SLAVERY WAS BORN OF EMPIRE

 

Slavery was born of Empire

But not a European one

Slavery existed for centuries

In fact, thousands of years

Way before Europe rose to the fore

Even the Romans came late to the party

Following in Greece’s footsteps

Peoples were enslaved

From around the globe

Where there were trade routes

There was slaving

Arabs traded slaves bought

From African tribesmen

Muslims enslaved slavs

Turks enslaved Ukrainians

Mongols reached into the heart of Europe

And took slaves by the thousand

White Europeans became involved

Black enslaved black

White has enslaved white

I don’t know if it will ever end

I certainly hope so

But what I do know is

That the British didn’t invent it