Uh… Yes Traders. They bought them in Africa and shipped them to America.
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charonn0@startrek.website 10 months agoBetween 1500 and 1865, more than 80% of enslaved Africans were shipped to the Americas by European slave traders.
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
charonn0@startrek.website 10 months ago
What are you trying to say?
Huxleywaswrite@lemmy.world 10 months ago
He’s saying he’s a bigot for anyone who’s listening
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Im saying fuck the idea of paying some country reparations for such things that happened. Everyone involved is dead.
jeffw@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not at all. There are impacts passed down through generations, which is why we see race-based wealth gaps.
Neuromancer49@midwest.social 10 months ago
I’ve never seen an exact number ascribed to it, any chance you have a source?