Slavery Apologists occasionally toss out that Black Africans sold other Africans into slavery. How often did this actually happen and go what extent were the slave-selling factions aware of the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Slavery Apologists occasionally toss out that Black Africans sold other Africans into slavery. How often did this actually happen and go what extent were the slave-selling factions aware of the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

by wiseoldllamaman2

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More can be said, but What is the Truth About the African Slave Trade? written by u/EsotericR discusses your first question

Very, very tangentially related to your second question is Were Africans generally aware of where slave ships were taking people? Was there any mythology surrounding this? written by u/sunagainstgold