Western countries always talk about "respect for life, humanitarianism, freedom and democracy, and arbitrary morality", so they often stand on the moral high ground and accuse this and that, as if they are the world boss, so in some things, it is good to listen to the words of Western countries, because they are not worthy of some things.
The reason why they are not worthy is that they already had spearheads in this regard during the Age of Discovery, when they did not know how to respect life or humanitarianism at all for their own interests, and it was impossible for them to treat freedom and democracy, benevolence and morality as completely floating clouds in their eyes, and the fundamental reason for saying this is that if they understood this, there would be no shameful black slave trade.
The reason for such a bad trade is mainly because of the greed and slavery culture of Western countries, which makes them feel that if they can sell black Africans to all parts of the world, they will maximize their profits, and it is also because of the supremacy of profits, which has caused irreparable damage to countless black people.
In the midst of this humiliating and brutal trade, countless blacks were forced to leave the places where they were born and raised, and were forced to board slave ships that bound for the world, where the men were locked up in dark and damp cabins, and the women were constantly abused and screaming on deck.
It can be said that the black people of that era, from the moment they became slaves, all the free and happy lives have been far away from themselves, and only endless darkness has greeted them.
From the 15th to the 19th century, various European countries started the period of great voyages for their own interests, and soon their power spread all over the world, but with the expansion of colonies, there was soon a shortage of labor, and in order to obtain cheap labor, European colonists set their sights on Africa.
In the early days, when they arrived in Africa, they quickly discovered that this continent could bring them great benefits, so they established their own colonies here, and soon a large number of resources were transported to Europe, which made the European countries quickly get rich benefits, and then they benefited from Africa, which made the European countries quickly fall into joy.
But this joy was very short-lived, because after they soon discovered a major problem, that is, the shortage of labor, in order to solve the problem of labor shortage, they set their sights on the local black people in Africa, and soon the criminal slave trade was unveiled, countless black people were kidnapped by European colonizers to the Americas, and became plantation labor, and this is the notorious black slave trade.
The cause of the black slave trade is that when the European colonizers were pursuing high profits, they found that there was a shortage of labor, so they extended their claws to the black Africans, and the black people in Africa became a commodity in their eyes, and this scene has also become the most shameful scene in human history.
Most of the local black slaves in Africa were trafficked to Africa, and the fundamental reason why they were trafficked to the Americas was that after the Western colonizers controlled the American continent, the local indigenous Indians called them laborers, and many Indians were exhausted to death, and a large number of Indians died, resulting in a huge labor shortage in Africa, so the colonists set their sights on African blacks.
And the reason why they will focus on blacks is mainly that the physical condition of blacks is far better than that of Indians, and one black man can be worth four Indians, which makes the Western colonizers who are interested in profit see that it is profitable, so they will put it on blacks, and soon blacks will become the labor force of the Americas, and a healthy black man can be sold for more than 50 pounds.
The huge profits soon gave rise to the brutal slave trade, so a large number of European colonists came to Africa, exchanged weapons and textiles for black slaves, and then sold these black slaves to the Americas, allowing the plantation owners to choose the most suitable slaves, and soon they exchanged money and marshcane sugar from the plantation owners, which was called the Atlantic triangular trade by the European colonizers.
Because of the huge benefits brought by the slave trade, which made the European countries see the benefits, they participated in this shameful trade and thus carved up the cake, and the slave trade soon became a huge industrial chain.
The rapid development of the African slave trade was mainly due to the support of tribal chiefs.
At that time, the Europeans could not afford to obtain a large number of black slaves, because they might face fierce resistance from the blacks if they robbed openly, so in order to avoid their own losses, they found the local kings and chiefs in Africa, and offered to exchange all kinds of advanced weapons and scarce materials and daily necessities in exchange for the chiefs to help them capture the black slaves, and those chiefs and kings agreed to this cruel offer for their own interests.
Soon these chieftains and kings sold prisoners of war to Europeans through wars, and they also obtained enough profits from one trade after another, and the existence of these interests also forced them to continue to wage wars, and the existence of these wars also brought the slave trade to its peak, and Africa, the source of the slave trade, fell into endless darkness and suffering.
From this, it can be seen that the prosperity of the slave trade was inseparable from the support of local African chiefs and kings, who can be said to be one of the accomplices of this evil trade.
In this way, thousands of black Africans left their homeland for the American continent on one criminal ship, and the black people who boarded the ships were stripped naked and imprisoned in the cabins, where the air was thin and hot, and they were huddled together, without enough space to move, and it became very difficult to breathe. In such an environment, countless people are full of despair for the future, and it can be said that once they get on the black slave ship, the rest of their lives will be extremely dark and without any freedom.
In this desperate journey, a large number of black people suffered from various diseases due to the harsh environment, and people died every day, and the white overseers did not cope at all, but threw the dead black people into the deep sea.
In order to allow the black people to survive, the white overseers will provide scarce water and food every day, which can only ensure that they will not starve to death, as for the impossibility of food, long-term inability to fill their stomachs, so that their physical condition is very bad, but even so, the white overseers still did not let go, but abused them at will every day, so that they have no human rights at all.
On the deck, the women were tied up, bullied and whipped at will, the cries of pain echoed on the deck, and the white overseers laughed wickedly in the face of the pain of others.
After a long journey, the criminal black slave ship arrived in the Americas, and the remaining black people were driven off the ship and sent to a temporary cell to wait for the slave owner's selection, on the way to the temporary cell, they would be a wooden stick with a fork at nearly two meters between their necks, and chained, and at the same time there would be a huge iron chain hanging around their waists, there was no way to escape, those healthy and strong blacks would be quickly picked up by the slave owners at a high price, as for those who were thin and weak, they could only be sold cheaply, after this set of procedures, many people were separated from their families forever。
The blacks who were sold became slaves on the plantation, after arriving at the plantation, they were greeted with sixteen hours of non-stop labor every day, and there were cruel white overseers holding leather whips next to them, as long as you dare not work seriously, what awaits you is the white man's leather whip, super labor, extremely poor food, so that they are malnourished for a long time, yellow and thin, there is no possibility of escaping, there are also some black slaves who want to escape, but as soon as they escape, they will be pursued by the slave owners and what awaits you is a cruel whipping。
At the end of the day's work, they were driven into a simple and dilapidated thatched hut by the overseers, and the straw where they slept was full of lice, such an environment was like a livestock, and there was no life at all, in such a desperate and high-pressure environment, no freedom and beauty belonged to them, and death was perhaps the best destination for themselves.
Although after this, the black slave trade was abolished and the black people ushered in freedom, but that history that cannot be forgotten made the status of the black people in the Western countries not very high, and the cause of all this evil is the black slave trade.
According to statistics, the cruel black slave trade led to the African continent losing 10 million people to slavery, far from their homeland, and becoming a labor tool in a foreign land, it can be said that the slave trade is a great tragedy in human history, and this also allows us to see clearly the greed and crime of the United States and the West.
Today's United States and the West have always paid lip service to morality, democracy, freedom and equality, and it remains to be considered whether everything they have done can be matched with these words, after all, they have not faced up to that period of history, nor have they apologized to black people. Therefore, I think everyone should pay attention to this history in order to eliminate the root causes of racial discrimination, so that the world can be restored to a healthy and beautiful world.
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