>"American slaves were enslaved in Africa" No, this is what was written by nilkn in the parent post above: > many of the first slaves imported by Europeans we

>"American slaves were enslaved in Africa" No, this is what was written by nilkn in the parent post above: > many of the first slaves imported by Europeans were already enslaved in Africa Which means something very different then what you quoted. Maybe those quotes were intended to paraphrase, but with topics like this it is important to not change the meaning of someone elses words.