'Blacks Were Not Able To Free Themselves, Whites Did':David Barton Credits Whites For Ending Slavery

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14. In a way, they have a point

yes, the point is weird when applied to the US as it's whites who resorted to slavery to begin with. But seen from a world history perspective, the point is less ludicrous: slavery was widespread in Africa way before western colonialism, and Europeans only came in third as enslavers behind Africans themselves and Arab/Muslim traders. Taking the Sudan as an example, it is western colonizers who abolished age old slavery which has resurfaced decades after independence. So, if I may venture the image, the history of slavery and its abolition is not all black and white.