Slavery in West Africa, and in Rome and in the Mediterranean, was something different than slavery in America.

There was a uniqueness to the American case of slavery. 10 million people, a conservative estimate, were brought to America... hundreds of people were set up in work camps, and hereditary-forced labor was put in place. That's a very different thing than the personal slavery that existed elsewhere.

The topic of slavery is like an electric fence. Touch it and people will react.

Life's irony;The West embrace homosexuality & lesbianism,but detest polygamy,but Africa embrace polygamy,but detest homosexuality & lesbianism.

Somewhat paradoxically, the more that Africans and their descendants assimilated cultural materials from colonial society, the less human they became in the minds of the colonists.

We regret any actions our predecessors may have taken that supported or tolerated the institution of slavery in America.