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Ye have to understand lad that it wasn't sure if blacks were truly human back then, so there was still debate if enlightenment ideals applied to them. Same with women.

Also, Africans being enslaved allowed them to be thought Christianity, which means that they'll enjoy an eternity in paradise compared to the purgatory or hell that would've awaited them had they not been put in chains. Seen thusly I'd argue that a century or two of servitude is completely fair compensation for now being able to spend an eternity in Heaven.