Nick Pell

The reality of the transatlantic slave trade was more like you pulled up at a McSlavers along the coast and bought what you wanted. Most of the slaves purchased by Europeans were bought from other Africans. They were not captured during European raiding parties. Most of these cases, tribes would subjugate other neighboring tribes and then would sell to Europeans because it's lucrative.

The reality of the transatlantic slave trade was more like you pulled up at a McSlavers along the coast and bought what you wanted. Most of the slaves purchased by Europeans were bought from other Africans. They were not captured during European raiding parties. Most of these cases, tribes would subjugate other neighboring tribes and then would sell to Europeans because it's lucrative.

No, I don't think it's totally unknown, but it's not talked about that much. For the record, I don't think this makes it better or worse. It's not suddenly OK or less bad or worse or anything because dominant African tribes were enslaving. They're subjugated people.

No, I don't think it's totally unknown, but it's not talked about that much. For the record, I don't think this makes it better or worse. It's not suddenly OK or less bad or worse or anything because dominant African tribes were enslaving. They're subjugated people.

No, I don't think it's totally unknown, but it's not talked about that much. For the record, I don't think this makes it better or worse. It's not suddenly OK or less bad or worse or anything because dominant African tribes were enslaving. They're subjugated people.

Is it better or worse to enslave your neighboring tribe because they have the same skin color of you than it is to enslave someone across an ocean? I don't think it really matters.

Is it better or worse to enslave your neighboring tribe because they have the same skin color of you than it is to enslave someone across an ocean? I don't think it really matters.

Is it better or worse to enslave your neighboring tribe because they have the same skin color of you than it is to enslave someone across an ocean? I don't think it really matters.

No, and I completely agree. If there was no market for slaves, there'd be no reason to kidnap Africans and sell them. There's no market for it. It's not going to happen. I'm not trying to let anyone off the hook here. I'm just simply trying to highlight the difference between the myth and the reality of the situation.

No, and I completely agree. If there was no market for slaves, there'd be no reason to kidnap Africans and sell them. There's no market for it. It's not going to happen. I'm not trying to let anyone off the hook here. I'm just simply trying to highlight the difference between the myth and the reality of the situation.

No, and I completely agree. If there was no market for slaves, there'd be no reason to kidnap Africans and sell them. There's no market for it. It's not going to happen. I'm not trying to let anyone off the hook here. I'm just simply trying to highlight the difference between the myth and the reality of the situation.

And I think that particularly when you're talking about culpability up the supply chain, it's yeah, like the guy coming home with a boat full of them is to me not like off the hook because he bought them from another African. Like Africans have some right to sell other Africans? Yeah, no, yeah. Like all of it. There's no justification for any of this.

And I think that particularly when you're talking about culpability up the supply chain, it's yeah, like the guy coming home with a boat full of them is to me not like off the hook because he bought them from another African. Like Africans have some right to sell other Africans? Yeah, no, yeah. Like all of it. There's no justification for any of this.

And I think that particularly when you're talking about culpability up the supply chain, it's yeah, like the guy coming home with a boat full of them is to me not like off the hook because he bought them from another African. Like Africans have some right to sell other Africans? Yeah, no, yeah. Like all of it. There's no justification for any of this.

The other thing that's maybe worth mentioning at this point is that during the same time period, there was a bustling slave trade in European slaves on the Barbary Coast, which is basically what is now the northern coast of Algeria and Tunisia. Even at this point in history, the transatlantic slave trade is not the only kind of slavery that's going on in Africa.

The other thing that's maybe worth mentioning at this point is that during the same time period, there was a bustling slave trade in European slaves on the Barbary Coast, which is basically what is now the northern coast of Algeria and Tunisia. Even at this point in history, the transatlantic slave trade is not the only kind of slavery that's going on in Africa.

The other thing that's maybe worth mentioning at this point is that during the same time period, there was a bustling slave trade in European slaves on the Barbary Coast, which is basically what is now the northern coast of Algeria and Tunisia. Even at this point in history, the transatlantic slave trade is not the only kind of slavery that's going on in Africa.

No, people do try and make some equivalency between these two. There's some pretty critical differences between the transatlantic slave trade and the Barbary slave trade. People have heard of the Barbary slave trade. It's like this American History X thing where it's like they were enslaving white people from the south of France and Sicily and bringing them to Tunisia.

No, people do try and make some equivalency between these two. There's some pretty critical differences between the transatlantic slave trade and the Barbary slave trade. People have heard of the Barbary slave trade. It's like this American History X thing where it's like they were enslaving white people from the south of France and Sicily and bringing them to Tunisia.

No, people do try and make some equivalency between these two. There's some pretty critical differences between the transatlantic slave trade and the Barbary slave trade. People have heard of the Barbary slave trade. It's like this American History X thing where it's like they were enslaving white people from the south of France and Sicily and bringing them to Tunisia.