[bert]

There is another factor

The land might have actually been purchased from the Bantu chiefs who surrendered title for some sort of compensation

That is what happened in the Eastern United States.

So, the land was not stolen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grant_Deed

[Verginius Rufus]

That is what happened in the Eastern United States.

Yes, my 18th-century Scots-Irish immigrant ancestor bought land in Virginia from a Bantu chief. Unfortunately the deed is in Swahili so I don't know what it says.