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Originally Posted by Aliantha
Nope, slavery happens all over the place still. It's just not demonised as much when it happens in western nations because most of us prefer to believe it doesn't happen.
I think it's probably arguing semantics as to who actually did the catching of African people. Ultimately, in western history it's white people who've been the masters.
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You are quite correct that slavery remains a modern problem in many places of the world. You are incorrect that whites captured slaves, they mostly bought them from other blacks for export tot he the US. If you look at the period when Europe dominated Africa, sure they whites were heavily involved in the slavery of Africans. This was a great read on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Leopold's_Ghost