[Hatteras]

Lighten up Francis, Major Owens is a Congressman from Brooklyn Heights, New York and the Chair of the CBC (Congressional Black Caucus).

He stated in a congressional speech concerning slavery reperations that over 20 million slaves died during the passage from Africa to America and and were thrown overboard and sharks are still patrolling the slave route waiting for more human flesh. To save you some time, the numbers worked out to somewhere around 4000 slaves a day were cast overboard.

This was a not too subtle political jab that crossed my mind when I read where the article stated that the total lion victims were probably much less than folklore dictates. My apologies, I keep forgetting there are a number of people here who go through life with their panties in a wad and jump to ill-informed conclusions.

Have a good evening.

[TheBattman]

Nice of you to educate me in the fact that being a congressman and Chair of the CBC makes someone a genuine irrefutable source of information.

Now, I have no doubts that huge numbers of slaves died, both in the capture (by fellow Africans for the most part), the transport across land (lions, conditions, etc.), and in the trip across the ocean. I in no way wish to take away from that fact.

4000 slave per day thrown overboard? That's a lot! I can't imagine how many ships must have been in-route at a time to have that many to throw overboard.

By the way, what do you expect your share of the anticipated reparations to be?