▲ 18 ▼ Why didn't the former enslaved Africans return back to their homelands after the abolition of slavery throughout the Americas? (lemmygrad.ml) submitted 1 month ago by Starimi@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago (2 children) Because they were born and raised americans? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] opiumfree@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 month ago* (1 child) exactly and slavery lasted centuries. how exactly is anyone in the 1800s supposed to just look up their ancestry from the medieval ages?? another flaw in this question is treating africa as one big country and not separate nations. imagine an asian person from malaysia gets kidnaped to the US so they just deport them back to asia vaguely and they end up in mongolia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago Some didn't even come from Africa. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] opiumfree@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 month ago* (1 child) exactly and slavery lasted centuries. how exactly is anyone in the 1800s supposed to just look up their ancestry from the medieval ages?? another flaw in this question is treating africa as one big country and not separate nations. imagine an asian person from malaysia gets kidnaped to the US so they just deport them back to asia vaguely and they end up in mongolia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago Some didn't even come from Africa. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago Some didn't even come from Africa. permalink fedilink source parent