killed them from various Diseases as they Medical Science was just a glimmer.