He was prolly making mucho $$$ off it, on some Micheal jordan shyt...Do I have to post the African King who wanted the slave trade to continue
Money truly is the root of all evil smh
Drop that info though, I needa see that shyt lol
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Nick Cannon on Slavery Never Existing If it Weren't for Guns
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Money truly is the root of all evil smh
Drop that info though, I needa see that shyt lol
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Hold on bruh let me go get itnever heard of this....
who was this c00n?
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Whites giving/trading guns and weapons with Africans is what aided them [Africans] in capturing other Africans to sell/trade into slavery.
Slaves and guns
The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Rights
Slaves and guns
The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Rights
Coli told me the transatlantic slave trade never happened though because we cant find the ships
Of course I am
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Who have you concluded is most to blame for the Trans Atlantic Slave trade? Europeans or Africans?
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They're equally to blame in my eyes
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Come on now. When most of us reference slavery we arent talking about the slavery from 500 B.C. Crete.why are people so fukking stupid? Slavery existed for thousands of years before guns
And he is absolutely correct. White Europeans used guns to facilitate African enslavement. By force Europeans invaded villages and craved their way through Africa. Economically, Europeans created an arms race to destabilize the contient; selling arms to enemies to incite wars that created more POWs they could purchase for more arms to fight off tribal retaliations from said wars in the first place.
They did this shyt in Colonial America, they're doing in 2018. You think it's a coincidence these ppl don't flinch at children being gunned down? It's how they rule the world, by force or trade.
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Hold up. I think you don't understand the meaning of 'tribe'.
In sociology, tribes generally refer to groups of people who have a common ancestor. Although, African ethnic group have folk tales which speak of a common ancestor, Dahomey, Benin, Asante etc. were not tribes. They were states which often ruled over many differing ethnic groups within their respective territories.
Many of these states were politically unified when they faced Europeans but they still lost.
Id say majority of the blame is on Africans. They didnt have to sell their own slaves but at the time race wasnt as big of a construct as it is today so they prolly didnt see a big deal on selling rival tribes as slaves.....
It bit everyone in the ass
Europeans are to blame as well for stirring up the pot by instigating beefs between tribes with the offer of guns to conquer their rivals...
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The fukked up thing is if it wasn't for the Europeans wanting it to stop the Africans most likely would have kept the slave trade going
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The impact of the gun trade
The mass introduction of firearms was the single most significant technological innovation brought by Europeans to West Africa. Kings and warlords were anxious to trade with Europeans to acquire guns.
Twenty million guns were imported to Africa in the second half of the 18th century. Many guns imported by the British were manufactured in Birmingham.
African rulers exchanged captives for guns. Rulers were in competition with each other, so the acquisition of guns provided an edge over their rivals. This increased their drive to capture and sell slaves. The new availability of guns was a direct consequence of the slave trade.
The mass importation of guns for slaves altered the conduct of warfare in Africa and changed the balance of power between kingdoms.
At the height of the Atlantic trade only states equipped with guns were able to resist attacks from their neighbours. The demand for slaves, combined with the supply of guns, encouraged rulers to attack neighbours.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/education/guides/zxt3gk7/revision/2
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Slavery existed in West Africa for many centuries. These enslaved people were servants or workers. Some of them had been captured during wars or had been found guilty of crimes. People from West Africa were also traded across the Sahara desert.
Each year, several thousand Africans were traded to countries in the Middle East for salt and other goods. Although these slaves were not free, many of the slaves in West Africa remained part of the larger family in a village. They may have had fewer rights than other villagers, but they could own land to farm. They could even become skilled workers and earn money. Their descendants could become free. Traders from Europe changed this way of life in West Africa.
After founding colonies in the Americas, many Europeans had sugar and tobacco plantations that needed workers. Using slaves was a cheap way to get the work done.
Traders from Europe went to West Africa and offered cloth, rum, salt, and other goods in exchange for slaves. Many Africans became wealthy by trading slaves for goods like these. In addition to these goods, the European traders also offered to trade guns for slaves. A village that had guns became more powerful than its neighbors. As one village grew in power, its neighboring villages were often forced to sell slaves to Europeans in exchange for weapons to protect themselves. Soon, groups all over West Africa were capturing and enslaving people to trade for guns.
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The well-armed fort provided a secure harbor for Portuguese (and later Dutch and English) ships. Africans were either captured in warring raids or kidnapped and taken to the port by African slave traders. There they were exchanged for iron, guns, gunpowder, mirrors, knives, cloth, and beads brought by boat from Europe.
Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr1.html
The mass introduction of firearms was the single most significant technological innovation brought by Europeans to West Africa. Kings and warlords were anxious to trade with Europeans to acquire guns.
Twenty million guns were imported to Africa in the second half of the 18th century. Many guns imported by the British were manufactured in Birmingham.
African rulers exchanged captives for guns. Rulers were in competition with each other, so the acquisition of guns provided an edge over their rivals. This increased their drive to capture and sell slaves. The new availability of guns was a direct consequence of the slave trade.
The mass importation of guns for slaves altered the conduct of warfare in Africa and changed the balance of power between kingdoms.
At the height of the Atlantic trade only states equipped with guns were able to resist attacks from their neighbours. The demand for slaves, combined with the supply of guns, encouraged rulers to attack neighbours.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/education/guides/zxt3gk7/revision/2
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Slavery existed in West Africa for many centuries. These enslaved people were servants or workers. Some of them had been captured during wars or had been found guilty of crimes. People from West Africa were also traded across the Sahara desert.
Each year, several thousand Africans were traded to countries in the Middle East for salt and other goods. Although these slaves were not free, many of the slaves in West Africa remained part of the larger family in a village. They may have had fewer rights than other villagers, but they could own land to farm. They could even become skilled workers and earn money. Their descendants could become free. Traders from Europe changed this way of life in West Africa.
After founding colonies in the Americas, many Europeans had sugar and tobacco plantations that needed workers. Using slaves was a cheap way to get the work done.
Traders from Europe went to West Africa and offered cloth, rum, salt, and other goods in exchange for slaves. Many Africans became wealthy by trading slaves for goods like these. In addition to these goods, the European traders also offered to trade guns for slaves. A village that had guns became more powerful than its neighbors. As one village grew in power, its neighboring villages were often forced to sell slaves to Europeans in exchange for weapons to protect themselves. Soon, groups all over West Africa were capturing and enslaving people to trade for guns.
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The well-armed fort provided a secure harbor for Portuguese (and later Dutch and English) ships. Africans were either captured in warring raids or kidnapped and taken to the port by African slave traders. There they were exchanged for iron, guns, gunpowder, mirrors, knives, cloth, and beads brought by boat from Europe.
Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr1.html
Who would you say held the most power in that dynamic?
Are you saying Europeans helped other Africans by ending slavery?