[DEFCON28]

> members of the neighboring Dahomian tribe captured him and took him to the coast. There, he and about 120 others were sold into slavery and crammed onto the Clotilda, the last slave ship to reach the continental United States.

Even repeating a sentence about this that appeared in the original article gets downvoted and reported. Why is this such a sensitive thing to talk about?

[crispyporkbites]

Because it goes against the narrative that white people have and continue to oppress black people. The reality is much more complex than that.