Robert S. Burch, Jr.: “Slavery, in and of itself, is violent, vile and loathsome. Insinuating false benefit can never be a cause for obscuring the dislocation and obliteration of African individuals, families and communities.”
” by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling’s abject contempt for the people of the Philippines resonates with European condescension toward people of color.
The transatlantic slave trade was a brutal and dehumanizing system driven by economic greed, deeply rooted in the ideas of empire and religio-racism. Beneficial slavery is the definition of historical contrivance and deception surrounding the forced enslavement of Africans, first in South America, Central America, the Caribbean and, ultimately, North America. The experience of enslavement was relentless and brutal oppression steeped in the systematic denial of the most basic human rights.
African societies had rich cultures — advanced civilizations that pioneered ancient trade routes, built exquisite structures and supported diverse economies long before European colonization of Africa and the forced labor and transatlantic trafficking of its people. Its people possessed valuable skills in agriculture, metalworking, textiles, medicine, maritime proficiency and countless other crafts and trades.
It is crucial to reject and challenge any narratives that seek to justify the enslavement of Africans based on false constructs about their lack of skills or cultural development.
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