Earth to Anita........... It is well documented, as I have noted previously citing numerous historical and sociological sources, that Black African slavery of Black Africans originated untold centuries before any European showed up on the shores of the Dark Continent and decided that Europeans might also adopt this form of labor. The Africans were pleased to sell the Europeans all the slaves they wanted and made a fortune from the trade in Black Africans put into slavery. A good reference on this is Slavery and African Life by Patrick Manning. See also, From Slavery to Freedom (7th Edition) by John Hope Franklin. They took slaves in war, but also captured and purchased them otherwise (including from their families) and the trading in Black African slaves pre-dated European slavery and also post-dated the end of European slavery until the Europeans colonized Africa and made the African give up the practice in the 20th century. African slave owners engaged in practices that would curl the hair of American slave owners, such as cutting off the heads of slaves, throwing their corpses into the sea to attract sea urchins whose shells were used for currency. Just one example. While in Islam Black female slaves who gave birth to the children of their masters generally became free, that was not mandatory, although the Koran apparently required such an action to be taken. Please take your head out of the sand and recognize that Black African slavery isn't something a bunch of 15th century white European men thought up one day while sailing to Africa on vacation. J South ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.