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Part of the world used to buy slaves from another part of the world, and a war was fought to halt the buying part. It doesn't seem like the selling part of the

Part of the world used to buy slaves from another part of the world, and a war was fought to halt the buying part. It doesn't seem like the selling part of the world has stopped selling. Wars aren't like they used to be though, and probably can't stop this sort of thing anymore. AK-47's and pick-up trucks create fluid conflicts that have no clear start or finish. So what settles the score in a lawless country? What stops irrational violence in its tracks?

x1798DE 10y ago
> Part of the world used to buy slaves from another part of the world, and a war was fought to halt the buying part. Do you mean the US civil war? The importation of African slaves was banned in the US well before the civil war was fought. This was much less controversial than ownership of slaves because it served as a protectionist measure for current slave owners (who, by then, had their own supply of American born slaves). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of_Slaves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of...