In general, slavery in Africa was not heritable – that is, the children of slaves were free – while in the Americas, children of slave mothers were considered born into slavery.
从总体上讲，非洲奴隶制是非继承性的 – 就是说，奴隶的孩子是自由人 – 然而，在美洲，只要母亲是奴隶的，孩子都是奴隶。