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

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15. Chattel slavery?

The Spanish. Followed by the French and the British. Taking off from the Muslim slave trade that they'd seen and been subjected to for centuries. Of course, the Europeans didn't routinely castrate their slaves, but did have lower standards for their treatment.

Slavery itself, however, wasn't uncommon among native tribes and the practice was scattered over North and Central America. Probably South America, too, but I've never bothered to check on that. In some few cases, those enslaved were treated more humanely than some view chattel slavery--they were destined as the victims of ritual sacrifice.

When whites took Native Americans as slaves, it may not exactly have been a novel idea for those being enslaved.

Probably not the answer you wanted, so I expect the definitions to be shifted and changed until you can blame the right group and only the right group.