what is the truth about slavery?

Question

was it really all down to the 'white man'?

Answer 1

The 'white man' was the catalyst behind it yes, but in answer to your question, not to blame ENTIRELY for the slave trade. You'll never get all the information that you need on Yahoo, you would need to do some proper research but...

Someone just mentioned something about black people 'making people apologise'. England could NEVER EVER be sorry for it's role in the slave trade when much of England's wealth was built upon the slave trade and the colonisation of many other countries, not to mention the countless wrongdoings against other nations. Morally, yes, black people deserve much more than an apology from England and other countries such as Spain but who would apologise? Tony Blair? The church? England can keep any half-baked apology because it would be a farce and a lie. I know what happened, I know who did wrong and I know who, to this day, tries to mess up my chances of succeeding but I'm not asking for no apology. It makes no sense for England to apologise. I would much rather England give back all that it has stolen, pay back all it owes aka 'Third World debt' and stop meddling with other nations than tell more lies.

Yeah, as if that would ever happen.

Answer 2

The Egyptians the Romans and practically everyone in the ancient world.The black slaves sold all over the world were rounded up by their own in exchange for goods as they had nothing else to trade.You could say that all the young men that were forced onto ships as sailors from our own country were slaves. I also feel that girls who were forced into service in Victorian times and before were slaves and the children that were sent to Australia during the war whilst some were well treated there were many that were no more than slaves.Thankfully we have come along way since then and yes we should all be ashamed of what our forefathers did but when I say sorry for something its because I am personally responsible.There is still slavery going on in parts of the word and being bought into this country through the sex trade. surely we should now be concertrating on this and thanking the fact we were the first to condemn and abolish slavery.

Answer 3

Slavery is still a roaring trade...in the same places that have bought and sold people for millenia. Nothing has changed except that the Western world now frowns on it.
There are many types of slavery...corporate, intellectual, and in some places, yes indeed, still physical. People are still being sold as slaves to buyers, every day. And not to "the white man" (whoever that is)...to their own countrymen.

Answer 4

Almost every civilisation has owned and traded in slaves. The Greeks and Romans enslaved prisoners of war and the English, French, Russian etc. peasants or serfs were owned by the aristocrats. The Chinese and Japanese aristocracy owned slaves.

The native Americans frequently raided other tribes and enslaved captives. There is discussion taking place currently on some reservations about the tribal status of Native Americans who are not descendants of the tribe that enslaved them.

A recent TV documentary traced the DNA of a mixed race man to North Africa where he met his relations. They gave him a choice of honorary names and it turned out that the one he chose translated to 'Slave Master'.

His forbears had made their living raiding other tribes and selling the captives to Arab tribes as slaves.

I was shocked by this and hadn't realised that black people traded in slaves.

I think what made the enslavement of Africans by white people even more disgusting was the enormous scale and the huge profits made by the white people. The trauma and suffering of the captives and the inhuman cruelty meted out to them should never be forgotten.

Just because everyone has had slaves doesn't make it any more acceptable. There are still civilisations today who own slaves.

Answer 5

and you comprehend slavery replaced into no longer thoroughly undesirable how? the superb thank you to comprehend something is to journey it. So I propose you bypass away your loved ones, supply up all your possessions and volunteer to be someones slave for a pair of years. make effective its somebody who will supply you clothing, nutrition and safeguard and which you would be able to get alongside with. Then in case you nevertheless sense slavery replaced into no longer thoroughly undesirable, when you certainly comprehend what its desire to be someones slave, you could ask your question lower back.

Answer 6

At the end of the 14th century Europeans started to take people from Africa against their will. Initially they were mainly used as servants for the rich. The Europeans justified the taking of slaves by arguing that they were providing an opportunity for Africans to become Christians. By the 17th century the removal of slaves from Africa became a holy cause that had the full support of the Christian Church.

When Spanish and Portuguese sea-captains began to explore the Americas they took their African servants with them. Some of these Africans proved to be excellent explorers. The most important of these was Estevanico, who led the first European expedition to New Mexico and Arizona.

The people living in the Americas resisted the attempt by the Europeans to take over their land. One of he most important struggles took place in Cuba in 1512. The Cubans, led by Chief Hatuey, were eventually defeated by the superior weapons of the Spanish.

It is estimated that over a million people lived in Cuba before the arrival of the Europeans. Twenty-five years later there were only 2,000 left. Large numbers had been killed, while others died of starvation, disease, committed suicide or had died from the consequences of being forced to work long hours in the gold mines.

After the arrival of the Europeans there was a sharp decline in the local population of most of the islands in the Caribbean Sea. This created a problem for the Europeans as they needed labour to exploit the natural resources of these islands. Eventually the Europeans came up with a solution: the importation of slaves from Africa. By 1540, an estimated 10,000 slaves a year were being brought from Africa to replace the diminishing local populations.

British merchants became involved in the trade and eventually dominated the market. They built coastal forts in Africa where they kept the captured Africans until the arrival of the slave-ships. The merchants obtained the slaves from African chiefs by giving them goods from Europe. At first, these slaves were often the captured soldiers from tribal wars. However, the demand for slaves become so great that raiding parties were organised to obtain young Africans.

The white sea captains delivered their precious cargo to all parts of the "new" Nited States. The south paid for and demanded much of the cargo -African men - the bigger the better, strong, and capable of 'breeding'/ The African women - worked in the fields and the others, worked in the home -cooking, cleaning, nursing "massa's babies that he had with his own white, southern wife, the stronger and younger girls would be perfect for 'breeding' - raising even more strong, black childern for the fields and breeding. The truth? A matter of economics! For the south. And they did not want to let to. When slaves would uprise and cause problems - beating them within inches of their lives solved it. Truth? Economics. Even today, while they are not called 'slaves', the men who are jailed for months, and years in prisons across our nation, white, black and other, are living proof that America still loves her slaves. To house even one man is porported to be appx $3000 per year, yet they refuse to honor those who have learned their lesson , an opportunity to work, earning a decent living, a place to stay and care for their families - but would rather see them back behind bars- inslaved - in their minds and unable to move from place to place. Slavery. An economic, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and irrational condition. And yes, unfortunately, it does come down to the PERSON OR ESTABLISHMENT IN POSITION AND POWER TO actively by force or coercion strip another of his power, language, culture, family and heritage; positioning him whereby he cannot read, write, think or reason (through the distribution of alcohol, drugs, guns, few or no jobs, gang establishment, limitation of education and skills, forcing broken homes ,(black men with no jobs, black women become the head of household, thus this position is out of the natural and spiritual law...the man heads the home) but if the woman is receiving any assistance - most times, the man cannot live in the home) is indicative of a 'white' power of rulership.

Answer 7

It used to mostly be the white man in the US. Now roles are reversed and the white man slaves at work(under better conditions of course) to pay for the black man's welfare check.

Answer 8

the people where sold by there own greed that was the main factor. if the whites had no money they would not be able to pay the head of the tribes, so do not blame it all on us white folk, and make us say sorry, your ancestors should also be sorry for the sin of greed, i was in a church in kenya where a woman was praying aloud for her ancestors sin of selling their own people, she was a princess, that means nothing now in kenya, as there are so many.

Answer 9

Well,I know not all whites had slaves.I traced back my ancestry,and we were very poor Cajuns.We didn't own any slaves.I know the Africans sold their own people.Though,when you really think of it,most of it comes down to the white man.

Edit:Can someone tell me why I got 2 thumbs down?Did I offend anyone?

Answer 10

No, Slavery was commonplace around the world for
many thousands of years and indeed is still practiced in Africa.