That may be your interpretation, but it is contrary to historical facts. Of 
course your information is coming from those who enslaved Africans. Slavery 
is not an African nor Native word, it is a European word. There may have 
been captives held after wars, but they were not told that they were slaves 
for life, and were eventually  integrated into the tribes (even in Muslim 
Countries). The same with Native Americans. No group except Americans 
attempted to brain wash a people into believing that God ordained them to be 
slaves. That is why racism continues to rear it's ugly head in America.

Anita


>From: Basil Forest <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history         
>      <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Nat Turner and unchanging history
>Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:15:01 EDT
>
>Slavery was contrary to Christ's teachings and an abomination.   However,
>those black Africans who were brought to the colonies were originally  
>enslaved
>by their African 'brothers" and were lucky to leave their servitude in  
>Africa
>for the much more benign treatment they received on this side of the
>Atlantic, and ultimately received their freedom while their African slave  
>"brothers"
>continued to be enslaved in Africa until the 20th  century.
>
>Basil Forest
>
>
>
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