The slavery in Africa was much different than the chattel slavery system developed here in America, those who were in enslaved in Africa were more like servants and were afforded rights that those enslaved in America would only dream of. Settlers also looked to the Africans as inferior because of the huge disadvantage they faced with being in a new land, new culture, and not speaking the language. According to Zinn, “Their helplessness made enslavement easier” (10). These excuses were used to justify enslaving the Africans, no matter how skewed their thought
The slavery in Africa was much different than the chattel slavery system developed here in America, those who were in enslaved in Africa were more like servants and were afforded rights that those enslaved in America would only dream of. Settlers also looked to the Africans as inferior because of the huge disadvantage they faced with being in a new land, new culture, and not speaking the language. According to Zinn, “Their helplessness made enslavement easier” (10). These excuses were used to justify enslaving the Africans, no matter how skewed their thought