2aguy
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As a fan of Thomas Sowell, a video excerpt of his book āA Thomas Sowell Readerā came up in the menuā¦ā¦.in that excerpt he points out
1) slavery was not a race issue
2) more whites were taken as slaves to Africa than blacks were taken to America as slaves
Both of these are true.
Rememberā¦.the reason Africans eventually became the slaves of choice in the new world was that they could not escape the way Indians and Europeans couldā¦ā¦ā¦
Later, to justify their owning slaves, the people who would become the democrat party began to add the racial element to the issue of American slaveryā¦ā¦
1) slavery was not a race issue
2) more whites were taken as slaves to Africa than blacks were taken to America as slaves
Both of these are true.
Rememberā¦.the reason Africans eventually became the slaves of choice in the new world was that they could not escape the way Indians and Europeans couldā¦ā¦ā¦
Later, to justify their owning slaves, the people who would become the democrat party began to add the racial element to the issue of American slaveryā¦ā¦