What countries Apologized for the Atlantic Slave Trade??? Let's take a look

[BlackMajik]

Apologies

Worldwide
In 1998, UNESCO designated 23 August as International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Since then there have been a number of events recognizing the effects of slavery.

At the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, African nations demanded a clear apology for slavery from the former slave-trading countries. Some nations were ready to express an apology, but the opposition, mainly from the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States blocked attempts to do so. A fear of monetary compensation might have been one of the reasons for the opposition. As of 2009, efforts are underway to create a UN Slavery Memorial as a permanent remembrance of the victims of the Atlantic slave trade.

Benin
In 1999, President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin (formerly the Kingdom of Dahomey) issued a national apology for the role Africans played in the Atlantic slave trade.[141] Luc Gnacadja, minister of environment and housing for Benin, later said: "The slave trade is a shame, and we do repent for it."[142] Researchers estimate that 3 million slaves were exported out of the Slave Coast bordering the Bight of Benin.[142]

France
On 30 January 2006, Jacques Chirac (the then French President) said that 10 May would henceforth be a national day of remembrance for the victims of slavery in France, marking the day in 2001 when France passed a law recognising slavery as a crime against humanity.[143]

Ghana
President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana also apologized for his country's involvement in the slave trade.[141]

Netherlands
At a UN conference on the Atlantic slave trade in 2001, the Dutch Minister for Urban Policy and Integration of Ethnic Minorities Roger van Boxtel said that the Netherlands "recognizes the grave injustices of the past." On 1 July 2013, at the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Dutch West Indies, the Dutch government expressed "deep regret and remorse" for the involvement of the Netherlands in the Atlantic slave trade. The Dutch government has remained short of a formal apology for its involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, as an apology implies that it considers its own actions of the past as unlawful, and could lead to litigation for monetary compensation by descendants of the enslaved.[144]

Nigeria
In 2009, the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria has written an open letter to all African chieftains who participated in trade calling for an apology for their role in the Atlantic slave trade: "We cannot continue to blame the white men, as Africans, particularly the traditional rulers, are not blameless. In view of the fact that the Americans and Europe have accepted the cruelty of their roles and have forcefully apologized, it would be logical, reasonable and humbling if African traditional rulers ... [can] accept blame and formally apologize to the descendants of the victims of their collaborative and exploitative slave trade."[145]

Uganda
In 1998, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda called tribal chieftains to apologize for their involvement in the slave trade: "African chiefs were the ones waging war on each other and capturing their own people and selling them. If anyone should apologise it should be the African chiefs. We still have those traitors here even today."[145]

United Kingdom
On 9 December 1999, Liverpool City Council passed a formal motion apologizing for the City's part in the slave trade. It was unanimously agreed that Liverpool acknowledges its responsibility for its involvement in three centuries of the slave trade. The City Council has made an unreserved apology for Liverpool's involvement and the continual effect of slavery on Liverpool's black communities.[146]

On 27 November 2006, British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a partial apology for Britain's role in the African slavery trade. However African rights activists denounced it as "empty rhetoric" that failed to address the issue properly. They feel his apology stopped shy to prevent any legal retort.[147] Blair again apologized on March 14, 2007.[148]

On 24 August 2007, Ken Livingstone (Mayor of London) apologized publicly for London's role in the slave trade. "You can look across there to see the institutions that still have the benefit of the wealth they created from slavery", he said pointing towards the financial district, before breaking down in tears. He claimed that London was still tainted by the horrors of slavery. Jesse Jackson praised Mayor Livingstone and added that reparations should be made.[149][150]

United States
On 24 February 2007, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution Number 728[151] acknowledging "with profound regret the involuntary servitude of Africans and the exploitation of Native Americans, and call for reconciliation among all Virginians". With the passing of that resolution, Virginia became the first of the 50 United States to acknowledge through the state's governing body their state's involvement in slavery. The passing of this resolution came on the heels of the 400th-anniversary celebration of the city of Jamestown, Virginia, which was the first permanent English colony to survive in what would become the United States. Jamestown is also recognized as one of the first slave ports of the American colonies. On 31 May 2007, the Governor of Alabama, Bob Riley, signed a resolution expressing "profound regret" for Alabama's role in slavery and apologizing for slavery's wrongs and lingering effects. Alabama is the fourth state to pass a slavery apology, following votes by the legislatures in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.[152]

On 30 July 2008, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution apologizing for American slavery and subsequent discriminatory laws. The language included a reference to the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow" segregation.[153] On 18 June 2009, the United States Senate issued an apologetic statement decrying the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery". The news was welcomed by President Barack Obama.[154]

That Ugandan president kept it all the way real

 

[ATownD19]

Which Western country is going to redistribute the wealth generated from the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and Economy of Chattel Slavery?

 

[WaveGang]

Countries like Lithuania and Sweden were involved... Don't get it twisted.

 

[BlackMajik]

Countries like Lithuania and Sweden were involved... Don't get it twisted.

Not surprised at all

 

[BlackMajik]

Which Western country is going to redistribute the wealth generated from the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and Economy of Chattel Slavery?

I doubt any of them ever will

 

[Dreadknox77]

That Ugandan president kept it all the real

People really believe that narrative Africans sold there own people into slavery ???

Think about that for a second...that’s the most retarded lie I’ve ever heard of

 

[Freedman]

People really believe that narrative Africans sold there own people into slavery ???

Think about that for a second...that’s the most retarded lie I’ve ever heard of

No other way you could get that amount of slaves without conquering the country

 

[Mowgli]

fukk apologies

Compensate for the same amount of time my ancestors were enslaved with free government services, land and high level education from the pockets of slaveries top beneficiaries.

500 years, we should be solid.

I'll forgive you

 

[xoxodede]

People really believe that narrative Africans sold there own people into slavery ???

Think about that for a second...that’s the most retarded lie I’ve ever heard of

It's true. And well-documented.

What really bothers me - is how many Africans and AA today claim (or think....) it was such a small percentage of tribes, chiefs and kingdoms involved - but we know that is not true.

Almost 13 million people don't get sold/kidnapped without major African assistance/support to help.

 

[ATownD19]

It's true. And well-documented.

What really bothers me - is how many Africans and AA today claim (or think....) it was such a small percentage of tribes, chiefs and kingdoms involved - but we know that is not true.

Almost 13 million people don't get sold/kidnapped without major African assistance/support to help.

What group have you concluded economically benefitted the most from this? White Europeans or Black Africans?

 

[Dreadknox77]

No other way you could get that amount of slaves without conquering the country

Or they sold people that were different from them.....

It's true. And well-documented.

What really bothers me - is how many Africans and AA today claim (or think....) it was such a small percentage of tribes, chiefs and kingdoms involved - but we know that is not true.

Almost 13 million people don't get sold/kidnapped without major African assistance/support to help.

People sell there enemies or people that are DIFFERENT from them.

Selling ur own people fundamentally doesn’t make any sense

 

[xoxodede]

What group have you concluded economically benefitted the most from this? White Europeans or Black Africans?

Sadly, Europeans.

Africans were trading millions of people for things like cookware, mirrors, rum, beads, etc - in addition to guns, gunpowder, iron, etc.

• A ship going to Africa to buy slaves carried a large cargo of mixed goods, such as cotton, brass pans and guns. These were exchanged for enslaved Africans, who were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to north and south America and the Caribbean.

• There they were exchanged for iron, guns, gunpowder, mirrors, knives, cloth, and beads brought by boat from Europeans. Source

• The African traders, with whom the Bristol traders were doing business, wanted goods which were not available in Africa. They would have particular requirements for different types of fabric, for example, and would find a trading partner who could provide it. Copper was highly prized by West Africans: it has been called the ‘red gold of Africa’. African traders therefore happily accepted brass items, brass being an alloy or mix of copper and zinc. They would buy it from European traders in blocks, which could be melted down to make decorative items. Europeans made brass ‘manillas’, which was brass moulded into a bracelet shape. These became a form of money in West Africa. African traders would also buy items made from brass for everyday use, such as the one pictured here. Bristol had an important brass industry. Much of the brassware produced in Bristol was sold to slave traders for the African market. Source

• More commonly demanded trade goods were ingots of iron and metal goods, European cloth and silks, rum and other spirits, guns and weapons and gunpowder, other luxury goods including mirrors, furniture and such household items. The weapons and guns allowed them to expand their territories, protect themselves and help acquire more slaves to sell. These items were also traded for animal hides, gold, spices and ivory in addition to slaves. The European traders had to be aware of what items were valued by the African traders in the ports that they intended to call at.

 

[BlackPrint]

I’ve fought tooth and nail to show that many European powers (particularly the Portuguese) fought wars against Native Africans and took (not purchased..taken) them as slaves for the New World. This isn’t a small amount by any means and took place virtually through the entire slave trade.

Much of TheColi is based on Black division though so it’s understandle why you’ll see threads like this where the African apologies are in big red letters and the American apology (which wasn’t really an apology) is an after5ought at the bottom of the page, words like “European slave raiders” simply don’t compute for your average person on TheColi.

 

[Ol’Otis]

I need the dough

 

[richaveli83]

Apologies don't mean nothing without some compensation.