I am sure that you cut and pasted this from Wikipedia, and it's blatantly false.
The truth, is that slavery in this Nation, (and in the United Kingdom) did in fact start with Muslims selling their own people into slavery. It's fact Plain Ol'; as much as you would like to revise history. On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:50 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > Islam Brought Slavery To The West > --- > hogwash. > > In the Viking <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking> era beginning circa > 793, the Norse <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen> raiders often > captured and enslaved militarily weaker peoples they encountered. The Nordic > countries <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries> called their > slaves *thralls <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrall>* (Old > Norse<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse>: > *Þræll*).[25]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-vikings-25>The > thralls were mostly from Western Europe, among them many > Franks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks>, > Anglo-Saxons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons>, > and Celts <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts>. Many Irish slaves > travelled in expeditions for the colonization of > Iceland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland> > .[55] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-55> The > Norse also took German, Baltic, Slavic and Latin slaves. The slave trade > was one of the pillars of Norse commerce during the 6th* > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*through 11th > centuries. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-10> > Slavery was known in civilizations as old as > Sumer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer>, > as well as almost every other ancient civilization, including Ancient > Egypt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt>, Ancient > China<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China#Ancient_China>, > the Akkadian Empire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_Empire>, > Assyria <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria>, Ancient > India<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_India>, > Ancient Greece <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece>, the Roman > Empire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire>, the Islamic > Caliphate<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate>, > and the pre-Columbian > civilizations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pre-Columbian_cultures>of > the Americas. > [9] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-Slavery-9>Such > institutions were a mixture of > debt-slavery <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_bondage>, punishment for > crime, the enslavement of prisoners of > war<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war>, > child abandonment <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abandonment>, and > the birth of slave children to slaves. > > Cyrus the Great <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great>, the > founder of Persian Empire > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire>temporarily prohibited the > systematic enslavement of conquered > non-combatant population. Cyrus also freed slaves and allowed all deported > peoples whom were enslaved by former kings, return to home. It is said that > he freed up to 40,000 Jews and allowed them to return home. > > The American Colonization > Society<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society>, > the primary vehicle for returning black Americans to greater freedom in > Africa, established the colony of > Liberia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia>in 1821–23, on the premise > former American slaves would have greater > freedom and equality > there.[216]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-216>The > ACS assisted in the movement of thousands of African Americans to > Liberia, with its founder Henry > Clay<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay>stating; "unconquerable > prejudice resulting from their color, they never > could amalgamate with the free whites of this country. It was desirable, > therefore, as it respected them, and the residue of the population of the > country, to drain them off". Abraham > Lincoln<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln>, > an enthusiastic supporter of Clay, adopted his position on returning the > blacks to their own > land.[217]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery#cite_note-217> > > > > On Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:21:33 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://clashdaily.com/2014/05/stop-blaming-america-islam- >> brought-slavery-west/ >> >> >> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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