“Prior to the Transatlantic slave trade, Africans were held in high esteem internationally. Then, in answer to the critics who labeled the slave trade as barbaric, European scholars began to develop “scientific” theories of black inferiority. Books were written to support these theories, which were taught in European and American universities…
The history of African people was rewritten to remove all traces of those periods when Africans ruled Europeans, Indians, Asians, Arabs and others. Any Africans mentioned in textbooks, novels, or other literary work, were usually said to be slaves.” -From, “Slavery: The African American Psychic Trauma,” By: Sultan Latif & Naimah Latif
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