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Why didn't Kunta's father and the other men go after them?

posted 12 years ago by jack-bunny-bandit
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They could have sailed after them. Or, they could have tried to rescue the slaves before they left on the ship. Why didn't any Africa countries go to war with the United States over slavery?

[–] millsey72 (10259) 2 months ago

The only African who ever really tried to stop the slave trade was a Prince Mamawalde from the Iboni tribe. However his negotiations failed and Count Dracula turned him into a vampire he called Blacula