[Pollster1]

Yes, I said handcuffs…shackles….the stuff that our ancestors wore for 400 years . . . I already know how many people are going to say, “Boyce, why are you overreacting?”

Why is he overreacting. The first 30 black slaves in North America arrived in 1619. That won't hit its 400th year for 7 more years. He's overreacting, and he's bad at math.

[a fool in paradise]

People are still sold into slavery in West Africa and black people in the West are largely silent.

[bgill]

The first 30 black slaves in North America arrived in 1619. That won't hit its 400th year for 7 more years.

His African ancestors were slaves to their own African cousins long before the American trade. Where does he think mean whitey shopped?

[kearnyirish2]

The US had legalized slavery for about 80 years (end of the American Revolution until Emancipation Proclamation). The “400 year” stuff can be laid at the feet of the English and Spanish governments.