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Remains of First African Slaves Found
An anonymous reader writes to tell us LiveScience is reporting that Archaeologists may have found the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. From the article: "The African origin of the slaves was determined by studying a chemical in their tooth enamel that reveals plant and rock types of their native land. The chemical enters the body through the food chain as nutrients pass from bedrock through soil and water to plants and animals. It is an indelible signature of birthplace, the researchers said, because it can be directly linked to the bedrock of specific locales."
As opposed to the Muslim world which still practices slavery today?
Mod parent down. How is this "Insightful"?
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Trent Lott to a dinner party of segregationists, the end of both Strom Thurmond's and his political career:
We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either.
This is great news for national security and counterterrorism activities. From now on the, we do not need to rely on mere fingerprints of foreigners, but we can ask for a tooth, grind it up, and check the real nationality.
-- Imperial units must die --
White man says white man in strange place = "adventurous explorer"
White man says black man in strange place = "slave"
You're missing a major point.
The "adventurous" white man traveled from point A to point B on his own dime.
The "enslaved" black man traveled from point A to point B on the white man's dime and ended up living a much better life because of it.
Also, Africans being used as slaves was nothing new to the New World. It was being done for many generations in Europe long before. Somehow, Americans got stuck holding the bag, so to speak and they are now considered the sole guilty party for enslaving the black man.
People also don't realize that the living conditions of an endentured servant or even a slave in the New World were much, much better than back in their African communities. If you went back in time to America and tried to send all the slaves back to Africa, you would probably be killed, not by the white man, but by the black ones.
Last, I don't condone slave trading or condemning anyone because of their race or sex.
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