Pretty good post, but why do you think slaves had it worse in America than one's in Africa did? As far as I know, a slave in America was never eaten by a lion or killed by a water buffalo.Vegas » Today, 10:40 am » wrote: ↑ I’ve even encountered students who believed slavery in the U.S. was more humane than slavery in Africa—a grotesque misunderstanding born from sanitized, watered-down teaching that avoids historical pain in favor of politically safe ambiguity.