Historical Accuracy
John Dewar Gleissner wrote: "Roots depicted over half a dozen separate and inaccurate myths about slavery: Slaves were captured with nets by whites. Kidnapping by whites was the prime source of slaves. ... The truth is that most slaves were captured during wars, those wars being between different African powers." Through a series of conflicts, primarily with the Fulani Jihad States, about half of the Senegambian Mandinka were converted to Islam while as many as a third were sold into slavery to the Americas through capture in conflict.
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