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[Doctor Gollum]

Slavery was down to the greedy plantation owners of America who wanted cheap/free labour on their estates. We only got involved because we were a staging post for the long journey from Africa to America - ships back then couldn't make it in one hop.
Several of the slaves managed to jump ship at London and Bristol, hence the beginning of the ghettoes in those places.
The Africans themselves must share the blame, as they were instrumental is pulling the potential slaves from the jungle: white men could not survive in there, so the natives had to do it for them.
Not our fault, no need to feel guilty.

Ron.

Indeed, Capitalism is neither a modern, nor western concept.

Controlling natives were just as keen to get in on the action... Just look at the scale of some of the centuries old buildings in far flung corners of the globe...