I agree largely with your response, but > And where is the evidence that Colonialists had 'consistent, closer contact' in hew New World, than in Africa? In Af

I agree largely with your response, but > And where is the evidence that Colonialists had 'consistent, closer contact' in hew New World, than in Africa? In Africa, Europeans died off rapidly due to local diseases. Consequently, the early slave trade was centered in the islands off of Africa itself, and mediated by a mulatto class who were less susceptible.