Some claimed that by enslaving Africans, they would be “saving lost souls, ” as they were rescuing these foreigners from their pagan way of life.
فادّعى البعض انه باسترقاق الافريقيين ،‏ « ينقذون النفوس الضالة » ،‏ لأنهم يخلِّصون هؤلاء الغرباء من طريقة حياتهم الوثنية .‏