I am beginning to see that you have not really done much research regarding the institution of slavery and even more specifically the history of slavery for Africans. You seem to confine your research to the history of African slaves in America.
Here is a bit of history for you… note, that slavery existed long before the first white men showed up… also note, slavery continued long after it was ended in the US… The reason “white slavers” went to Africa at the time to secure slaves was because there were so many of them… and the African slaveowners were selling them for low prices relative to the cost of slaves elsewhere. It was not their skin color that attracted the slavers, but the fact that they were so prevalent. Sadly, they did become even more prevalent due to the fact that tribes were always at war, poverty was rampant, and like in Europe, slavery was preferred by rulers over imprisonment.
The closest parallels were Slavs almost a thousand years earlier. The word “slave” derives from the “Slav” because at one time there were so many “white” Slavs in bondage… it became common to refer to all people in bondage as “Slavs”… even if they were German, English, or other races.
Central Africa
A slave market in Khartoum, c. 1876
Elderly female slave, c. 1911/15, owned by Njapundunke, mother of the Bamum king Ibrahim Njoya
Oral tradition recounts slavery existing in the Kingdom of Kongo from the time of its formation with Lukeni lua Nimi enslaving the Mwene Kabunga whom he conquered to establish the kingdom.[122] Early Portuguese writings show that the Kingdom did have slavery before contact, but that they were primarily war captives from the Kingdom of Ndongo.[122][123]
Slavery was common along the Upper Congo River, and in the second half of the 18th century the region became a major source of slaves for the Atlantic Slave Trade,[124] when high slave prices on the coast made long-distance slave trading profitable.[125] When the Atlantic trade came to an end, the prices of slaves dropped dramatically, and the regional slave trade grew, dominated by Bobangi traders.[126] The Bobangi also purchased a large number of slaves with profits from selling ivory, who they used to populate their villages.[127] A distinction was made between two different types of slaves in this region; slaves who had been sold by their kin group, typically as a result of undesirable behavior such as adultery, were unlikely to attempt to flee.[128] In addition to those considered socially undesirable, the sale of children was also common in times of famine.[129] Slaves who were captured, however, were likely to attempt to escape and had to be moved hundreds of kilometers from their homes as a safeguard against this.[130][131]
The slave trade had a profound impact on this region of Central Africa, completely reshaping various aspects of society.[132] For instance, the slave trade helped to create a robust regional trade network for the foodstuffs and crafted goods of small producers along the river.[3] As the transport of only a few slaves in a canoe was sufficient to cover the cost of a trip and still make a profit,[133] traders could fill any unused space on their canoes with other goods and transport them long distances without a significant markup on price.[134] While the large profits from the Congo River slave trade only went to a small number of traders, this aspect of the trade provided some benefit to local producers and consumers.[135]”
Calling me a white supremacist even as my values are pretty clearly seen in my lives and my children seems a bit childish name calling. The fact that I married an Asian woman and of my five children only one married a white man suggests our family values are not linked to race in any way. We see people for the “content” of their character and the “color” of their skin. We choose our friends that way and even our mates.
In our family, race is nothing more than a climatic mutation that spread from individuals to tribes over time and is now breaking down because “race” simply does not matter in the face of modern technology. In contrast, you come across as almost “racist” defining me by my skin color and even yourself by skin color. That is the definition of racism.
Perhaps because we are so multi racial in our family we can look at history with more honest eyes, than someone who views it with specific racial bias. Your “connection” to slavery is no different than that of my five African American grandchildren… they never experienced it… but they have read about it…
