[PapaBear3625]

And to allude that blacks were better off, in any way, under slavery...borders on racism, at least.

Under slavery they were unlikely to die from starvation or malnutrition, unlike blacks in many areas of Africa today. Black males were also less likely to die from violence than inner city USA blacks or African blacks today.

If saying so is racist, then so be it.

[Mariner]

"Under slavery they were unlikely to die from starvation or malnutrition, unlike blacks in many areas of Africa today. Black males were also less likely to die from violence than inner city USA blacks or African blacks today."

Ever heard of a slave ship? Were those people more, or less likely to die from malnutrition? Disease?

You believe when those people were captured they were under less threat of violence than inner city blacks today?