 that were sold by african leaders to the europeans made it to the united states of america most one elsewhere correct yes uh... that that's correct and united states uh... was very strong uh... steeped in that anglo uh... common law tradition of actually recognizing people's rights which in a lot of ways states back to uh... things that by the pope's in the sixteenth century uh... on limiting the practice of slavery so the catholic church was right there