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The propaganda only exist in your head, as the dynamics of the European slave trade have bben widely studied. Read more material instead of resorting to straw m

by aredox 2y ago

The propaganda only exist in your head, as the dynamics of the European slave trade have bben widely studied. Read more material instead of resorting to straw man arguments about a field you don't know enough about. The same way the Shoah wasn't the first time in history people were slaughtered en masse but was the first time it was done in such a systematic, organised and "scientific" way, the transatlantic trade has characteristics that make it unique in History and not just something you can "whatabout" by pointing at African, Arab and Antique slavery. https://eji.org/report/transatlantic-slave-trade/origins/#chapter-1-origins-intro https://eji.org/report/transatlantic-slave-trade/origins/#ch...

like_any_other 2y ago
Yes, they have been widely studied, which is how we know Blacks enslaved and sold each-other, including to Europeans. Though I don't blame your ignorance, as pop-culture depictions omit or even reverse this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_King#Role_in_slavery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_King#Role_in_slavery
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  Sure, like how Central and South America has a role in the drug trade. The key driver remains the demand.
  - like_any_other 2y ago
    Leaving aside that there was (and is) plentiful local demand [1], you're arguing a strawman - the poster never claimed Europeans weren't the cause/driver of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Only that other's roles were omitted and falsely ascribed to Europeans. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa > See? It’s so omitted there’s a lengthy, well-sourced Wiki entry on it! Omitted from this study, as the parent poster was specifically talking about it, as would be clear to anyone not actively trying to misread my comment.
    - ceejayoz 2y ago
      “See? It’s so omitted there’s a lengthy, well-sourced Wiki entry on it!” I learned about this in high school. Blame your curriculum, but ours covered this, as well as modern-day slavery.

by aredox 2y ago

like_any_other 2y ago

Yes, they have been widely studied, which is how we know Blacks enslaved and sold each-other, including to Europeans. Though I don't blame your ignorance, as pop-culture depictions omit or even reverse this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_King#Role_in_slavery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_King#Role_in_slavery

ceejayoz 2y ago
Sure, like how Central and South America has a role in the drug trade. The key driver remains the demand.
- like_any_other 2y ago
  Leaving aside that there was (and is) plentiful local demand [1], you're arguing a strawman - the poster never claimed Europeans weren't the cause/driver of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Only that other's roles were omitted and falsely ascribed to Europeans. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa > See? It’s so omitted there’s a lengthy, well-sourced Wiki entry on it! Omitted from this study, as the parent poster was specifically talking about it, as would be clear to anyone not actively trying to misread my comment.
  - ceejayoz 2y ago
    “See? It’s so omitted there’s a lengthy, well-sourced Wiki entry on it!” I learned about this in high school. Blame your curriculum, but ours covered this, as well as modern-day slavery.