I guess Thomas Sowell is not to be believed? I seem to recall he suggests that bad as slavery was —no American black can honestly say their life would have been better had it not been for slavery?How many Africans brought to America as slaves-or born into slavery here - went back to Africa and the life they lived prior to slavery?
“How many Africans brought to America as slaves-or born into slavery here - went back to Africa and the life they lived prior to slavery?”
I’d suspect that if the U.S. government offered free one-way tickets for ANY American of ANY race to ANY other continent, the program would end up costing less than one Obama White House Party. And we could charter a Piper Cub for the Africa destined.
Somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 to Liberia. Probably a roughly similar number to what is now Sierra Leone, though many of those came from British colonies and intercepted slave ships.
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/american-colonization-society-1816-1964