In America, slavery was initially an Indian imposition, until Bartolome de las Casas received papal permission to exploit Africans as slaves to replace the Indians who, reportedly, died like flies from working in the tropical West Indian sun. The unholy union of European greed and African elites brought untold hardship, suffering and death to uncounted millions, for centuries. It is in this context, then, that the coming of African American elites, businessmen and politicians, back to Africa, as part of the White House trade mission to West, Central and Southern Africa, raises concern. Here, again, we look to history for lessons, where black Americans returned to Africa, over a century ago, only to plunge indigenous, free African people into virtual bondage to US capital. The case is Liberia.
Politicians only care about making the work safe for capital.
For over 400 years, blacks suffered in a searing American hell because African elites and white capital joined hands.