Topic: What were you told about the slave trade. - page 2. (Read 311 times)

What is your actual question here, I mean slave trading is forbidden in most of countries at least that's what I thought. I know there are still many countries where people are trading slaves, but that's known as kidnapping, where smugglers kidnap people and move them to other countries for slave or other purposes, especially the females. But the question here is how it can be helpful for the world economy in any way.

I mean they are not paying taxes to countries, they are not benefiting to the country directly or indirectly I am talking about slave traders, not slaves. So how this can help a country to make money or the world economy to make money? I say this should not happen and people should be given free will. Although in my country there are areas deep into the country where chieftaincy runs. People are not allowed to marry any girl outside the tribe. If a person wants to study in big cities there father had to become slaves of the chief and will remain slaves until the boy does not return from his studies if he does not return then the father remains the slave forever.

I won't say its slave trading but if seen closer it is also a type of trading slave, means for the freedom of son studies father have to trade himself for slave. Overalll this should be stopped

The slave trade definitely brought economic gains to the wicked Africans that were selling their brothers and sisters to the slave marchants, who also gained by selling their marchandise (the slaves) to the rich people that needed them to work in their plantations and every other dehumanizing works. So slave trade brought economic prosperity to the people and countries were these slaves were taken to go and worked as human machines, and I believe that one of the reasons why slave trade stopped was because of the era of industrial revolution, then racial segregation era began, and  spilled into racisms still exists till today.

Fucked up topic if you'll have to ask me, but let me chip in since my ancestors are sold into slavery as well and I feel like I have a say in this topic.

The thing is that, the only ones that are really able to benefit out of the forced labor that they implemented against the people of old times are the countries who facilitated these slave trades as well. America was founded in the blood, sweat and tears of the Locals, and the Africans that they shipped to the states, since then it became the capitalist's paradise but at the end of the day, the dreams it sold to the people only benefited whites, or privileged people who gained power through the decades benefiting from the same abuse that their ancestors suffered from.

The Philippines is a good example too, while you could say that we are far better being more urbanized than if we remained unconquered by the Spaniards, they haven't really implemented that much into us besides the centuries of abuse and Christianity, the rest we got from the US who also colonized us mind you.

So yeah, Slavery is not helpful in any way whatsoever, and even if it was, it doesn't justify you treating someone like they are below you.

The thread is not a bad one since he asked a historical economic question and it might be interesting to discuss. My only reservation is that it is very scanty. You can always use the report to moderator button if you think it is not worth discussing.

it is the history of the past that shapes the present economy of many nations. Most of the money people and government made from slavery was used to build big cities and sponsored many inventions and scientific research in many European and American higher institutions. Income from slave trading also gave birth to big businesses that still exist. All these viable utilization of these human and financial resources contributed to the economic development of these nations.

Let me also add that the slave trade also had some economic advantages for Africans. It also led to the establishment of big cities and it also led to the Introduction of certain food crops which is currently assisting some countries earn foreign currency.

this is not a history lesson.. modern slavery happens now...

humanitarian ethics: slave trade is bad

economically:
for instance using underpaid/unpaid labour in the cobalt mines
for instance using underpaid/unpaid labour in the fashion sweat shops
for instance using underpaid/unpaid labour in the big-agri farms

leads to cheap products to make other regions/nations more profit so economically keeps products cheap to avoid major inflation whilst still making profit, which leads to good economics of avoiding inflation

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as we all see all around the world now
when paying the poor a fair wage, it results in inflation of goods. which causes bad economics

slave trade is both... helpful to world economics and brought pain and sorrow to people


as for the topic name
we are educated about the pain and sorrow of slave trade in school, but the economics of WHY is not mentioned so much. as it would make people angry about consumerism/capitalism.. so we had/have to learn about the cause and effect of slavery outside of education and then 'cancel culture' the retailers/corporations that cause/benefit from modern slavery

Really?

Did you read what you wrote.

There is nothing about your topic that needs to be discussed about here on this forum.

The slave trade happened many years ago in the 16th to the 19th century. Did you experience the slave did? Did you father or grandfather experience the slave trade? I guess not

If you need answers to your question, "Was it in any way helpful to the world economy or brought pain and sorrow to people." use Google or some Ai.

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I do not mean to sound rude or anything. I do not know you and you don't have to take this as a personal attack. All I want trying to say is that you can do better than this.

- talk about contemporary economic issues and how it affects the world economy and not some one sided topic in a forum where majority of the users didn't experience or were affected by it and definitely do not care.

My topic is a question to deliberate about this is economy board so me bringing up economy topic which I think is good to deliberate about is not something you should get angry about.

What the fuck is this topic?
Does this look like a place to discuss history?

You're Nigerian and I'm Nigerian. If you have nothing better to write about then stop creating topics and spend time reading about Bitcoin.


You should have something better to do than write about slave trade. How does this benefit the forum?

Please delete this.

What were you told about the slave trade.
Was it in any way helpful to the world economy or brought pain and sorrow to people.

Slave trade has it economic impact to the world it helped some countries grow there economy and till date that economy impact it helped to grow is still effective.

Slave trade also caused pain to people it was so painful for those seen as victims you needed to stay alive or die.

After the end of slave trade, it gave the world another face of economy activity every nation became more serious in developing there self's  and the focus of trading natural resources became more serious till date.