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Here what Thomas Sowell's research unearthed. The fact is since African tribes and never invented anything to trade, slavery was their main economic driver for thousands of years. When civilized man explored the uncharted world and encountered savages, it would have been impolite not to buy a couple of them.
That is as ridiculous as it is offensive.
Of course AfrIcan tribes had something to trade. An immense wealth of exotic animal skins.
Europeans came to Africa looking for slaves. Rather than land an Army to go inland to capture slaves, they established slave stations at the ports and offered exorbitant prices to anyone who would bring in slaves.
Europeans established the market. Without those anxious buyers, there would be no slavery.