AS A YOUNG STUDENT I LEARNED ABOUT SLAVERY. NATURALLY THAT
INFORMATION KINDLED RESENTMENT TOWARD THE WHITE PEOPLE.
IN COLLEGE I LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE SLAVE TRADE.
I LEARNED THAT IT WAS A BUSINESS, THAT TWO (OR MORE) PARTIES HAD
TO COOPERATE IN ORDER TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
THINK ABOUT IT....
THE SLAVE TRADE THRIVED FOR 300 YEARS. IF THE SLAVE TRADERS HAD
TO FIGHT A WAR EVERY TIME THEY SHOWED UP, THE BUSINESS WOULD
HAVE DRIED UP IN A DECADE OR TWO; OR THE SLAVE TRADERS WOULD
HAVE KILLED OFF ALL OF THE "STOCK"....
THE SLAVE TRADERS DID NOT FIGHT THEIR WAY INTO THE INTERIOR
AND SNATCH THE BLACKS FROM THEIR BEDS AS THEY SLEPT.
THE BLACKS THAT THEY TOOK BACK TO EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS'
WERE TRADED OR SOLD TO THEM FOR GOLD, SILVER OR OTHER GOODS.
THERE WERE AND ARE MANY TRIBES IN AFRICA. NATURALLY THE TRIBES
WOULD AND WILL COMPETE AND FIGHT OVER WATER, LAND, RESOURCES,
HUNTING GROUNDS, ETC.
WHEN ONE TRIBE WAS VICTORIOUS, THAT TRIBE TOOK THE LOSERS AS
SLAVES....IT IS A HUMAN "TRADITION". NATURALLY THE VICTORS WOULD
"USE" THE WOMEN.
SO ONE DAY A SHIP "APPEARS" OFF THE COAST, THE OCCUPANTS HAVE
WHITE SKIN. THE CHIEF AND HIS WARRIORS SHOW UP TO INVESTIGATE.
THE WHITE MEN HAVE STUFF THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND THEY
"DESIRE" THAT STUFF. SO THE WHITE MEN AND THE CHIEF BARTER.....
THE CHIEF SAYS; "LOOK, I GOT A BUNCH OF SLAVES I'LL TRADE FOR THAT
STUFF", AND THE WHITE MEN SAY; "IT'S A DEAL!!".
AFTER ALL, THE CHIEF GETS RID OF THOSE EXTRA MOUTHS TO FEED AND
REDUCES THE POSSIBILITY OF REBELLION.
IT WAS A WIN/WIN ON BOTH SIDES.....
UPON LEARNING THIS, MY ANGER TOWARD THE WHITE MAN DISSIPATED.
HOW COULD I LOGICALLY HATE THE WHITE MAN FOR SLAVERY WITHOUT
HATING THE BLACK MEN THAT SOLD US OUT??
NOW,, I WAS'NT THERE, I DID'NT WITNESS ANY TRANSACTIONS BUT I KNOW
HUMAN NATURE.
I LOOK AT THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND KNOW THAT IT WAS TRUE....
LOOK AT HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER; ROBBERIES, BURGLARY, ASSAULTS
CAR THEFTS, BATTERED WOMEN, RAPES AND MURDERS...BLACK ON BLACK.
RONALD J LAMB
INFORMATION KINDLED RESENTMENT TOWARD THE WHITE PEOPLE.
IN COLLEGE I LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE SLAVE TRADE.
I LEARNED THAT IT WAS A BUSINESS, THAT TWO (OR MORE) PARTIES HAD
TO COOPERATE IN ORDER TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
THINK ABOUT IT....
THE SLAVE TRADE THRIVED FOR 300 YEARS. IF THE SLAVE TRADERS HAD
TO FIGHT A WAR EVERY TIME THEY SHOWED UP, THE BUSINESS WOULD
HAVE DRIED UP IN A DECADE OR TWO; OR THE SLAVE TRADERS WOULD
HAVE KILLED OFF ALL OF THE "STOCK"....
THE SLAVE TRADERS DID NOT FIGHT THEIR WAY INTO THE INTERIOR
AND SNATCH THE BLACKS FROM THEIR BEDS AS THEY SLEPT.
THE BLACKS THAT THEY TOOK BACK TO EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS'
WERE TRADED OR SOLD TO THEM FOR GOLD, SILVER OR OTHER GOODS.
THERE WERE AND ARE MANY TRIBES IN AFRICA. NATURALLY THE TRIBES
WOULD AND WILL COMPETE AND FIGHT OVER WATER, LAND, RESOURCES,
HUNTING GROUNDS, ETC.
WHEN ONE TRIBE WAS VICTORIOUS, THAT TRIBE TOOK THE LOSERS AS
SLAVES....IT IS A HUMAN "TRADITION". NATURALLY THE VICTORS WOULD
"USE" THE WOMEN.
SO ONE DAY A SHIP "APPEARS" OFF THE COAST, THE OCCUPANTS HAVE
WHITE SKIN. THE CHIEF AND HIS WARRIORS SHOW UP TO INVESTIGATE.
THE WHITE MEN HAVE STUFF THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND THEY
"DESIRE" THAT STUFF. SO THE WHITE MEN AND THE CHIEF BARTER.....
THE CHIEF SAYS; "LOOK, I GOT A BUNCH OF SLAVES I'LL TRADE FOR THAT
STUFF", AND THE WHITE MEN SAY; "IT'S A DEAL!!".
AFTER ALL, THE CHIEF GETS RID OF THOSE EXTRA MOUTHS TO FEED AND
REDUCES THE POSSIBILITY OF REBELLION.
IT WAS A WIN/WIN ON BOTH SIDES.....
UPON LEARNING THIS, MY ANGER TOWARD THE WHITE MAN DISSIPATED.
HOW COULD I LOGICALLY HATE THE WHITE MAN FOR SLAVERY WITHOUT
HATING THE BLACK MEN THAT SOLD US OUT??
NOW,, I WAS'NT THERE, I DID'NT WITNESS ANY TRANSACTIONS BUT I KNOW
HUMAN NATURE.
I LOOK AT THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND KNOW THAT IT WAS TRUE....
LOOK AT HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER; ROBBERIES, BURGLARY, ASSAULTS
CAR THEFTS, BATTERED WOMEN, RAPES AND MURDERS...BLACK ON BLACK.
RONALD J LAMB
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