/* Descendants of black American slaves have accused the Lloyd’s of London insurance market and two United States companies of profiting from the slave trade in a lawsuit seeking billions of pounds in damages. The slaves were actually captured by other Africans and sold to the Europeans, but no lawsuit against the African slavers is expected. */ Slavery in Africa has existed for thousands of years, but the Europeans only bought African slaves for a few centuries. In the white world, slavery was abolished a century and a half ago, but in Africa, the practice still exists. So what do the descendants of 19th century slavery do? Try to end slavery in their home continent? Nope. Sue on the continents were they were liberated. By white people.
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