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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett View Post
Breeding such traits in only a few generations highly unlikely.

From my understanding, slave shippers, with substantial help from African tribes themselves (the part many history books gloss over), weren't overly interested in individual traits, but rather sheer numbers ... more slaves that made it over alive, the more money made for shippers.
The part above was only true until the 1820s. When Britain banned slave shipping and ENFORCED it on all ships, the economic dynamics changed. That's why there were slave breeding operations in the United States and other places. http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=...farm& f=false
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