What's surprising is that after the Africans learned how to blacksmith, they didn't just go home.

…nce, black people from Africa learned valuable trades, like blacksmithing. That’s a hidden benefit. And apparently, the only way to teach an African blacksmithing was to forcibly bring them across the ocean in one of the worst genocides of human history. They didn’t have Youtube back then, see. If only this video had been available back in the day, th…
Ten Things That Seem Really Horrible But That Have “Hidden Benefits”
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Christine Stevens
Patrick Metzger
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Jul 27, 2023
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What's surprising is that after the Africans learned how to blacksmith, they didn't just go home. They must have been really happy here!
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Written by Patrick Metzger8.4K Followers
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