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re: Watching Roots and its making me sick
Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:24 pm to Patrick O Rly
Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:24 pm to Patrick O Rly
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It's pointing out that white merchants landing in West Africa to capture slaves (like in Roots) was not the practice of the time.
Right, better to pay the natives to do it for them. I guess you could say it was better for the natives? (They didn't have to be slaves)
Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:26 pm to Tiger1242
It wasn't as simple as paying a native. It was a huge industry; a slave hub.
This post was edited on 2/17/13 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:18 am to Tiger1242
quote:Considering that the life expectancy for a Euro in W. Africa was about a month. . .they weren't that stupid.quote:
It's pointing out that white merchants landing in West Africa to capture slaves (like in Roots) was not the practice of the time.
Right, better to pay the natives to do it for them. I guess you could say it was better for the natives? (They didn't have to be slaves)
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