> On Feb 12, 2018, at 4:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> On 11/02/2018 11:21, John Newman wrote: >> Are you being purposely disingenuous? There were obviously also raiding >> parties and >> the sale of “prisoners of war” between and within different black Africans >> themselves, > > Dramatic, but atypical. > > Enslavement on the basis of war was generally result of pacification > campaigns, rather than "slave raids" - kings enslaved those who were > persistently causing them trouble, with the objective of deterring > troublemakers and getting rid of them. As, for example, the Irish. > > And most enslavement was not on the basis of war. It was more typically for > petty theft, particularly stealing from one's employer, and vagrancy. (Not > having visible means of support.) > >> divisions exploited by European slavers anxious to fill the gaping maw >> hungry for free >> labor to subsidize the colonization and exploitation of the “new world”. > > Slavery was driven by supply, rather than demand. It was a way of dealing > with problem people. And Africa had, and still has, more problem people. >
You are so full of shit. Conversation with scum like yourself is utterly pointless. Slavery was driven by a SLAVE ECONOMY, which was obviously driven by demand. Do you actually believe the bullshit you spout? > Walk down the street. You will notice that black Americans generally have > smaller heads, reflecting smaller brains. Thus require more supervision, and > are less apt to voluntarily accept supervision. > > People who need supervision, and are disinclined to accept it, cause > problems. Slavery was a way of dealing with those problems.
