African Slave Trade & the Holocaust

Recently we have been assigned to research the African Slave Trade and the Holocaust;

African Slave Trade
"Most of the Negroes shipped off the coast of Africa are kidnapped."
          To me this line says a lot. In 1788 the world as we see it today is nothing like it was back then. People were treated unbelievable unfair, forced to be somewhere they didn't want to be or forced to go somewhere where they didn't want to go.
"The slave trade between Western Africa and the America's reached its peak in the mid-18th century when it is estimated that over 80,000 Africans annually crossed the Atlantic to spend the rest of their lives in chains." 
Traditionally African slaves were brought to preform menial or domestic labor, to serve as wives or concubines, or to enhance the status of the slave owner. 
The Atlantic Slave Trade developed after Europeans began exploring and establishing trading posts on the Atlantic (west) coast of Africa in the mid-15th century. Portuguese followed by the British and French were the first major group of European traders in the West. 

The Holocaust

Of the nine million Jews who had lived in Europe before the Holocaust, approximately two-thirds were killed. The term "Holocaust," originally from the Greek word "holokauston" which means "sacrifice by fire," refers to the Nazi's persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people.

These two situation can relate to each other with a very strong connection because of the lack of control either the Africans or the Jews had. Both were forced to to participate in something they didn't want to. Two extremely unfortunate situations that happened in our history. 

After researching both these situations I do not just have one single emotion, I have many coming and leaving my head. I feel sad and confused, my only question is why. Why did this happen to such innocent people for no good reason. Back then people were so sick and had problems that people didn't know about or could not be treated, and because of that sad and unfortunate situations were made.