How was life for black people before slavery?

Answer 1

Tough, the same as it was when white people were enslaved.

Answer 2

Before slavery, Black people lived in various societies across Africa, engaging in diverse cultures, traditions, and practices. They had their own systems of governance, ways of life, and social structures, with rich histories and contributions to art, science, and technology. Slavery disrupted these societies and forcibly removed many individuals from their homelands.

Answer 3

Sadly there was no 'before slavery'. The very word 'slave' refers to the Slavs, who were enslaved in such vast numbers that their name became the name for slave itself. Black people enslaved and traded each other for centuries before the Atlantic Slave Trade began. The institution of slavery, in various forms, is a worldwide phenomenon. Slavery knows no bounds of race, nationality, or time. Blacks were enslaved by other blacks, and by Muslims before white traders from Western Europe arrived; whites enslaved other whites too. Slavery was such a problem in medieval Europe that the Catholic Church repeatedly passed edicts condemning the institution. Slavery in Africa has a very long history indeed - ancient Egypt, The Roman Empire, the Carthiginians, the Ethiopians (slavery there was abolished in 1935 by the Fascists following their successful invasion); Somalians, the Kingdom of Kongo, &c., &c,. A variety of African states and empires had slavery as part of their economic and social setup. The black traders ran the slave markets of the Upper Congo which became vital to the Atlantic slavers, who patronised them to buy stock to sell in Ameirca. Ancient China, Israel, Babylon, Assyria, and a load of other powers were all slavers. Long after the British outlawed slavery in 1815, other white nations such as America and France, as well as Negroes and Muslim countries continued to practice slavery. This brought Britain into conflict with slaving states. The Muslim Ottoman Empire for example, reluctantly agreed to British demands (backed up by the threat of war) that they outlaw slavery. Throughout the 19th century British warships fought to supress the slave trade off the West coast of Africa. Today the slave trade is largely centered on Africa, and is conducted mostly by Muslims. Here in Britain 'progressives' are far more interested in complaining about a slave trade that was outlawed over 200 years ago, than in helping living people currently suffering under slavery. I suppose confronting living slavery rather than a long-dead dead slavery would bring them face to face with some uncomfortable truths and spoil their fake news narrative about the the white oppressor. I suppose I imagined that all of us, regardless of skin colour or heritage, would have an interest ending sall lavery for ever, but recent events seems to suggest otherwise. Alex Hayley, the author of 'Roots', said he set out to create a myth in the novel, it is clear tyhat he succeded in his aim. African slavery is soley associated in the popular mind as being the creation of whites, when historical reasearch shows this to be untrue.