A look at slavery outside of the West. It has become popular to blame White people for slavery, to the point that many actually believe slavery was invented by or exclusively practiced by Europeans. Europeans abolished slavery on humanitarian grounds, and spread this across the globe.

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[–]Dune1032 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I don't think anyone has attempted to give the impression that only Whites enslaved people. Part of the opera Prince Igor by Borodin features White slaves. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJzzBR0qzg

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well there's where you're wrong, bucko.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/college-students-think-america-invented-slavery-professor-finds/

“Most of my students could not tell me anything meaningful about slavery outside of America,” Pesta told The College Fix. “They are convinced that slavery was an American problem that more or less ended with the Civil War, and they are very fuzzy about the history of slavery prior to the Colonial era. Their entire education about slavery was confined to America.”

[–]Dune1032 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If the professor is correct, they most college students are not familiar with the Bible or world history.

[–]The-Real-Mario 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I have never heard of thaf opera before, ... perhaps because it references the uncomfortable truth that this post is about?

[–]Dune1032 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Israelites were permitted to have slaves. See https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2025:44-46&version=NIV