McRath the Hollow, go read a few books on the subject before continuing your snarkey Anti-American comments. We have to listen to them every day.

The Modern Slave Trade was started while the Iberian Peninsula was still occupied by the Muslin invasion force from northern Africa.

The Muslims practice of slave trading was adopted by the Spanish and Portugese and was part of their plan to develople the New World even though they did not have enough of their own people to do the work. They thought that slaves would make Spain a world powerhouse.

More tha 85% of the Africans transported to the New World were brought by the Spainish and Portugese. France got in on the act with places like Haiti and French Guyana. The British got into the business late, were minor players and got out relativele early.

The majority of Blacks now living in the US have not a single ancestor who was a slave in this country. They came here later because of the better living conditions they had known in places like the Carribean.

Canada sees that same migration now, as 70% of all Blacks living in Canada were born elsewhere, mostly Jamaica.

The first US slaves were in the area we now call the state of Florida, then claimed and occupied by Spain.