english: Most African slavery had no deeper reason than legal punishment or intertribal warfare, but the Europeans  who preached a universal religion, and who had long ago  outlawed enslaving fellow Christians, needed justification for a practice so obviously at odds  with their ideals of equality.
non_english: Robovlasništvo u Africi najčešće nije imalo dublje razloge od kažnjavanja ili unutar plemenskih ratova, ali Evropljanima,  koji su propovedali univerzalnu religiju i koji su odavno zakonom zabranili porobljavanje braće hrišćana, bilo je potrebno opravdanje za ovaj čin koji se tako očigledno kosio s njihovim idealom jednakosti.