1 posted on
07/09/2003 7:14:26 AM PDT by
Valin
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To: Valin
Great article. Thanks for posting it.
162 posted on
07/10/2003 5:03:31 AM PDT by
PGalt
To: Valin
Thank you for posting, truly educational read. What a terrible situation, mercy on Africa!
163 posted on
07/10/2003 5:32:13 AM PDT by
Hila
To: Valin
I have friends & relatives who vacation in Africa as often as they can.
164 posted on
07/10/2003 5:41:21 AM PDT by
Ditter
To: LiteKeeper
172 posted on
07/10/2003 7:52:37 AM PDT by
LTCJ
To: Valin
An estimated 11,100,000 black slaves were brought to the Americas. Their destinations were:
Brazil 4,000,000
Spanish Empire 2,500,000
British West Indies 2,000,000
French West Indies 1,600,000
Dutch West Indies 500,000
North America & U.S. 500,000
Many people talk casually about "millions" of slaves being brought to America as part of an "African Holocaust." In fact, fewer than five percent of the Africans who made the "middle passage" came to what is now the United States and were better cared for than in any other part of the New World. (Hugh Thomas, The Slave Trade, Oxford University Press, 1997.)
Source:
http://www.amren.com/999issue/999issue.html
173 posted on
07/10/2003 8:09:07 AM PDT by
Matchett-PI
(Marxist DemocRATS, Nader-Greens, and Religious KOOKS = a clear and present danger to our Freedoms.)
To: Valin
bump for a heck of a read
To: Valin
With all of its hang-ups and warts, I'll take America any day.
185 posted on
07/10/2003 6:10:36 PM PDT by
semaj
(A descendant of african slaves, Thank God Almighty for the misfortune of my ancestors.)
To: Valin
Bump for those who missed it.
To: dansangel; .45MAN; viligantcitizen; RobFromGa
Don't know if this is anything you'd be interested in, but it is very well written and extremely illuminating.
195 posted on
07/12/2003 4:27:45 AM PDT by
FreedomPoster
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To: Valin
This is worth another bump.
199 posted on
07/12/2003 6:02:48 AM PDT by
scan58
To: Valin
weekend read bump
To: Valin
A "just-back-from-vacation-must-catch-up-on-FR-articles" bump for later read
205 posted on
08/13/2003 12:54:50 PM PDT by
RightField
(the older you get ..... the older "old" is ......)
To: Valin
This is a good piece except he confuses countries with continents. English-Americans are not comprable with African Americans.
Who is the king of Africa? Does Africa have a president? What is the capitol of Africa?
Questions for the American media to ask on a Saturday in a mall.
206 posted on
08/13/2003 1:09:10 PM PDT by
bert
(Don't Panic!)
To: Valin
Great read. Thank you for posting.
To: Valin
Interesting read. It should be required reading in schools. It certainly makes me count my blessings.
210 posted on
09/22/2003 1:49:09 AM PDT by
freeangel
(freeangel)
To: Valin
This article is excellent and truly sad, for two reasons. First, there is the image of a brutal Africa that haunts him. That despite the rays of hope that are evident to him, it is overcast by the blood drenched inhumanity that surrounds him.
Secondly, it is sad because it is also a personal story of a denial and loss. He searches for an ancestral beacon that extends beyond slavery, for something far more noble than chains and the bartering of human life, for a continent and a people that would show to him an ancestral nobility beyond that which he has experienced as an American. But the images of violence and brutality haunt him when he closes his eyes and he realizes that this is not the Africa of his hearts imagining. His pain is evident as he turns his back on it. That for him to concede that the pain of slavery led to a far nobler existence for black Americans, compared to the children of Africa today, was heart wrenching. He shows this well in his excellent writing.
Thanks Valin. This article was a great read and I'm going to go out and find this man's book. He is a most excellent writer.
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