Why Is the USA Blamed for Slavery When the First African Slaves Were Brought by the Spaniards?

Question by gws35: Why is the USA blamed for slavery when the first African slaves were brought by the Spaniards?
The first African slaves in America were brought by the Spaniards shortly after Christopher Columbus landed in the islands of the Carribean. They were needed after most of the locals died from European diseases brought by the Spaniards, and they needed somebody to work the tobacco fields.

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Answer by qncyguy21
Since when is the USA being blamed for slavery?

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3 Responses to Why Is the USA Blamed for Slavery When the First African Slaves Were Brought by the Spaniards?

  • Françoise ? says:

    So you are saying America shouldn’t be blamed for something they did just because a different country did it also. Shouldn’t you have grown out of this type of behavior around say, kindergarten?

  • S B says:

    Actually, they were brought by the Portuguese. And the U.S. was the last western democracy to continue to use slaves. Typical Con.

  • lms42092 says:

    who blames the US for slavery?
    and columbus enslaved the native people when he found the americas

    and africans perpetuated slavery themselves by capturing and selling people from rival tribes

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