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American slavery was very different than slavery in Africa. American slavery was race based and hereditary; it also followed the status of the mother, not the father which was the norm in the US since common law has been used since the colonial era. All of these factors made American slavery unique in world history. After the abolition of the slave trade, slave breeding farms became a major industry in MD and VA. The slaves were bred and then sold south. Slaves in the US became a staple of the American economy, not so in Africa. Slaves were used to back mortgages and bank bonds and then the mortgages were bundled.
Your second to last sentence while in some ways true doesn't mean too much. Most of Africa's economy then was still hunter gatherer and pillage based. IOW it really couldn't have been based on slavery broadly as most of 1700-1880s or so Africa featured an old world informal, rural economic orthodoxy* the same had been in place across much of the world for thousands of years.
*Nearly no records, usually barter, good and bad times described closely by the weather and whether or not the chieftain over the hill was a plundering cannibal or not etc.
If we (the world) stopped raising and grazing livestock and grew veggies, grains, corn instead, the world could feed everyone. It's probably not a popular opinion but it's mine.
I believe that thought was what prompted the current "plant based" food diet craze. Fully 30% of America is designated pasture land and back during the 60's it was thought the population would continue to explode.
No one thought a population of 500M could eat beef every day, and the food processors claimed to have the solution. So today, we eat bread, wheat, corn and highly processed foods.
And that's what makes us fat compared to my generation who grew up in the 50's. I use a meat based diet, and won't go back to the whole wheat, salad, plant based nonsense that nearly killed me. Open heart surgery in '21.
Much of Africa's food problem is political. But as was noted by several, there are countries in Africa whose geography makes it impossible to feed their populations.
America is very, very lucky. We have the largest area of arable land found on any continent. Sometimes, due to social problems, some Americans go hungry. But we do have the ability to feed our people. Book, backing up my statements.
Global population will soon begin to fall. And once the fall begins it will never grow again. Again, another book. But there are several.
And the crazy thing is those are countries with exploding populations....
population growth off the charts....and they can't feed what they got.....
And yet every single advertisement I have ever seen with the intention of promoting the message that having less children may help the environment, the climate, economics, blah blah blah, is always, without exception, targeted to White people. Show me one, or post one, that has a picture in it of a woman, couple, or a family of color, and I will stand corrected. But you will not find one.
Its not ignorance, do a review of the countries that follow the wickedness and see how they are financially doing.
^^^^^ Which is a deflection that doesn't demonstrate that countries that are doing better are doing better because of Jesus.
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