hmmm, this is something that i am interested in.
when i was at school ( a state school in north london) i was puzzled that there seemed to be a divide between the dark and light coloured children. maybe i have an idea why it is now. but i need to know more. any thoughts would be welcome...
at some point i heard that when the captives were sold in the new world ports they were seperated from their own people and mixed up with others from different african backgrounds. my idea is this:
no one should be an island - we are full humans by being part of some culture or other. by breaking off each person from their culture the dealers or buyers commited another crime, which is different from slavery. we might say that they killed cultures. in our language we don't have a name for such a crime. that is a sign that we are pretty clueless about what we have done in this case.
we learned at school that we had a past in slavery, but not that it was more than that. If what i said above is true, then it was more than that.
i've looked a bit in the library and online, but there is nothing that i can find on this exact matter. any info/thoughts appreciated.