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Middle East & Africa By Babu G. Ranganathan
Slavery was practiced by Africans against other Africans, when one African kingdom or tribe conquered another African kingdom or tribe, long before Europeans ever saw an African or thought of enslaving Africans. This is why it was easy for Europeans to get African chiefs to fight and conquer other tribes in order to obtain slaves. The African chiefs, in turn, received gold, silver, and other precious commodities in payment. Many in society, blacks and whites, tend to think that Africans were easy for the taking and that Africans were only naked savages because they see pictures of them coming aboard on slave ships with no clothes. The fact is many Africans of that time, depending on their class in society, were often well-dressed but everyone, the poor as well as the other classes of society, were made naked before entering the slave ships. It's not because all of them were found naked. Why does all of this matter? It matters because the perception that all Africans lived naked in their societies and were easy for the taking to be made into slaves naturally causes people of African descent and whites, as well as others in society, to have a sense of disrespect, even revulsion and loathing, for being African or Black. Of course, these things shouldn't matter when it comes to why we should respect our fellow human beings, but it is a natural tendency because of sinful human nature to think diminutively of the weak. No one, by nature, desires to be associated with weakness. Knowing the true facts of history concerning African slavery may restore some natural dignity and pride to those of African heritage, but the greatest and best of reasons for uplifting dignity among those of African descent as well as for all others in society is knowing that all of us have been created in the image of God and that in Jesus Christ we are all equally his spiritual children. The author, Babu G. Ranganathan, is an experienced Christian writer. Mr. Ranganathan has his B.A. with academic concentrations in Bible and Biology from Bob Jones University. As a religion and science writer he has been recognized in the 24th edition of Marquis Who's Who In The East. The author's articles have been published in various publications including Russia's Pravda and South Korea's The Seoul Times. The author's website may be accessed at: http://www.religionscience.com. ![]() Life on Mars Could Have Come from Earth Understanding God in Reformed Theology Why America Doesn't Need Foreign Oil The Woman Who Couldn't Become President Why Genetic Similarities Don't Prove Evolution! Do Corporations Owe Anything To Society? Why Obama Won't Separate From His Pastor Fossil Doesn't Support Bat Evolution! Tribal Warfare Hinders Progress in Kenya Understanding Intelligent Design Theory Many Indian Christians Are Suffering! How All The Races Came from Adam and Eve How Do Egg Yolks Turn into Chickens? Where Are All the Half-Evolved Turtles? Natural Laws Vs. Intelligent Design? What Is Liberal Theology? Scientists Are Not Creating Life! The Genetic Boundaries of Evolution Rational Christian Response to Ayn Rand Jerusalem: The Babylon of Revelation of 14:8? Any Life on Mars Came from Earth! Have Scientists Created Life? Christ Fulfilled The Sabbath! Modern Israel Not Fulfillment of Bible Prophecy Madonna and The Cross Egypt: The Land of Ham Where Are The Half-Evolved Chipmunks? In Nature But Not Invented By Nature Darwin Only Had A Theology Degree! Popular Misconceptions About Hell Christ Was Begotten, Not Created! The Christian Response to Homosexuals Evolutionists Wrong About Entropy On Real Black History God and Science Traditional Doctrine of Hell Has Greek Roots The Facts of Life Reviewed Are There Natural Limits To Evolution? Tale of Two Dogs Israel and The Land Science and a Young Earth Creationists Right on Entropy, Evolution Negro Slavery and The Myth of Ham's Curse Where Are All The Half-Evolved Dinosaurs? How Does My DNA Work? Common Misconceptions on Evolution Intelligent Design On An Another Planet? Entropy: Enemy of Evolution? The author, Babu G. Ranganathan, is an experienced Christian writer. Mr. Ranganathan has his B.A. with academic concentrations in Bible and Biology from Bob Jones University. As a religion and science writer he has been recognized in the 24th edition of Marquis Who's Who In The East. The author's articles have been published in various publications including Russia's Pravda and South Korea's The Seoul Times. The author's website may be accessed at: http://www.religionscience.com.
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