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December 26[edit]

declined submission[edit]

An article submission of mine got declined, and I resubmitted it for review. Will it take longer to get reviewed than a brand new submission? Adamilo (talk) 05:15, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is still only one reference with substantial content. For proving notability there should be at least two. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 06:03, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How did Europeans get the slaves from Africa for transporting to the Americas?[edit]

wp:deny

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Did the Europeans capture them themselves,or did people in Africa capture slaves and then sell them to the Europeans? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spiderman788 (talk • contribs) 06:01, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Read History of slavery and Atlantic slave trade. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 06:11, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The latter article states that the vast majority of slaves from Africa weren't captured directly by European traders, but were captured by other Africans. If that's true then why should white people have to feel so guilty about their past history when Black people played an equal part in the slave trade? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spiderman788 (talk • contribs) 06:26, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you benefit from stolen goods, knowing they were stolen, you have as much culpability as the person who stole them does. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 06:29, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well-stated. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:10, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There’s also the small matter of slavery — regardless of who first kidnapped the victim — being widely considered morally wrong.DOR (HK) (talk) 14:46, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]