Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Explained" video.

Great video, friend. As an African (Nigerian), it is refreshing to see more objective coverage of the history of slavery in Africa. I appreciate how you point out how the slave trade already existed in Africa long before Europeans came and how it is was facilitated by other Africans and Arabs, and the Europeans just used that to establish the trans Atlantic trade. Most people here, and elsewhere, wrongly assume all slavery in Africa started with the Europeans but thanks for not being like that.
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@sandran17 yeah, a lot of ancient history is. I mean, my ancestors back in what became Nigeria were known for human sacrifice. Ancient history tends to be dark sometimes.
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@HausamanB1 Actually, yes, I am giving that a pass. Friend, you are right in saying that Arab and European slave trade was bad but by you trying to excuse African slavery, you are so wrong. African slaves was brutal and not good. Worse was that it predates the Arab and European slave trade and was what helped facilitate the other two and African slavers were reluctant to end their slavery since it was part of their culture and economy e.g., Dahomey. Also despite Europeans only participating in African slave trade for a few centuries, they managed to abolish it in records time compared to my African ancestors who practiced it for millennia. Why should I not be grateful to the Europeans and Menelik II of Ethiopia for that? Good outcomes can come from unexpected people.
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@sandran17 you have a point. Plus considering how most of our African ancestors were also doing the "10 years" of torture and forced labour to each other, it was equally horrible. At least with the Europeans, they actually abolished slavery that they were doing and that other Africans were doing to each other.
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@surfingbrrrd Far more brutal? Interesting observation from you, friend, but considering African slavery here involved millennia of atrocities, genocides, human sacrifice, cannibalism, mass forced copulation, and Arab slave trade here also involved mass castration of men and forced copulation of women and was only stopped because of direct and indirect intervention of Europeans, I really doubt you understand the levels of brutality African slavery had. Plus, at least Europeans and Americans actually acknowledge how evil slavery was and they actually worked to stop it compared to Africans and Arabs (except Menelik II of Ethiopia)
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@0kah645 um, I'm confused. Why do you assume I am not a Nigerian because I don't think as you expect? Also, where did I downplay slavery in Africa? You see my comments condemning it from Europeans, Arabs and Africans. Where did I downplay it?🤔
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@0kah645 again, where did I downplay slavery in any comment? What exactly are you talking about?
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@ibrahimbello5546 uh huh. Friend, if I had a dollar for every time some random online assumed I am white because of my opinion on my country or the history, I would be rich🤣 So many of you idiots assume all of us black people, especially us Africans, think alike😕
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@EstaJeanette-nk7fj So are you telling me that the slavery done by the Dahomey was not real or brutal? They enslaved members of the Oyo tribe in my country. Are you telling me the slavery done by Mauritania was not real? They were the last country on earth to abolish slavery in 2000s but it is still there. Are you telling me the slavery done in Ethiopia before Menelik abolished it was not real? Are you telling me the slave trade in Zanzibar that the British crushed was not real? There are pictures of British sailors freeing black slaves from Zanzibar. Africans like you disgust me. You deny our history because you are either ignorant or genuinely evil.
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@0kah645 did you actually read my comments or are you just trolling like an idiot? My original comment is literally stating how I appreciate that this video dispels the notion that slavery didn't exist in Africa before Europeans came here. Where exactly did I downplay slavery in any way? Please, disagree but don't be dumb. Also, you think all Nigerians think the same? You want me to send you my birth certificate as proof?
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@anthonytillman6363 no, I lose sleep when I hear people in institutions push lies about history of my continent, like any normal person. Also, considering how many dictators and corrupt politicians here use historical revisionism as a means to fool people and hold on to power, it is a genuine concern for me. Maybe you don't care but I do.
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@dianasohn2515 yes, their slavery was bad but what about the slavery Africans or Arabs did? The Dahomey literally sacrificed it genocided villages they conquered. Arabs c*strated males and r*ped females and continued for far longer. At least Europeans came to realize how evil slavery was and worked to abolish while Africans and Arabs had to be forced to do so and still practice it, sadly 😔
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@Sadiqi you insult me but you don't call me wrong 🤣🤣
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