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Slaves which were captured by their African tribe enemies and sold to Europeans and Muslims.

The first owner of slaves in the Americas was a black guy.

History can be so brutally honest.

Correction....the first owner of slaves in the Americas were the so called “indigenous” peoples.

“The first owner of slaves in the Americas was a black guy.

History can be so brutally honest.”

And, if I’m not mistaken, so was the first seller. ;)

"The first owner of slaves in the Americas was a black guy."

I know what you are talking about, something or other Wilson, a freeman, who went to court to make his indentured african servant a perpetual slave. However, the "First people" and MesoAmericans practiced slavery long before the arrival of Columbus. Powhatten, father of Pocahantus, had slaves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_among_Native_Americans_in_the_United_States

"Several tribes held captives as hostages for payment.[2][3] Various tribes also practiced debt slavery or imposed slavery on tribal members who had committed crimes; full tribal status would be restored as the enslaved worked off their obligations to the tribal society.[2][3] Obtaining prisoners was also a strong interest for Native American warriors as for the qualification of being considered brave this was especially an interest of male warriors in various tribes.[2] Other slave-owning tribes of North America included the Comanche of Texas; the Creek of Georgia; the fishing societies, such as the Yurok, who lived in Northern California; the Pawnee; and the Klamath.[8] When St. Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565, the site already had enslaved Native Americans, whose ancestors had migrated from Cuba.[2]

The Haida and Tlingit, who lived along Alaska's southeast coast, were traditionally known as fierce warriors and slave-traders, raiding as far as California.[9][10] In their society, slavery was hereditary after slaves were taken as prisoners of war[9][10]—children of slaves were fated to be slaves themselves.[11] Among a few Pacific Northwest tribes, as many as one-fourth of the population were slaves.[9][10] They were typically captured by raids on enemy tribes, or purchased on inter-tribal slave markets. Slaves would sometimes be killed in potlatches, to signify the owners' contempt for property. "