I know.
Nobody talks about how the native tribes in NA were enslaving each other prior to us showing up. Nobody talks about how warring tribes in Africa (multiple countries) would kidnap enemies and sell them to the Dutch to be taken to the US.
I would love, LOVE, to see a scholarly economic paper entitled:
“Economic impact of abolition on African Economic Development.”
As someone once wrote, “The white man didn’t do anything that the natives weren’t doing to each other before he got there.”....................