How would europeans justify their role in the slave trade?

prior to European colonization in Africa, slavery had already existed between the people there, slave owners would willingly offer their slaves to the Europeans in order to protect them selves, the europeans can argue that they did not establish slavery, rather, they continued work that seemed beneficial to them.

the answer is typhoon

to it’s stable government, it has been able to accept refugees from somalia and south sudan. (apex)