"In other ways, African slavery was more flexible and benign than the system Europeans would soon establish in teh New WOrld. Over a generation or two, slaves could often earn or be granted their freedom, and free people and slaves sometimes intermarried. Nevertheless, the fact that trading in human beings existed in any form turned out to be catastrophic for Africa, for when Europeans showed up, ready to buy endless shiploads of slaves, they found African chiefs willing to sell" (10).
I find this quote interesting because it implies a sort of "they led to their own demise" aspect to Africa later being taken over.
1. Is Affonso a hypocrit or a protector?
2. Stanley; does he deserve the title of great explorer if he exaggerates what he finds?
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