Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "History Hustle"
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IMO, No.
For if Netherlands apologizes for slavery, then the following should also apologize....
1. Italy - Rome was built on slavery.
2. Arabia - slavery legal until recently
3. Brazil, Argentina, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and most of the Caribbean Islands
4 Spain - used slavery to support their plantation system
5. Turkey - enslaved millions through the years, including tens of thousands of Greeks during their war of independence.
6. Mongolia - the Mongol Empire had a thriving slave trade
7. England - yep, gave us slavery in the colonies that became the US
8. The US
9. India - yep, they had slaves, too
10. The Ashanti tribe of Ghana, and the Hausa of Nigeria -- they supplied the Europeans with slave victims they captured from other tribes. Yep - black Africans enslaved other black Africans.
11. Sweden & Norway - the Vikings enslaved many and sold them to the Byzantine Empire
12. Algerians and Libyans -- they enslaved many in the white slave trade over the centuries. The raiding Corsairs forced coastal towns to relocate to the top of rocky hill tops. Look at the old towns of Italy.
13. etc etc etc.
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The Swedes and Norwegians should apologize to the Irish and Russians for making them slaves.
Spain needs to apologize to the dead Carib Indians, and other native Americans for enslaving and killing them, and to Africa, too. Then, Rome needs to apologize for enslaving everyone in the Mediterranean area, including the French, Germans, Greeks, Syrians, Berbers (Numidians), and so many more.
Turks need to apologize fo enslaving Greeks, Italians, Russians, Hungarians, Austrians, as well as killing them, too.
Muslims need to apologize for enslaving non-Muslims across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
etc etc etc.
Slavery was very common throughout history.
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