>worn by the African slave traders who sold their brothers and sisters into bondage
A commonly omitted part of the narrative. The slave trade wasn't whites trading slaves among themselves.
It never fails to amuse me when people who decry slavery and blame it on white Americans don't bother to dig further into it. It's easier to go along with the narrative. On more than one occasion I have posed the question, "How do you think the men, women, and children were brought to the slave markets on the West African coast?" If there is a blank stare as a response I typically follow up with something like, "Do you think the sailors left the ship, went deep into unfamiliar African jungles, captured dozens of slaves, and dragged them back in chains?"
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