tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post811611242454895516..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: The Victory of Emotion Over HistoryClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-9206882912098208022013-07-01T10:20:07.919-06:002013-07-01T10:20:07.919-06:00The odds of official recognition of the role of Mu...The odds of official recognition of the role of Muslims in the slave trade -- as takers and the primary costumers -- will not happen with the current crop of politicians. They're more likely to come up with some sophistry about how Muslims should be allowed to take and own slaves than condemn it for STILL permitting slavery.<br />Rob Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010767328260010949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-60821090688551311852013-06-29T08:00:44.132-06:002013-06-29T08:00:44.132-06:00In Sierra Leone, in the capital, Freetown, is a hu...In Sierra Leone, in the capital, Freetown, is a huge Kapok tree, called the freedom tree. Here they say the slaves freed from British captured slaveships were freed. This would be a more logical symbol of the destruction of the slave trade. <br /><br />In any case, Senegal couldn't have been a center for slavers - its too far from the major slave center of Nigeria. Slaves were from all over (even Madagascar on the other side of the island) but the "rich" source of slaves were the Nigerian people, especially the Yoruba people - exemplified by the strong Yoruba influence on the Krio language spoken in Sierra Leone by the descendents of the freed slaves.Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533350555982701959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-73656393963441333142013-06-29T02:13:31.555-06:002013-06-29T02:13:31.555-06:00People always rag on White Europeans for having en...People always rag on White Europeans for having engaged in the slave trade, but the one significant fact they miss out on is they're the only ones who voluntarily gave it up.Mauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11732614352398473302noreply@blogger.com