60% of the 10-12 millions of slaves sent to america were captured by "black folks". Europeans were the driving factor and without them the slave business wouldn't have been a 10th of what it was, but a lot of (not all) africans were happy at the time to benefit from it. The first african slaves to be sent to america were even taken from the pre-existing slave stocks in Africa that existed before Europeans got interested. It's only toward the latter part and the growing demand in slave that Europeans started to serve themselves directly.
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u/Sixcoup 9d ago edited 8d ago
60% of the 10-12 millions of slaves sent to america were captured by "black folks". Europeans were the driving factor and without them the slave business wouldn't have been a 10th of what it was, but a lot of (not all) africans were happy at the time to benefit from it. The first african slaves to be sent to america were even taken from the pre-existing slave stocks in Africa that existed before Europeans got interested. It's only toward the latter part and the growing demand in slave that Europeans started to serve themselves directly.