Parent post implied that westerners brought slavery to Africa which is historically wrong but commonly believed. There was no attempt to justify or evaluate any

Parent post implied that westerners brought slavery to Africa which is historically wrong but commonly believed. There was no attempt to justify or evaluate anything. >Buying a slave is morally equivalent to enslaving someone in the same way that hiring a hitman is morally equivalent to murdering someone. Well, there are different kind of slaves. For example debt slave, someone in the western world would go to prison potentially being used for cheap labor as well. In Africa back then such a person would likely be "owned" until the debt is paid off. Buying someone in this context surely isn't morally equivalent as enslaving someone assuming the same "contract" is applied an the slave is able to pay off the debt and be free again. Also what if someone buys a salve that would otherwise become a human sacrifice (common in Africa at that time). Assuming ofc that the human sacrifice didn't happen and wasn't simply done with another slave instead. Pretty sure westerner in Africa significantly reduced humans sacrifices maybe by buying slaves but more likely by enforcing laws against it. We really cant know what the intentions of all the people at the time where but without context Schindler also bought Jews for cheap labor that's a fact but doesn't give the context to morally judge.