Trick question.
Only ~45 million people died in the 19th century due to unnatural causes, and most of those were wars, which are generally not reckoned as murders.
The Islamic slave trade is the non-war winner, at 3 million people killed.
Only ~45 million people died in the 19th century due to unnatural causes, and most of those were wars, which are generally not reckoned as murders.
The Islamic slave trade is the non-war winner, at 3 million people killed.
The runner up is the Atlantic slave trade, at 2.5 million dead. You COULD blame that on “white men”, although it was a combination of Europeans and Africans.
We should note that “white men”—the British—ENDED the North Atlantic Slave Trade once and for all in the 19th century.
We should note that “white men”—the British—ENDED the North Atlantic Slave Trade once and for all in the 19th century.
The Americans fucked around for another 1/2 century because we were trying not to destroy our republic—but we also finally ended the execrable practice of slavery.
The Islamic world never would have, if the British hadn’t forced the issue.
Since Islam is firmly pro-slavery.
The Islamic world never would have, if the British hadn’t forced the issue.
Since Islam is firmly pro-slavery.
