Comments on: Numbers deny slavery holocaust claims

By: Mervyn Lionel

Mervyn Lionel — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:11:23 +0000

Has cooking of the books and fiddling of the accounts been taken into account? Just another paid advertisement…that’s all it is.

By: Dr. Jean

Dr. Jean — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 04:29:59 +0000

It is not even worth it to reply to such ridiculous article; the author seems determined to deny basic historical fact. Sigh, the power of slavery……to deny its existence to begin with. Sir I implore you to research on the facts of the West African slavery as perpetuated by the Europeans and the lasting ramifications, including your denial, of its widespread detrimental effects. Please start with the ancient Egyptians, the Mali, Songhai and Ghana empire, the Moor conquest and control of Western Europe and the actual african slave trade. Understand that the tens of millions of slaves were not only sent to Jamaica, but mostly to Brazil. Understand that Europe’s and Americals economies were built on free labour, together with stolen land allowed for a society where people were free to engage in other activities and commerce and not solely mere survival hence triggering the industrial revolution, mechanization on a large scale and free thought into the scientific process. This further allowed them to further expand and develop massive economies, which ultimately let to the modern world.
I do agree with you, the African slave trade should not be compared to the Jewish Holocaust….it was a thousand fold worse.Not only did it kill and enslave millions of individuals, it destroyed the development of not just a country, but an entire continent. It empowered the enslavers to heights of economic, military and scientific progress that probably wont be matched for centuries. So…

By: king majesty (@kingmajesty3)

king majesty (@kingmajesty3) — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 04:10:56 +0000

Hello ! ! What is this ?? So where is the comparison Grasshopper ? I see you tread lightly with the Zionist why can’t some editor BE BOLD WITH BALLS OF FIRE like that famous White House Journalist. Why did you not equate your research on the horrors of The Middle Passage to that of at Auschwitz ? D- !! Poorly researched . As we would say in Jamaica “wheel and come again”.

By: MariaF.

MariaF. — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:13:09 +0000

So how would slavery be defined? The difficulty of placing this horrible event in history, is that one must find words that will resonate with the the dominant class/victor/masters. While holocaust does mean “a mass slaughter of people; especially : genocide” It can also mean a “thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life” and may be the most appropriate term to convey the destruction of African culture, many African countries and tribes caused over the extensive period of slavery.

By: observer

observer — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:14:58 +0000

This is a very weak agument as it ignores other variables that would have impacted on population growth , the fact that it was cheaper to breed on island as opposed to importing slaves, that even though only 1 in 3 were females does not mean that the birthrate was low. So even though there was a die off every 20 yrs due to natural causes the writer does not account for new births which should at least dent the rate of decline… also if over 2 centuries only a third of slaves brought in actually survived it means that barring some dangerous diseases or calamity wiping out these slaves that they died from the toughness of slavery itself, their life expectancy being 10 yrs below the average white shows that their lifestyles were incompartible with long life. That they werenot fed properly, not afforded medical attention, killed at the whim and fancy of the owner or not protected from the elements which is in keeping with holocaust levels of treatment!!! Wish i could enslave you and makeyou live as these ppl did for a year to see how your argument is comical