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As some-one with an interest in the sponsering of African children through school (we have put two through), there is no doubt that parts of Africa, due to drought, famine etc i.e Chad, Ethiopia, will always be third world countrie's and need Western help.
The area's were slaves were taken from (Without consulting my books) were the more productive are'a of Africa.
It is only sense that the slave captors would not have taken Africans suffering from starvation and disease. The area's they took from were self sufficient and by modern day, those Africans, would have education, jobs and a plane ticket to America if they wanted it.