As pope apologizes for slavery, remember it was African countries that started slave trade
During a 1998 trip to Uganda, President Bill Clinton provided what many historians considered to be the first apology by the United States for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Speaking before a school in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, Clinton apologized for “European Americans” benefiting from the “fruits of the slave trade.”
TL;DR
- Bill Clinton apologized in 1998 for the U.S. role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stated that African chiefs, not white Europeans, were responsible for the slave trade.
- Liberals and leftists are criticized for habitually promoting guilt over slavery, especially among white people.
- Some African leaders, including presidents of Benin and Ghana and tribal chiefs in Cameroon, have apologized for their ancestors' roles in the slave trade.
- These African apologies are often not publicized or recognized globally.
- The article argues that blaming white people for the slave trade is a convenient narrative for contemporary grievance culture.