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> Almost 100% of the African-American population

Well, no. Africans (before they were captured and sold to the Dutch slave traders) had slaves. A lot of Africans were sold into slavery by other Africans, the ones they lost tribal wars to. Slavery was very well known in Africa, just as it was everywhere else in the world basically from the moment civilization was created.

Like most things, people were ok with it happening to others and only had an issue when it happened to them.

The idea that all slavery is wrong is a far more modern idea. Unlike the OP I do not present that as a bad thing.

"African-Americans" as a group doesn't actually include those Africans who never ended up in the US, so your response seems kind of irrelevant.

Thank you for the answer.

  Like most things, people were ok with it happening to others and only had an issue when it happened to them.

Bravo! People today will say that slaves were in pain and suffering. Their masters knew that.

  The idea that all slavery is wrong is a far more modern idea.

Yes. People today are like those parrots - just repeating what everyone around them believes. It's like a religion. Religion people adopt is heavily influenced by parents and environment, not critical thinking. That's why I wrote people who are against slavery are not critical thinkers and introspective.

  Unlike the OP I do not present that as a bad thing.

I do not think of human slavery as good or bad. I am NEUTRAL about it. I don't think that anything is inherently right or wrong. When people use those terms, they are expressing their personal feeling, not objective feature of the world.

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