Posted on 06/28/2013 4:22:42 PM PDT by Errant
For a black American president on a tour of Africa, it seemed an obvious opportunity for a speech about the evils of slavery. When Barack Obama visited Senegal on Thursday, he headed for Gorée Island, where a crumbling fort is said to have been the key departure point for millions of slaves shipped across the Atlantic.
Yet as the president toured the 18th century building and later spoke of how the visit had allowed him to "fully appreciate the magnitude of the slave trade", historians pointed out that it was probably never used for that purpose at all.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Let's not get stupid. The Obamas were on the other side of the continent.
How many slaves could a slave ship hold? How many slave ships were there? And how long did it take to bring slaves over from Africa to the Americas?
If you should really want more details, that link in #14 is loaded with information the PC world would rather not hear about.
Who was that idiot congress-critter who claimed that sharks remember the slave ships and still congregate on the shipping routes looking for more slaves to eat?
Mark
Study some history?
Sure. It’s in my family history book.
Like my GG uncle who voted for secession in the NC legislature.
I have his letters. There is no mention of ‘states rights’, only whether secession was a good idea, and why couldn’t the issue be negotiated.
He eventually voted for secession because he thought his people were for it. They didn’t like the Yankees telling them what to do.
Most of them didn’t own slaves. They just didn’t like the north.
Yeah. States rights, the Morril Tariff, slavery. All part of it.
And Southern independence with hard line stubbornness.
10-18 million black slaves were taken east by the Arabs.
I don’t think I’ve heard an apology for that yet.
It’s a good opportunity to rally the Republican voter.
If we can fix the Republican party, it will fix America.
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