And the only slaves worth remembering were the ones taken across the Atlantic. The far greater number taken across the deserts for thousands of years to be slaves of the Arabs just don't count. Their suffering doesn't matter, since it wasn't caused by Evil White Men.
Now, I shall pull on my hair shirt, and begin my self-flagellation.
No mention of fellow Africans involved in the slave trade. Facts are stubborn things. We are in the days of the Twilight Zone. There is no escape in this world. Death is the great equalizer.