[Conservative til I die]

This sounds to me like a little bit of revisionist history. Let's face it, a slave was a large investment in those days and the last thing the owner wanted was a dead slave. I know people died during the long route by sea; however, I think this is stretching the truth a bit by saying the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is lined with bones. Where is the evidence that One-third died? So, what did really happen in this Middle Passage?

Actually, I've heard that when slavery became illegal in most countries, that slavetraders would dump slaves overboard when other ships appeared on the horizon, who might cause trouble for these traders.

C'mon, let's take another tact than trying not to put a negative spin on the slave trade. Let's take issue with the fact that black people just keep beating a dead horse by talking about slavery over and over again. Let's not go the route of educating people as to what a valuable investment a black person was.

[Coleus]

C'mon, let's take another tact than trying not to put a negative spin on the slave trade. Let's take issue with the fact that black people just keep beating a dead horse by talking about slavery over and over again.>>>>

If slavery was negative then why blame the blacks for beating a dead horse about slavery?