Did you know, if they took a sattelite image of the path from the african continent to the americas etc, you can see a trail of what would appear to be a reef, but is in fact human remains of the slaves who were tossed over board killed etc in transit
2007-02-10 20:46:42 · 16 answers · asked by Lisa28 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If what you are trying to say in a round about way, is that there were a lot of slaves who never make it to the Americas. they died on the ships and were thrown over the side then you are right about that part at least.
But not as many as some people would lead you to believe. The simple fact is slaves were a commercial commodity and valuable. The more the slave ships delivered the more money they made. So it was in their financial interest to keep the slaves alive.
2007-02-10 21:01:24 · answer #1 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting! Depends if they threw them over with the chains still attached, then they would sink fast enough to avoid the sharks I guess. Mind you would be expensive for the slaver replacing all that iron work maybe?Also depends where you threw them over board some areas have no life due to the local conditions. Even if they all sank down to the bottom, would they actually all line up, to form this path. Oh yeah the Atlantic is getting wider each year by 2 inches or so, so they will be a gap of 360 plus inches by now. Also The USA was not the last country to outlaw slavery, as Morocco outlawed it at least three times in the 20 th century. Old habits die hard I guess.
2007-02-11 08:39:56 · answer #2 · answered by cosmicthick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know .( of course you did ) that the African tribes where a lot of the slaves came from practised slavery before the white man ever set foot in Africa.
Not saying that that is an excuse for slavery , for one person to own another is vile , I am a modern man and I cant imagine actually owning another person but I don't suppose my view is accepted by everyone .
Slavery still goes on
2007-02-10 21:46:44 · answer #3 · answered by shannow5858 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa, everybody! Talk about defensive! Ok, so she didn't leave a bibliography at the end of her question but, hey, if you don't like the question DON'T ANSWER IT. So many of these answers have been damn rude and bordering on prejudiced to say the least. Yes, slavery happened. Deal with it! Talk about it! We need to - black and white alike. We all wouldn't be sitting here in the relative wealth we enjoy without it. Now, that is a fact!
2007-02-11 07:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by astrokitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that people like you should stop taking it out on people these days for what happened that long ago? We did not make any one a slave nor do we have slaves now. Leave the past in the past
2007-02-10 21:06:49 · answer #5 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slavery was a part of human civilisation for thousands of years affecting many countries, nationalities and ethnic groups. Why do black Americans think they have a monopoly on the subject or are a special case?
2007-02-10 21:03:18 · answer #6 · answered by ANON 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 16th century. The Atlantic slave trade, also known as the transatlantic slave trade, was the trade of primarily African people supplied to the colonies of the New World that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean. It lasted from the 16th century to the 19th century.
2016-05-25 10:04:49 · answer #7 · answered by Orna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term is 'History of Slavery' not 'Slaves' ...as to the trail.....did you see it from space upon your arrival from another planet?
2007-02-10 20:57:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so! Who told you that, your "African-American Studies" teacher? Let me guess, the person who told you this was black? Haha, yes, and they invented the elevator too.
2007-02-10 20:51:13 · answer #9 · answered by Iconoclast 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bowlocks.! The Sharks would have eaten them.
2007-02-10 20:50:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋