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To: 2ndDivisionVet
African slaves were not taken freely from Africa. They were sold to Europeans.

Bad business decision by African leaders

(a huge portion of the childbearing African population was taken as slaves, thus impeding Africa's development).


38 posted on 08/28/2007 4:42:36 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
African slaves were not taken freely from Africa. They were sold to Europeans.

The point is there are no slaves in real time in the free world.

In the USA alone, the most destitute live better by far than those who crossed the ocean in the 18th and 19th century. Reparations is nothing but a means to convince people that are content with life to give to those who are not content.

Those who have had slaves and willingly promoted such are long dead.

50 posted on 08/28/2007 4:55:00 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Impeding? Really? Where is the proof?

They were fighting and enslaving each other before the west arrived, and they are still doing it today. Maybe they would be more advanced, maybe they would have killed each other. There is no proof either way. Just speculation. Theory.

88 posted on 08/28/2007 6:35:53 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Search for Folding Project - Join FR Team 36120)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
(a huge portion of the childbearing African population was taken as slaves, thus impeding Africa's development).

Bullshirt. Africa has nearly a billion people. Three times as many as North America. More than are in all of Europe. More than are in the North and South American continents combined.

101 posted on 08/28/2007 9:37:01 PM PDT by Luke Skyfreeper
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Not to insult you, I’m just pointing out that there’s a LOT of people on the African continent. Of course it’s geographically larger than Europe, but still...


102 posted on 08/28/2007 9:48:48 PM PDT by Luke Skyfreeper
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