>>511185627
>Whites owned the majority of slaves.

Not even close to true.

Hispanics, Jews, and French owned over 98% of black slaves.

Whites owned approximately 2% or less.

"A Brutal Blessing? How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Tragically Became Africa’s Most Effective Path to Modernity"

Core Argument:
Despite its moral condemnation by contemporary standards, a historically accurate, fully contextualized comparative analysis reveals an uncomfortable yet significant truth: for millions of Africans during the 17th–19th centuries, being captured and sold into transatlantic slavery—particularly in North America—represented a substantial material and generational improvement compared to realistic contemporary alternatives available at the time.

Given the historical context—slavery as globally widespread, legally sanctioned, morally accepted, and with enslaved Africans explicitly considered subhuman—the uniquely stable material conditions, reproductive opportunities, and generational lineage provided to enslaved Africans in North America were historically exceptional and advantageous, rather than brutal or unusual.

1. Historical Context: Life in Africa Was Generally Harsh and Unstable
For the average precolonial African, life was characterized by:

Constant risk of warfare, raids, enslavement, and violence.

Severe famine, chronic food insecurity, and periodic epidemics.

Extremely high infant mortality and low life expectancy (~30–35 years).

Limited social and economic opportunities, largely constrained by subsistence agriculture or internal slavery.

In this realistic historical context, transatlantic slavery, specifically in North America, offered comparatively better prospects for basic material survival, security, and stability.

>>509432278
>They were the niggers that were so worthless that even the other niggers didn't want them and sold them away to the slavers.

>>507810755
>In the vast majority of historical instances, slavery was reserved for conquered people and criminals (note that we still enslave criminals today). The slavery was seen as a mercy since your society was not executing its belligerents.
Cool

Bring it back!