Hypotenusan skrev 2018-10-02 20:49:42 följande:
Det där var ju väldigt dåliga exempel. De ryska härskarna var grymma, hur mycket de än kallade sig kristna. Det är en välkänd sak. Och att påstå att vi hade slaveri i Sverige till 1813, p.g.a. den pyttelilla ön St Barths, där guvernörerna bara lät systemet som alltid varit på ön fortsätta, blir ju bara fånigt...
Självklart kan du försvara kristendom, men det förändrar inte det som verkligen har hänt. Ditt försvar skulle på samma sätt gälla de förkristna på den skandinaviska halvön osv...
Kristna har hållit slavar och har utsatt oskyldiga barn, kvinnor, män för en slavhandel som aldrig tidigare skett på jorden, och det med den kristna kyrkans medgivande, uppmuntran och krav. mer än 10 miljoner människor ANLÄNDE till den nya världen. Hur många dog på vägen av misshandel, svält och sjukdomar ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade
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Slave market regions and participationMajor slave trading regions of Africa, 15th–19th centuries
There were eight principal areas used by Europeans to buy and ship slaves to the Western Hemisphere. The number of enslaved people sold to the New World varied throughout the slave trade. As for the distribution of slaves from regions of activity, certain areas produced far more enslaved people than others. Between 1650 and 1900, 10.24 million enslaved Africans arrived in the Americas from the following regions in the following proportions"
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/history/slavery_1.shtml
"Out of Africa
Historical records show that Islam and Christianity played an important role in enslavement in Africa. The Arab-controlled Trans-Saharan slave trade helped to institutionalise slave trading on the continent. And during the 'age of expedition', European Christians witnessed caravans loaded with Africans en-route to the Middle East. Others arriving much later in West Africa observed slavery in African societies, leading them to assume that African enslavement was intrinsic to the continent.
For many of these early European explorers, the Bible was not only regarded as infallible, it was also their primary reference tool and those looking for answers to explain differences in ethnicity, culture, and slavery, found them in Genesis 9: 24-27, which appeared to suggest that it was all a result of 'sin'."
"Religion as justification
The emergence of colonies in the Americas and the need to find labourers saw Europeans turn their attention to Africa with some arguing that the Transatlantic Slave Trade would enable Africans, especially the 'Mohammedans', to come into contact with Christianity and 'civilisation' in the Americas, albeit as slaves. It was even argued that the favourable trade winds from Africa to the Americas were evidence of this providential design.
Religion was also a driving force during slavery in the Americas. Once they arrived at their new locales the enslaved Africans were subjected to various processes to make them more compliant, and Christianity formed part of this. Ironically, although the assertion of evangelisation was one of the justifications for enslaving Africans, very little missionary work actually took place during the early years. In short, religion got in the way of a moneymaking venture by taking Africans away from their work. It also taught them potentially subversive ideas and made it hard to justify the cruel mistreatment of fellow Christians."