{{quotation|The African so-called slave "trade" was a demand-driven market out of Europe and America, not a supply-driven market out of Africa. We did not seek to sell captives to the Whites as an original act.<ref> [http://www.africawithin.com/maafa/did_we_sell.htm Did We Sell Each Other Into Slavery?]</ref> }}
{{quotation|The African so-called slave "trade" was a demand-driven market out of Europe and America, not a supply-driven market out of Africa. We did not seek to sell captives to the Whites as an original act.<ref> [http://www.africawithin.com/maafa/did_we_sell.htm Did We Sell Each Other Into Slavery?]</ref> }}
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Scholars and commentators have noted that, despite the injustice of slavery itself, the African slave trade did result in the descendants of slaves living a far better quality of life than their African counterparts.