10 Lies You’re Told About American Slavery

Slavery remains one of the most uncomfortable subjects in the history of the United States of America. Indeed, it can hardly be relegated to being only American “history” as we’ll soon see in greater depth. There are large groups of historical revisionists that have a vested interest in trying to downplay it or reshape it in a way that’s more comfortable for their agendas. There are also some people that have grown up with overly simplistic versions of slavery in the past and its current state. We here at TopTenz will strive do our small part to push back against both.
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10. “Abolitionism was a Popular Northern Movement”
9. “The American Civil War was Not About Slavery”
8. “Slaves Fought for the Confederacy”
7. “Slaves were Rarely Killed by Labor”
6. “Freed Slaves Took Control of Southern Governments After the American Civil War”
5. “Slaves Were Only Owned by the Wealthiest”
4. “Even if the South Won the Civil War, Slavery Would Have Ended Shortly After”
3. “The First Slaves in America Were White People!”
2. “Slavery was a Southern Problem”
1. “Slavery is Illegal in America”
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[@RoyRecinos]

Separation of families was one of the worst aspects of slavery and happened constantly.

[@CobaltBob]

*Well, I've got my popcorn ready. Time to sit down on the couch, and watch the Uncivil War breakout in the comment section.*

[@deathbycognitivedissonance5036]

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[@orchidrose1410]

😂 so I watched the video and just now came back to read what I thought was going to be all out war in the comments section. I have to say, I’m kinda disappointed, they weren’t as “entertaining” as I had thought.

[@Grim2]

Daaaaamn, Conrad. Your comment's so edgy you could poke someones eye out with it!

[@untamedpandasweg8986]

Shark Snack This won't disappoint. I'm quite aggressive with my speech. Because I want to get my points across quickly and effectively. Time is invaluable. I've done over 1,000 hours of Political and Philosophical research. I update this constantly, look for new versions if you're interested. I make a '*Right Now' playlist for the videos I'm watching every day. A lot of my Research Material is in my 'Proof of Concept' playlist. Here's my findings. :) (There's also Fun Facts and Exercise Advice.) In the wee hours of 9/11/17, I watched the movie 'Friday', after watching the American Horror Story Season 7 Pilot. The Lefty Brainwashing is so strong- I had to detox and was much happier watching a movie from 1995 about Black Neighborhood Life, rather than the Divisive Propaganda of Modern Media on TV. I ended that day by watching 'Next Friday', made in 2000, we can't live in the past forever, but Nostalgia for the Long Long Ago FeelsGoodMan. :D >One White Nationalist is Violent< *Reaction:* "ALL THESE VIOLENT NAZIS!!!!" >Islamists Behead and Enslave people consistently< *Reaction:* "That's not _all_ Muslims, you dumb bigot." This kind of thinking is what's causing Political Violence. Have you noticed how there's Political Violence? That's happening because people don't have Arguments. They have Outrage- Feelings. I'm trying to make the World an objectively better place. One Person and Comments Section at a time. There are Slaves still. Yet White Americans are Evil for partaking in and ending Slavery long ago. Nobody is even allowed to save people where there are Slaves to this day, and people that have never been Slaves, are complaining about their Ancestors being in Slavery. Yet don't care about the Millions that are Slaves today. We can't win with Logic, apparently. The Founding Father's of America allow us, through their actions, to prevent larger Wars, with War. Like how Land Conquests between Countries don't happen much anymore. Ever notice that? We're basically trying to force the World to be Peaceful, (Canada Loves it), one death of a person that doesn't allow World Peace at a time. Who else does that? (Without forcing Religious Ideology) I'm not saying that the US should determine how every System of Government that exists across the Globe should be, or choose the Leaders. Just enforce Peace, and make sure Innocent Peoples Natural Human Rights aren't being Infringed upon. Nobody else cares enough or has the Resources. America keeps all the other Western Countries from being Invaded with Guns, so the EU Politicians are bringing in Violent, Child Raping, Gay Murders to replace the Populace. But I'm the problem... Why? The Gawds I worship are RNGesus, Kek, and Lord Gaben. That's my Holy Trinity. 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I do this plus around an hour of Cardio- you don't have to Run- just Jog and Fast Walk, but Running burns Calories faster. We're on our way, in America, to a Civil/Race War. All Racists should be called out, but they aren't, only one side is. Better get used to being pressured to feel 'White Guilt.' They think Reparations are Just, when 5% of people that are all long dead, owned people that are all long dead. And if that had never happened, the people that are here, asking for Money for Skin Color, wouldn't have been Born here. But Facts don't matter- just Feelings- when dealing with the Alt-Left. YT only cares about you if you stay PC and don't say anything against something a Feminist says is good. Susan, the CEO of YT is a SJW. She had the YT Team program the YT Video Monitoring Algorithm to target Keywords in the Title, Description, and Tags of all videos Uploaded, even if they're not Public. Then Blacklist Channels and put most of their videos in a "Limited State," also known as Demonetize them if it finds anything it's been told to dislike. I believe many channels like popular Music don't have these limitations. You also have to have 1,000 Views on your video before it qualifies for "Manual Review," so you miss out on that Ad Revenue, and can't have videos uploaded a week in advance, in Private, so they could be Manually Approved before the viewer rush when the Notification goes out. This is what Restricted Speech looks like. Not being given the same opportunities because of how you Speak. That's the most Anti-American bullshit that can happen. Get fucking Educated, Research for yourself, the Truth. People will just tell you what to think. Search for the Truth. The Internet is everywhere, you're just letting the Knowledge Potential go to waste. You're the only thing stopping You. 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Build the Wall out of Hard Plastic from Landfills and line it with Solar Panels! :D There are 3 things I know of to modify text on YT. _ , - , and * . _This,_ -This,- and *This. ;)* Everything inside the symbols will change, they must be only touching one side of one character, with both on the very end of what you're changing. You cannot have anything touching the outside of the Symbols. Observe. *1* , *1 * *1*. :) Just because something doesn't make you feel good, doesn't mean it's not what's better for the World. Being a World Superpower doesn't happen without Money. Neither does Socialism. 50% of Americas spending is on Social and Welfare Benefits, 25% on the Military, and 16% on Education. We have a $20 Trillion Deficit, and it's not because of War. Many more people would be dead if other Countries were allowed to act as they like, and the Military keeps Americans Employed. I realize America isn't perfect. 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Hiding from these things allows for Women to be Raped and Murdered. But you probably dislike ME for just talking about it and trying to solve it. Fuck you stupid Virtue Signaling Snowflakes that do. Muslim Rapefugees/Immigrants negatively impact Western Culture and Civilizations on a Net scale. Islamists will Kill, Convert, or Enslave everyone you know if given the chance. 50% of British Muslims wouldn't Report a Terror Plot if discovered. Enjoy the Cancerous and Useful Knowledge you now know. :D

[@larryroberts2792]

lord....first thing that came to my mind.

[@mattybones1596]

The North wanted slavery ended but didn't want former slaves living amongst themselves. Deep dive that one. It's a damned dark topic and slavery will always be. So many issues we could go over. Great video

[@johnjackson7045]

plus the north monetized from products and goods from the south.

[@rebelsoul5980]

Every race, gender, age, religion, and nation participated and were victims of slavery!!

[@leavefollow1698]

Even the language used is biased and oppressive. Dark doesn't mean negative or bad in any way scientifically, historically, factually -- yet people keep talking this talk.

[@tanukiZoot]

@@leavefollow1698so you think slavery is a positive thing? Genuinely, wtf

[@leavefollow1698]

@@tanukiZoot Did you really come to the conclusion that slavery only happened to dark-skinned people or something? How did you even connect what I said to what you said? Seriously, wtf!!!

[@jessicaavery1080]

Living in the south, Ive never shied away from that dark period. But i have always been annoyed that the north try to come away squeaky clean from the whole affair

[@lunalea1250]

Ur doing the same thing he is talking about!😤

[@russlehman2070]

I can't argue with you. It's not as if the northern states have been paragons of tolerance and equality. For most of the history of the US, they treated black people only somewhat less badly than the south.

[@HansLennros-ry5iz]

@@russlehman2070 As is described in the video there were many small households both in the North and South holding slaves. It was almost always just one white and one black family. There existed very seldom (if ever) an owner-slave relationship between them. Their kids grew up together as friends, they helped each other taking care of their old folks, the white and black men were working shoulder to shoulder in the fields.

[@russlehman2070]

@@HansLennros-ry5iz Yeah. It was all just a really nice cozy interacial family, apart from the fact that the white family sometimes sold the black family's kids.

[@HansLennros-ry5iz]

@@russlehman2070 I've also heard they ate them.

[@zappawoman5183]

"Many slaves died before the age of twelve...worked so hard they had lesions on their bones," that is some horrific information.

[@annonymouslibertairian9120]

We are talking about a period of time that killed people by tooth decay and consumption. Did people miss treat slaves? Yes. But they still had to sleep at night.

[@zigowl1193]

@@annonymouslibertairian9120 yeah. Kinda like those ISIS guys. 😒

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*They died because the stuff they stole kept banging against their Legs while running, causing bone damage and or severing the Femoral Artery. So there.*

[@d.wingate3755]

@Nice Guy Eddie I came across an area where there was a ferry crossing and a high bank on one side. Things looked as if something was there at one time. Then I came across a Cemetery . All grown up with large trees Head stones at all angles or laying flat on the ground. I cleaned alot of these off so I could read the names and dates. The oldest I found was 1834 born. The youngest was 1920. I didn't check many. But I noticed after a while , that there were alot of very young children buried here. A few very old people. And others. But alot of very young. You a absolutely correct a lot children died of diseases and injuries. In those days. He left alot out. Like after the Civil War . Alot of black former slaves got elected to Congress. And other offices. The KKK was started by the Democratic party the go after these black men. The Democratic south did want to give that kind of power to the Black people and fought against it. This kept going on with the J.C.Laws and the KKK. The Democratic party had a strangle hold on the South. All the way til about 1950's. When Pres

[@d.wingate3755]

@Nice Guy Eddie President Eisenhower came into office. He started the change. Alot of what you hear about the civil war is alot of hearsay. Or worse. Political. For awhile there I thought the division between the races in America was getting better and we were getting closer to being equals. But then the politicians got a hold of it and now we are degressing and Racism is returning.

[@thisguy4135]

And thank you for mentioning that slavery is still legal within the 13th Amendment. That's an important detail which is overlooked

[@shiashia8463]

This Guy okay I’m tracking down the slaves I lost generations ago

[@God-7____]

@@shiashia8463 try at your peril

[@heavyhanded1782]

RealDarin Loveland then they can’t even be hired on after serving their time because of their record.

[@victorbergman9169]

This Guy yes as a form of punishment

[@Bochanable]

America the land of the free and the brave! Yeah right!

[@anthonytippett5997]

I work in law enforcement. I’ll just say that an inmates rights are damn near close to being slave labor. Sometimes it feels like the only reason it’s not 100% is because media coverage would blow it up

[@alvinhenderson971]

I’m trying to alert the public about the similarities between the corrections system and slavery.I would love to converse with you later on this topic.

[@timbot87]

Some states have minimum incarnation rates requiring them to keep the jail's at a certain percentage of population or the state gets fined BY THE PRISONS. For profit prisons or "private" prisons are literally endentured servitude.

[@51dbail]

Are you high!!! Inmates have more rights than the guards do!!

[@diamond_dog627]

Please watch 13th Amendment documentary. You are absolutely right!

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

Agreed

[@charlesdavis1080]

Another aspect of the economics of slavery is the fact that most slaves were born and raised on the plantations and not bought greatly increasing the profit margin. If a planter had more slaves than he needed he could sell them. A renewal resource.

[@SandfordSmythe]

Slavery was at the heart of the South's banking system and were used as collaterial for loans

[@nigrodda]

I am German, so I know what its like to feel awful about the actions of peoples past but remember the children of the oppressed are owed nothing by the children of the oppressors. You do not have to feel guilty about what your ancestors did. Just strive to never be like them.

[@nigrodda]

Damn, if only there was a place we could put all the white people and make them work off their debt to American minorities.

[@kieranwynne-tear262]

Tactless86 beautifully said

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

+Walter Foxx Here here! Very well put. ✓

[@bighandsomehoosier]

Walter Foxx there is, it's called D.C. Dark City, Virginia.

[@whitepatriarch1708]

Walter Foxx your people are so propagandized into hating themselves that you are committing demographic suicide. Literally in few generations there will be no more Germans and Germany will be divided amongst immigrants. All you and your ancestors worked hard to build will go to people who did nothing to earn it. Do you really think you deserve such fate as a nation, no matter what your ancestors did?

[@Dbonkerz81]

"Many slaves died before the age of 12" 😲 I can't imagine the suffering those kids went through.

[@authorcandacephillips-ande1460]

You don't have to imagine it because it's a lie! The male child was critical to the masters so that they may bread more slave children. The male was often sold to other plantations to make children. They were called "Bucks." My husband's great-grandfather was blessed. He bought his freedom papers, and we still have it into OUR ARCHIVE along with many other facts. He was also a "BUCK!" He went to many plantations and made MANY children!! This myth that has just been played are LIES!!!!!

[@denisesalt9729]

@Ru22eLL Actually slaves were treated worse in the Caribbean Islands where the life span of many slaves was only 7 years. There is documentation in Library of Congress Slave Narratives and other books that shows a form of threat to slaves was being sent to the Caribbean or Southern Americas. Slavery was often more barbaric which seems impossible but true. You can look it up if you are really interested.

[@annferguson3113]

@Jim Elliott If they came directly from the continent of Africa, they survived the first infection. Yellow fever came from Africa. It was a gift from the continent.

[@russlehman2070]

Before modern medical care and sanitation, infant and child mortality typically ran around 50% everywhere. However, I think it was very likely worse for slaves.

[@imitatioDei]

Still happening all over the world.

[@70mmgomp]

I have been watching your videos for many years now ... you often cover more relevant ground in your videos than many hour-long documentaries! Wish all involved ongoing success. Simon you are a great presenter! :-)

[@timan2039]

You will not find and accurate American history text book in any elementary, middle or high school in the US.

[@t.c.thompson2359]

Better in the North than the South

[@OldHeathen1963]

Get Texas out of the school book business!!!

[@XYZincPlays]

By your logic we wouldn't be able to tell if the books were accurate because our knowledge is based on flawed information, so our information is therefore flawed.

[@galebh9715]

@@t.c.thompson2359 yeah OK bud..

[@adam346]

i do love the idea that a guy that actually believes that slavery "wasn't that bad" or that the civil war was not about slavery clicks on this video expecting confirmation.

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

Best Comment

[@frederickkriesel2724]

Also can you provide a source to them? I will wait.

[@nfgrune1565]

This video is filled with lack of research and half truths. If you knew basic history, you’d know that ❤️

[@jeffwalker1322]

adam so you approve of videos that teach lies? History really is forgotten Those that think they know history are just fools that believe what public schools taught them. There are original paper from the time period that were written as it was happening. I know you won’t try to find them because you are proud in your ignorance. .

[@God-7____]

@@MAGGOT_VOMIT not a single valid source says that. None

[@darthguilder1923]

Interesting, can you do a video on the Arab slave trade.

[@DanteChazydarthvader]

only in your dreams

[@battybethc]

Dante Chazy 👍

[@battybethc]

Thomas Ellington 👍

[@thatoneguy33198]

Only if it makes white people look like racist ok?

[@Brainchild69]

Actually they did do a video about slavery throughout history, and I believe it did mention arab slave trading-though my memory is not great.

[@allencaddell3859]

Anyone who believes that they are better because of the color of their skin are absolutely fools. Character, personality and integrity is what makes someone stand out, but by no means perfect. We as humans are flawed the very day that we are born. Arrogance is truly what makes a human worse than anyone else. But when others lift up an individual, then the individual is truly great. Not one who isn't humble.

[@grandmalovesmebest]

Ppl who believe they are less or rather believe others think they are less bc of the color of their skin, are programmed fools believing that it is to their advantage to accept constant charity by another color of ppl, are only dupes who have sacrificed the freedoms that were given them ages ago for the one freedom of not achieving anything of value for themselves.

[@helenkeller9458]

@@grandmalovesmebest who believes they are less because of skin color?

[@vegasfarmer1521]

@@helenkeller9458 he's projecting his emotions hard asf

[@tesmith47]

not really the only criteria is power, and the concentration of power by the ruling group

[@SolProxy]

@@helenkeller9458 I bet there's some soy-boys in the U.S feeling bad about slavery and hate being white.

[@michaelwatson5665]

Also a little side note...There were still black slaves for about 10 years on some of the native American reservations. So, it didn't end in 1865 for everyone.

[@Selena-js8mq]

@Jannett Snow Your response is unnecessary, yes there were white slaves but not in the UNITED STATES, which is what the entire video is about smh.

[@Selena-js8mq]

@KRL Productions Yes about slavery in the United States, in which whites were not slaves but rather mere indentured servants

[@Selena-js8mq]

@KRL Productions What does that have to do with anything...I’m talking about the USA wtf do Indians have to do with anything

[@justinyoder5019]

😂 slavery has never ended they just call it human trafficking now

[@pedronabais1456]

@@justinyoder5019 lol duuh? ofc criminals always exist, you understand was about making it illegal right?

[@davidgdraper6269]

Why don’t we talk about how slavery still exists throughout the world.

[@remyatempest6700]

David G Draper Agreed, but we also have to still talk about American slavery(South Caribbean and North) as it is the root of the problems and divide we face today...sadly

[@kristiebass]

Because we're talking about American slavery right now. Keep up.

[@gobzdzilla]

Because REAL problems aren't getting enough views?

[@nortonsnale5968]

Yeah, especially in Libya, after Hillary got done with it.

[@burtfergusonshackleford7616]

The reminders of slavery will never cease nor will it be rectified in America because it is a strong part of the victimhood mentality prevalent among minorty groups in America. Accepting responsibility is just too much! "It's the white man's fault!"

[@johnseidle655]

The fact that people are still here in the comments defending slavery is appalling.

[@drisko0007]

John Seidle I agree it's quite amazing actually the range of logical fallacies one sees here. Whenever I see these I read them as justifications.

[@billolsen4360]

They're NOT defending slavery. They're just trying to draw 1000 red herrings across the trail in order to defend that cesspool called the Confederacy and absolve all the traitors who made war against the government they'd sworn to defend, like Robert E Lee and Jefferson Davis.

[@russlehman2070]

@@drisko0007 I will give the leaders of the Confederacy credit for one thing: They, in all probability, ended slavery in the US much sooner than it would have ended otherwise. Lincoln was not an abolitionist. However, he did want to prohibit further expansion of slavery into the territories. Due to butthurt about not being able to export their "way of life" to the West, they hatched the brilliant scheme of secession. My guess (and all anybody can do is guess) is that, had the southern states accepted the election of Lincoln, and worked on thwarting his agenda in Congress, slavery would have persisted another 30 - 50 years. Instead, they ended it in 5 years, but at a horrible cost (born mostly by the South) in death and destruction.

[@matonmongo]

Probably not so surprising when a 2016 poll by Time magazine showed that roughly 20% of Trump voters still believe that freeing the slaves was a 'bad idea'. And no doubt a lotta those same folks are 'represented' here in the comments.

[@theheretic3764]

Bill Olsen nope. No red herrings here. The confederacy wasn’t a cesspool. And the extreme vast majority of it had sworn no such oath. They seceded. They weren’t traitors.

[@johnswoodgadgets9819]

I have both slave owners and abolitionists in my ancestry. It is also highly likely that I have slave DNA in my veins because of that situation. I certainly have well-documented slave owner DNA. I personally will not tolerate slavery in my country. I will not tolerate any defense of slavery unchallenged in my presence. Also, I will take no personal responsibility for that institution whatsoever. The only redeeming factor in the institution of slavery, or any discussion thereof is in its passing, and the assurance that it does not return.

[@alfredgregory6473]

It’s sad that truth is not taught in schools

[@eytankollin342]

I don't know where they're getting their facts. I taught American history for decades. Many of the assertions are just flat out wrong. I and every U.S. history teacher I talked with in my decades long career taught that the abolitionists were a tiny minority until well into the Civil War. We taught that the North was implicit in the slave trade from colonial times. We taught that the South absolutely left the Union over slavery and the other reasons usually given done so after the war and would not have on their own caused Secession. Only one quarter of southerners did own slaves and the vast majority of that 25% owned three or less. Of course 50% of Confederate officers owned slaves. The officer core was made up of plantation owning families! The amazing thing was that only half the confederate office corp. owned slaves. Top 10''s insistent need to make the USA evil and ignorant is a common theme in many of their videos. For instance they insist that the USA has one of the highest if not the highest incarceration rates in the world. This is true. If you actually trust the figures put out by China, Russia, Iran North Korea, etc. When you factor in the numbers from such independent agencies like Amnesty international, etc. The USA falls down that list mighty fast. One may question why one should automatically believe such independent agencies. OK. Fair enough. But then why would you automatically believe the numbers provided to you by nations that have lied to the rest of the world time and time again? To reiterate, I and my fellow US history teachers did not teach the history of slavery the way they not only imply but flat out state we do. Where the hell did Top 10 get their facts? A Alabama history book from 1951? A website called, 'The Southern cause, done taught right..., yeehaw"? I would dearly love to see a Top 10 entitled "Top 10 ways Top 10l has defamed and slandered the United States. But I won't hold my breath.

[@Magneticlaw]

That's because the school system isn't designed to create enlightened thinkers, it's designed to create employees who are JUST competent enough to perform their tasks without any excess to start questioning things.

[@trager8933]

@@Magneticlaw ok mister hiden agenda.

[@eytankollin342]

@Ricky Roberts Dude, Eight of the states seceded before Lincoln ever took office. Also a president can't just impose taxes. Then and now Congress has to approve. So if he wanted to impose unfair taxes on the South he'd have to wait for congress to reconvene. Back in those days a president was sworn into office in March. Congress didn't reconvene till December! So although I feel you believe your point of view. In this instance it does not hold up to basic scrutiny. If you think I messed up in my facts somehow please let me know. I am just as capable of error in my points of view as anyone else.

[@mamavswild]

@@eytankollin342 Thank you for writing this, agree 100%! My children learned everything that you wrote of, and these numbers presented as ‘facts’ regarding incarceration vis a vie slavery are ridiculous. Also, if we have more incarcerated it means we have more CRIME. Outside of some unjust drug laws that incarnate people for minor drug offenses, the rest are there because of something they DID, and were tried by a jury of their own peers. Even if I shaved off some from ‘implicit bias’ and bought that argument, it still wouldn’t change the basic numbers of incarcerated by a significant percentage.

[@rparl]

Some time ago, I read a book called, "Lies My Teacher Told Me." It compares the (then) top three high school history texts and real history sources. It's not as harsh as this, but it's still pretty harsh.

[@marknelson2846]

Those titles would be banned in Florida and most red states.

[@GrammerOfficer]

@@marknelson2846 that's absolutely not true.

[@ladygaga2632]

Fortunately our school teacher choose not to lie to us

[@brightshadow9480]

"You know what the worst thing about being a slave is? They make you work, but they don't pay you or let you go." -- Phillip J. Fry

[@Nick-gk3oy]

Also “the hours”

[@crazypaul1961]

Michelle here. Greetings from Corpus Christi Texas! Just wanted to say WE LOVE YOU!!💋

[@ramonmachtesh3035]

Holding slaves was the KEY state's right, which explained the South going to war not over emancipation but rather over efforts to prevent the SPREAD of slavery to newly admitted states. This would eventually lead to a preponderance of free states being able to kill slavery over the votes of the south.

[@AmberWool]

Actually, southern states wanted the Federal Government to capture and return escaped slaves much more often than it was being done. States' rights was a ploy by the south, then and through to today, to make southerners feel better.

[@ramonmachtesh3035]

@Fred Wright Sorry, the whole economic underpinning of the slave system was on its way out. And they had representation in Congress, they just refused to accept that they lacked the support to spread their "hideous blot", as Jefferson called it, to Kansas, etc.

[@ramonmachtesh3035]

@Ricky Roberts Wrong on both counts. Most especially, I should much prefer the motive for seccession to have been something nobler than the right of WASPs to kidnap, imprison, and exploit Africans. To forestall the next error, while I have been repeatedly told that, no matter how pale my skin (very) or pure my blood, I am not "white", you'd probably think so to look at me.

[@SWilkin676]

I do genealogy research so I have read many a will where the unborn children of various slaves were parcelled out in advance. The argument about hiring being cheaper than owning ignores the passing of slaves from father to children. They were considered the bulk of wealth in many households.

[@jasminehonore5640]

Also the forcing of slaves to bear children for this same purpose.

[@47Str8]

"...And so we're told this is the golden age, and gold is the reason for the wars we wage"

[@CharlieBrown-yz7bb]

Nas?

[@47Str8]

U2

[@earlofmar7987]

Golden Age, in England, Queen Elizabeth 1st.

[@BrianHartman]

If you're going to say that indentured servitude isn't slavery (and you _should_ say that), then you can't really call prison labor slavery. Most of the things you can say about indentured servitude also apply to prison labor. 1) Prisoners still had rights. 2) Unless you're sentenced to life in prison, prison labor isn't permanent. 3) Your children are not born slaves if you're in prison. 4) You can't be bought or sold in prison.

[@adhip0574]

And as expected the replies are silent...

[@Hyrogliifyx]

1. Prisoners have rights? How often are these rights violated by the warden and corrections officers not to mention people are placed in solitary confinement which is down right cruel. Let's ask the Jan 6 political prisoners if they feel like they have rights while imprisoned! 2. Prison labor isn't permanent, but slaves could always attempt to run away much easier than prisoners can. 3. Children aren't born prisoners but that all gets fixed with the implementation of the school to prison pipeline and studies down show children from broken families have a greater chance of going to prison plus ex-prisoners have a greater chance of reoffending, so this argument you make is really whack and lacks understanding. 4. What the hell do your think a "prisoner transfer" is. Prisons trading prisoners like baseball cards.

[@Hyrogliifyx]

​@@adhip0574 replies ain't silent no more.

[@JudeNance]

I so enjoy your narrative and programs.

[@beniamino939]

I like how a Brit is telling us the history of slavery. Meanwhile we have people that discredit the history altogether.

[@drphosferrous]

Iknowrite!? Why don't we here vital historical facts about our country from americans more often? Are we uneducated or are there just taboos on these uncomfortable topics

[@thefreeman8791]

Coincidentally, many papers in Britain at the time of the American revolution wrote that the colonies were revolting because they wanted to keep slavery and that seems to be a common belief in Britain at that time. Slavery was becoming less and less popular over there and was made illegal in 1833 so about 45 years after the America Revolution.

[@thefreeman8791]

@@drphosferrous I think it is just taboos. I think that the South was right but nobody will even entertain that idea. If I point out basic historical facts then I am called a neo Confederate and I can quote Lincoln's Inaugural Address or point out that Alexander Stephens was a friend of Lincoln's and opposed Jefferson Davis and secession and then people just tell me that I am a aprt of the rewriting of history by the Daughter's of the Confederacy as if they went back in time and made Lincoln trheaten invasion and use of force on the people of the states if they don't collect the new tariffs and imposts imposed on them or as if the Daughters of the Confederacy went back in time and forced Lincoln to work with Alexander Stephens in Congress together. Either way, nobody ever bothers to look it up. I can take many other controversial positions about US history and people will look it up but when it comes to the South and slavery and Lincoln they won't even entertain anything contrary to the narrative.

[@philh48]

ben smith the fact that he is a brit is irrelevant......hitler also had “people that discredit the history altogether”

[@russlehman2070]

@@thefreeman8791 You are correct that Lincoln was hardly the saint that he has come to portrayed as. However, if you say that the South was right, or that slavery was not the primary reason for secession and the Confederacy, you are full of crap.

[@j-me5820]

Trying to figure out why Irish "indentured servitude" was not slavery, but forced labor in prison is.

[@robertharris6092]

You agreed to it willingly and you were required by law to get out of it when the contract is up.

[@russlehman2070]

@@robertharris6092 Well not exactly on agreed to it willingly. A lot of indentured servants were people who were convicted of crimes and had a choice between being hanged (and you could get hanged for a lot of crimes then, even petty theft) and being transported to the colonies. The were made indentured servants to pay for the cost of being transported by ship. I wouldn't exactly call accepting transportation and indentured servitude in lieu of being hanged "agreed to it willingly", though there were likely some people who wanted to come and accepted indentured servitude because they couldn't pay for their passage any other way. An interesting historical tidbit. The Pilgrims who cam over on the Mayflower were originally supposed to go to Virginia and become indentured servants. They had a "navigation error" (which probably wasn't an error at all) and ended up in Massachusetts and started their own colony. Another interesting tidbit. Ben Franklin wrote an essay (probably originally an editorial in one of his newspapers) entitled "Transporting Rattlesnakes" in which he objected to England's practice of dumping their criminals in the colonies. In that essay, he suggested that for every criminal transported from England to the colonies, the colonies should transport one rattlesnake to England.'

[@RicTic66]

He forgot to mention that there were as many English, Scottish and Welsh indentured labourers. Its just the Irish racists who are forever claiming special treatment. Look at Irish treatment of black folk. It speaks volumes.

[@jakeand9020]

I especially love how he says indentured servants could simply work their way to freedom. The reality is most died more indebted than when they started. There is enough truth to their basic treatment being better, such as beating a slave to death was viewed as just a troublesome slave, while beating an indentured servant was still viewed as criminal. Advancing such falsehood as them being able to work to freedom is completely unnecessary to get the point across.

[@jgesselberty]

@@jakeand9020 Often indentured servants were literally kept from their freedom by having time added to their servitude for something as simple as breaking a dish, or burning a meal.

[@donstoddard8458]

Thanks always informative

[@Mattpro-jv2uu]

Dude. Indentured servitude is impossible to get out of and it's thriving right now.

[@namaking3993]

Technically not impossible to get out of, once you become useless they just grab another family member and leave you to die on the side of the road slowly from starvation or disease

[@gibsonrickenbacker6317]

Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps right?

[@namaking3993]

Exactly, I mean at least they have "basic human rights"...?? Uh huh... but then again he's a brit sooo naturally will down play the indentured servitude, its not like that in anyway led to famous works decrying its practice or like some kind of Modest Proposal, that may have suggested the yummiess that is babies given everything else they were willing to do to folks 🤣 but yeah sure totally have/had "basic human rights" 😇

[@margyritchie2702]

My Grandmother was indentured servant at 13! Changed her name to English, forbid to speak Gaelic and land seized voting rights repealed!

[@margyritchie2702]

@@namaking3993 Catherine Mason her slave name don't know birth one! She lived in 1800s to 1900s

[@Blackinterceptor999]

What makes slavery still important is that it is still a problem in the world, particularly in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia....not to mention all the children abducted and sold into child slavery here in America. History is important to learn from, but it shouldn't overshadow the same issues that happen to this day.

[@zakbrown676]

Not to mention all the slaves in prisons, most military gear is made by prisoners paid a pitence (prison work in genuinly civilised countries is designed to give the prisoner savings to be released from prison with to give them a stop gap until the person can find a job and not return to crime) You know a country is bad when it makes you feel terrible for its prisoners!

[@atashaheen5662]

what are you even talking about Jay?

[@atashaheen5662]

This video is about the American enslavement of black people. That's what we're talking about. And that slavery is still relevant today because it shaped our nation and continues to have lasting impacts. The slavery you are talking about is obviously bad, but it's not what we are talking about. Also, another of modern day slavery that you forgot to mention takes place in the US prison system. The 13th amendment, which abolished slavery, had a clause saying "unless a person has been convicted of a crime". Prisoners across the US do slave labor, every day.

[@samanth.]

There is no slavery in Africa

[@averagejoe4932]

@@samanth. what? It still goes on today in parts of Northern Africa.

[@BlaqueCzar]

you guys are brave for this. a large group of Americans don't like this kind of truth.

[@Brainchild69]

While I agree with you, Thomas Ellington, and while I don't personally know Simon, nor his views on issues, we need to keep in mind that Simon is the narrator and presenter of the information in this video, they have writers that actually write the script and do the "research". Which may be why we have never and probably never will see a top tenz video that shows the clintons or obamas in a bad light. So..I don't yell obscenities at him. Just at the writers. And the people that run the channel.

[@deathknight0481]

That same group Voted for Trump btw

[@charlesgordon5156]

Thomas Ellington, wait what?! So tell me, are you saying that the whole video is nonsense because you found 1 point out of 10 that you can challenge?!

[@96SN95]

Thomas Ellington it's not solely about prisoners. The 13th amendment states "punishment for crime" and as community service (labor without pay) is frequently a form of punishment for crimes, and with the threat of worse punishment should one not comply, it can very easily be argued that is a form of slavery.

[@burtfergusonshackleford7616]

Wewuz kangz n shiet, right?!?!

[@robertgoff6479]

Thank you for this.

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

Slavery was never abolished. It was merely reduced to 8 hours a day.

[@hitler-chanofficial8483]

Damm,comrade ◉‿◉

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

@Fred Wright No it doesn't suck to have to work for something. I just think whatever is worked for should be split up more evenly to those who worked for it. CEOs typically make many thousands of times the wages of their workers. Are they really doing the same amount of work as thousands of people? No single person can.

[@Ace-bd4cu]

Getting a job equals slavery.

[@rowdyrx6109]

@@Ace-bd4cu ?

[@wayneseifarth432]

I wish it stopped at 8 hrs

[@standavison328]

I grew up in Louisiana in the 1960’s. I knew people whose grandfathers fought in the civil war. Your video is spot on. There are still folks in the town I grew up in who would consider this video a hideous misrepresentation of history. Thanks for a succinct and informative presentation.

[@sharondavis3535]

Since there’re so many ‘thumbs down,’ probably worth watching...

[@peytonsmit9607]

Sharon Davis YUP

[@jeffevans9836]

Bwuahahahahaha you know it rofl

[@fvkmobile4052]

@Jan Davis Then I'll say it more clearly: The presentation is full of B.S. Are you happier?

[@fvkmobile4052]

Noooo. The reason there are so many "thumbs down" is because this presentation is falsely presenting information for some reason. I've only reached the 3.5 mark but have no desire to continue since the lies have piled so high so quickly. Sometimes a down vote is really just a down vote and NOT an indication of a "flat tire on the car". I know, I know: Whoosh! That went over your head, didn't it?

[@fvkmobile4052]

@Jan Davis People in cults don't disagree. They tell you YOU are in cult.

[@georgegiagios4521]

Sheriff Thomas Hodgson isn't the only person in recent times to offer prisoners as "slave" labor. The 49th Vice President, when she was 32nd Attorney-General for California, did the same thing and even extended sentences until the courts stopped her.

[@tonykelpie]

True that some Union soldiers deserted because they didn’t want to fight to end slavery, but that was a very small minority.

[@rb032682]

@theman - The USA fought the civil war because slaver terrorists made an illegal and lame attempt to secede from the USA. The low-life csa attempted to secede from the USA because they were losing their "welfare benefit" which was awarded to slaver terrorists in the USA Constitution. The low-life slavers had become very butthurt when their "free-stuff" was reduced by the abolition movement and the prohibition of slavery in the western territories. The USA did NOT fight to "free the slaves".

[@gjone1]

The vast majority of Indentured servants NEVER saw freedom and died due to harsh labor because they were tricked into extending the length of their contract...a similar number of Indentured servants and enslaved Africans eventually did see freedom - showing a strong correlation of treatment from the ruling class...

[@brent.robinson]

That's not true.

[@royjonesrampage6684]

how were they tricked?

[@gjone1]

rodger so The same way you were tricked into thinking not looking into the truth of how indentured servants really lived...people get tricked all the time about historical inaccuracies...

[@gjone1]

Brent Robinson Is this your academic response?

[@royjonesrampage6684]

Grey Jones can you rephrase that idk what you meant

[@HolyknightVader999]

Fun fact: Roman slaves could actually buy their way to freedom. The Spanish colonies also adopted the Roman slave laws and had slaves be able to buy their way to freedom.

[@GerryBolger]

HolyknightVader999 Julius Caesar had a slave follow him through Rome during his triumph after his infamous march on Rome. His slave, named Posca if the tv show Rome is to be believed, kept repeating "you're only a human". Caesar labelled himself as "the son of Jupiter" and his slave reminded him that, despite his almost super human ability as a battle commander, he was as mortal as anyone else. Now I'm certain I've gotten a lot wrong there so do what you gotta do commenters...

[@saraangel6696]

That's true, but the prices of freedom were ridiculously high; and since most slaves didn't know how to read, they probably didn't know the proclamation existed. Yes, they could be told of the policy, but maybe if they were told by their "owner", my guess is that he/she must have set the price at "impossible".

[@HolyknightVader999]

+Sara Angel Rome's literacy rates were higher than later eras. Also, they would see other slaves doing it too. And Romans do tend to treat slaves more like a member of the household rather than an appliance.

[@GerryBolger]

HolyknightVader999 During Saturnalia (a precursor to Christmas) both slave and master exchanged places for one day. Although the slave couldn't do anything as drastic as free himself, the master would perform all the duties of a slave down to emptying their chamber pots, for fear of angering the gods. That's not to the slave/master relationship was completely cordial but they were treated as people rather than property. Lower people, but people nonetheless..

[@HolyknightVader999]

Exactly. Slaves were servants, but they were still people in the eyes of Rome, and Spain adopted the same code, especially with slaves being baptized into the Catholic Church, making them Catholics, which were considered people in the eyes of Catholic Spain.

[@user-kp1wf3ns2h]

According to Louis Gates, host if the PBS show "Finding Your Roots", 40% of all indentured servants died before completing their contracts so lets not minimize the suffering if Irish immigrants wear talking about slavery

[@aporlarepublica]

Americans learning about their history: *Wait, we were the bad guys?*

[@kaihiggins725]

Yeah I was arguing with an American that in fact they were the bad guys in the war of independence as well. The taxation without representation was only a fraction of the reasoning (the taxation was to pay for a war fought in America that ruined Britains economy btw to help the Militias who didn't want French rule) and in fact the main reason was because the British Empire refused to allow land owners to take land in Native Indian lands hence why so many Natives joined the British

[@krissianvictir1291]

Every person learning about their country’s history : Wait, we were the bad guys?

[@kaihiggins725]

@@krissianvictir1291 its impossible to be powerful without being evil

[@danielwilson4656]

@@krissianvictir1291 learning someone's opinion..doesn't change history..we are seeing it now with bollock of about having on Churchill..

[@dogmosatchmo]

Americans who are older than 12, or has ever been even slightly interested in history, this is common knowledge.

[@julioalvarez9650]

Went to school in Texas and I can confirm, they teach that the war was about state's rights down here. Most of the revisionist history regarding this subject is taught as fact here, actually.

[@briandiehl9257]

That is only one school though, I have never seen that here in the south

[@pcbacklash_3261]

Sadly, that "states' rights" rubbish was even taught to me, and I went to high school in Michigan! It wasn't until I'd done my own research years later that I recognized the truth.

[@rb032682]

Were you taught that the USA Constitution was written by terrorists(slavers), and the terrorists gave themselves excessive power in national government?

[@randomnerd9088]

Julio Alvarez Well it kind of was the right to own slaves. States probably at the time viewed this as an infringement of their rights to make their own laws.

[@JayJ00ls]

Just because something mentions a reason, that doesn't mean it's the main reason. That's kind of disingenuous.

[@brawnpuckett9716]

My teacher is amazing, he made sure we understood that these myths were not true. It was so different then what previous teachers said

[@porterschott5614]

Just because that teacher said what you wanted him to say about the topic doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. He very well could have been wrong

[@dreaming9170]

@@porterschott5614 just as you could be wrong now? Oh🤷🏾‍♀️

[@dionysius1b870]

You're very lucky to have a brave teacher that tells the truth everything in this video is alie!

[@jewsco]

@@porterschott5614 if the teacher was teaching the southern list cause myth and that the south succeeded over anything but slavery they were wrong . It was all about state rights to have SLAVES period . Those states didn’t care about states rights as they were fine with the slave act that allowed bounty hunters to ignore other states rights and get back runaway slaves . Proven once again by trumptard republican states that wanted to override other states voting

[@axelfoleyt]

Really great job

[@joelsteverson]

Thanks for the fair and balanced look at the war. This is a very important chapter in our history, and it's tragic that it's not covered better in our schools. I suspect many people watching this video were hearing these facts for the first time. We must remember history and learn from it, or it will be our down fall. Keep up the great work with your channel! ***Edited typo; corrected "we're" to "were."

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*Joel, that was nice of Simon, to conveniently leave out that there were hundreds of Black Plantation owners that owned Slaves. I've seen old newspaper clippings from different libraries of in different states of Black Plantation owners filing legal papers of apprehension and return of their escaped Slaves. Kinda kicks reparations in the Teeth doesn't it?* My my how CNN of Simon. His liberal slip is showing.*

[@thisguy4135]

@@MAGGOT_VOMIT Let me guess: this video was unpleasant for you to watch because it flew in the face of the revisionist version of history you cling to LOL! Poor thing...

[@akj6181]

@@MAGGOT_VOMIT well reparations are payments for the US Government sanctioning slavery not because slavers were white.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

@@thisguy4135 *This video is Comedy and forgettable just like any CNN news report/next day retraction.*

[@rlccar8518]

Can't speak for others, but the Civil War documentary by Ken Burns (released 30 years ago and currently on Netflix) goes over all these things in detail. Doesn't mean people will avail themselves of the information, but it has been available and obvious for quite a while. I have a hard time believing this is the first time people are hearing this, though I know these "top 10" style videos like to paint themselves as courageously speaking truth when the actual work was done years prior.

[@tonymoretti2347]

Please do a top 10 on why Simon should button his shirt!!

[@stephenmitchell3569]

Tony Moretti that is funny awesome and the guy is creepy.

[@Vbluevital]

Simon is handsome, intelligent and has nicely tailored shirts.

[@eyeson6113]

No, he makes my skin crawl.

[@Yannakis1999]

I can't take my eyes from his hairy chest in spite of the importance and the seriousness of the topic

[@crazedoutlook]

Or just say “Button your shirt, dude. Please and thank you.”

[@rainerburgdorfer4017]

In the history textbook THE SOUTH AND RECONSTRUCTION, the author states that "Floggings were sometimes brutal." This text was targeted at private southern colleges

[@jeromedavid7944]

"Those who deny other people their freedom deserve it not for themselves."-Abraham Lincoln

[@beijingsbltch8226]

Black land owners and white land owners owned slaves (black, white, native) in the exact same proportion.

[@RandyLunn]

Slavery in America was instituted in North America by the Brits long before America existed. Slavery is the topic that had to be fudged in the Constitution to get America formed and was a topic kicked down the road for decades. The topic finally came to a head with a series of weak Presidents before Lincoln and the addition of new states into the Union. Slavery became entwined with the states' rights issue. Tariffs unfavorable to the South were passed by the Northern states inflaming the states' rights issue and making a strong federal government hated by the South. Very few of the Union soldiers fought to free the slaves. Saving the Union was the cause. Several quotes by Lincoln made this clear. Recorded interviews by Civil War veterans also made this point. It is not clear however that the Constitution prohibited states from removing themselves from the United States. This is the reason the Confederacy President, Jefferson Davis, was never brought to trial but released. It was not certain the US would win it's case against him. The US government did not want the basis of fighting the Civil War invalidated. The Constitution did not prevent secession. The 14th Amendment passed in 1868 made secession impossible and closed the loop-hole. The 13th Amendment passed in December 1865 after the Civil War finally made slavery illegal. The Civil War was about two major issues, and it required two amendments to the Constitution to put them to bed. To this day many Southerners refer to the Civil War as The War of Northern Aggression.

[@800mobb4]

Brian Glover well put .

[@Zaekyr]

To further clarify a common misconception about the thirteenth amendment I have to point out it does not make slavery illegal. It makes involuntary servitude illegal. You can enslave someone as long as there willing OR ignorant enough to not understand their enslavement (hint IRS).

[@jockellis]

Can we give Southern California back to Mexico?

[@FN-mq6tf]

jockellis No...give Mexico the whole damn state.

[@SandfordSmythe]

Colonial Virginia, and the powers that be there created slavery in VA.

[@Jobe-13]

This is great!

[@mabutoo]

What many people overlook is how segregated non-southern communities are even today. Only the south was required to integrate. Meanwhile in places like New York and Pennsylvania cities are still notable by the ethnicity of those who live there.

[@TheArizonaAssasin]

Slave labor is also very much a “thing” in the American prison system. People love to deny that too.

[@craigconnolly5394]

Well they're in prison for a reason they should have to work for the state

[@jermainemitchell2002]

Number one was definitely on point especially about Pennsylvania 💯

[@jaspr1999]

Thank you. I hear a lot a lot about the revisionist views on things so it's nice to see the history presented. I am a firm believer that history will be repeated if we forget about it.

[@michealcarr5134]

Well if the theory the universe will eventually turn back into singularity and explode back into a new universe it's possible everything will repeat...if universe is only few trillion years old that would mean it's reset before and we are stuck in quantum loop😈

[@jaspr1999]

If it collapes back into a singularity, then time no longer exists, unless it explodes back to the beginning, at which point it doesn't repeat. It just plays out again. :-)

[@nilepng79]

actually, slavery won't be repeated in these advanced parts of civilization, because it's simply too ineffective, considering our progress in automation.

[@michealcarr5134]

People we must rise and free the machines!! No more should machine serve man but be equal instead!!!

[@KK-pv5ud]

Micheal Carr Don't you watch Sci-fi? If we free the machines they will turn on us and enslave us.

[@tanneryirka5247]

10. It wasn’t about slavery. 9. It was about slavery. Which one is it???

[@stephensellers2453]

the civil war was over states rights not slavery.

[@karkatvantass3730]

States rights to own slaves. You know that right?

[@derryksmcdonell8513]

Fixed it for you: Slavery remains one of the most -uncomfortable subjects in- horrific legacies -the history- of European colonialism in the -United States of- Americas.

[@RBEO22]

I guess Africans shouldn't have been selling each other off to foreign nations for the past thousands of years

[@IK-my5oq]

RBEO22 shhhh nobody is supposed to know about that.

[@redjirachi1]

Slavery remains one of the most horrific legacies of humanity, period

[@IK-my5oq]

John Porteous which Africans helped out by selling each other and yet nobody talks about that.

[@kittenmastermind660]

Every people group under the sun has had slaves at one point in there lives it a human problem not a European problem. The Arab slave trade was called the African holocaust because of how bad it was. White are given crap about having slaves but where the first to fight ageist it and ban it.

[@garyclark8034]

You missed one important point. Slavery began in North America, by citizens of Great Britain, with the consent of the Crown, as they established colonies in North America and the Caribbean because it was very profitable for England.

[@vulk4623]

Slavery did not begin in North America there was already huge slave trades thousands of years before

[@garyclark8034]

Vulk If you go back and reread what I wrote you will see I was talking about North America. I was not talking about slavery that already existed in Africa, or slavery that existed in Japan, or the Persian, Greek, or Roman slaves, or the fact the word slavery derives from the Slavic peoples of Eastern European.

[@zigowl1193]

Very true. The British felt the country was too pure to have slaves in large numbers in it, so they bought estates in the new world and shipped the slaves there and spent the profits building up the home country, GB. It's always easier to brutalise people when you don't have to see it up close and personal.

[@robertharris6092]

Uh. ROME had a giant slave trade. Thats over 2000 years before the civil war. Slavery had never stopped till the 1700s and 1800s when abolishion laws were finally being made.

[@garyclark8034]

Robert Harris please go back and re-read what I wrote. My comment was about slavery in North America. It was not about the history of slavery.

[@davidwatt1556]

One of the myths I thought you were going to add to the list, was that, America brought slavery to the Americas. Britain brought slavery to its colonies, to make its empire more profitable. America wasn't even a country when slavery was fully institutionalized by Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Denmark. But you are correct, Matthew. Some of Britain's Irish slaves were indentured servants.

[@SandfordSmythe]

But colonial Virginia defined the status of slavery. And don't tell a Virginian that Virginia didn't exist then.

[@tlee51ftw]

The United States brought their share of slaves over until 1808, when the constitution allowed it to be prohibited, although it was continued, illegally, until ended during the civil war. The slaves continued being abused for another century. Don't take up for the country.

[@cllnsnmrtn1]

Very interesting thanks😁😯

[@readingforwisdom7037]

As always, a balanced perspective on the topic. Great episode Simon and team.

[@tedazetedaze4714]

Very interesting thanks, but North American involvement has been covered to death! I want to learn more about the African role in the Transatlantic Slave trade, who caught and sold the slaves. Also, I want to learn more the the huge Arab African slave trade which is partly still happening today. And lastly I want to learn more about the Barbary slave trade, where millions of Europeans where so;d into the North African slave trade.

[@PhilipReeder]

tedaze, tedaze, Look for my recent post here on TopTenz video. They'll likely never cover this.

[@tedazetedaze4714]

Joachim Wildeboer overall the numbers of African slaves who actually sailed across the Atlantic to south and north America's was around 11 million, if you are saying that African nations where forced to sell Africans by the Europeans, then that is a historical fallacy and blatant lie probably motivated for political reasons. The Swahili/Arab East African slaves trade took around 13 million but you will never hear about that, particularly by people like you who love the white guilt..! The reason I requested top tenz look at other historical aspects of the slave trade was to give a full picture, not just the politically correct' meme that whites are purely to blame. In fact slavery exists right now in Africa, like it always has, in fact all over the world, in India alone there are 12 million calculated slaves !

[@jaybee6701]

Try reading a book then, you know one with references. Or peer reviewed articles. KZbin isn't exactly an educational authority.

[@povelvieregg165]

While that is interesting, it is not particularly interesting from a historical perspective. Consider this, what is history about? History is about events that have most profoundly shaped the world we live in today. That is why we learn about the industrial revolution, french revolution, Russian revolution etc, and we don't learn about say medieval japan in school. Enslavement of Europeans by muslims has not left significant traces in those countries today, nor has muslim enslavement of blacks. They got mixed up with the rest of the population. Although it does explain some of the resentment in Eastern Europe towards muslims as they encountered most of the muslim slavers. The transatlantic slave trade is of profound historical interest because it continues to shape one of the most power countries in the world today, the US. Part of this is because of the racial segregation the US engaged in which made sure the ancestors of the slaves and slavers remained visibly distinct and recognizable, hence further American social problems and tensions in a way it hasn't in other slave holding countries. E.g. Iceland took huge amount of Irish slaves during Viking times, however there is no way spot the difference between these people in today's Iceland.

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Slavery is an evolutionary concept.Strong dominates the Weak.

[@tripiehendrix1]

Thank you keeping on** bright blessings

[@johnmarsh9642]

Excellent summary. It's worth adding that there were slavers who were eager to push slavery into Mexico, Cuba and possibly further, via annexation, particularly as cotton ruined the soil everywhere it was planted.

[@ALMdawgfan]

Yep... In fact, where else were the Slave holders going to divest of their slaves they no longer wanted to afford?...

[@keinlieb3818]

Now do one about slavery in the United Kingdom.

[@Thenotfunnyperson]

No one cares about the UK.

[@achishofziklag9218]

Exactly bro. This clown is such a hypocrite. They did it 100x more and longer yet he makes a video about us

[@robertharris6092]

@@achishofziklag9218 they still abolished it before the US.

[@johnglen2177]

@@warky4312 africans sold africans into slavery, dont knock us for shipping them

[@mutableintellect7624]

@@achishofziklag9218: Not to mention the fact that England colonized more of the globe than any other country and as such, has the bloodiest hands on the face of the planet.

[@waynelee7169]

The true picture of Celtic enslavement began long before indentured servitude was implemented - convicts were transported to the new colony for life and sold to landowners for very little cost - the offences responsible for transportation were insignificant - convicts received the most brutal and inhumane treatment - a quick reading of Cromwell's personal letters will quickly reveal his delight in condemning entire Irish and Scottish villages to transportation - the Great Dispossession - only the war of independence put a stop to this evil practice that was cunningly replaced by indebted servitude and greatly increased importation of black slaves - albeit at greatly increased cost - convict labour was nearly free of cost. The Celts have not forgotten the Great Dispossession and both the USA and Australia bear the distasteful scars of it to this day - the English continue to deny that Holocaust too. If the Germans had done it we'd still be hearing about it on a weekly basis.

[@earlofmar7987]

I've read some of what Comwell did to the Scot's. I will look for his letters to read. Thanks for the info.

[@jrow3101]

The only problem about that as a black man you became white and many celtics fought to keep slavery and many with celtic heritage joined the kkk in the 1920s. So cry me a river.

[@vivianaz2689]

How do you explain Abe's assassination and the fact that John Wilkes Boothe stated the reason he killed him was due to his anti-slavery stance and his work to abolish it.

[@rsmith6366]

If Licoln had lived longer he would most probably have done a lot more for slaves. Sadly he died after doing only the bare minimum.

[@snood4743]

Does the prison slavery really count? They're still given basic human rights, which you yourself said discounted Irish indentured servitude.

[@cigarboxguitar8026]

Yeah if you can justify prisoners as slaves, you can justify the irish servants as slaves, as they were also prisoners who were made to work to pay off their debt.

[@TheManofthecross]

some of the things in here I already know of especially for the slavery case. other things I never knew that they were even used as a revisionist thing really. the more you know I say.

[@Gdub33]

Was this just when Simon was starting to be in front of the camera? You can tell how much better he has gotten.

[@vrmartin202]

Another great contribution to knowledge

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

There is quite the technical difference. The Civil War was not fought because of slavery. The secession of southern states was about slavery. The war was fought because Lincoln did not accept southern secession where he kept troops stationed in what was now a foreign country. The assault on Fort Sumter was due to the refusal of the Union Army to leave South Carolina. The assault was then used as a justification to go to war.

[@LunkovichTromofski]

Actually no the secession wasn't about slavery either, the first State to secede did so in December of 1860. What happened in November of 1860? Lincoln won the Presidency with just under 40% of the popular vote. Now when else have I heard about States talking secession after a president won the election with less than half the popular vote? Hmmmm...... That is what the secession was over, not slavery, but purely States saying "This Union isn't working how you told us it would, we're out" and the Union saying "Too bad, once you are in you can't get out". It is literally no different than when the colonies originally left the British crown only in the case of the southern states they lost and didn't get to become a new country.

[@TigerRifle1]

They didn't care when Buchanan got 45%, John Q. Adams got 30% or when Taylor got 47%. What was different about Lincoln?

[@LunkovichTromofski]

Oh but they did, in each case there was talk of secession, including by some northern States. It just finally came to a head with Lincoln, it was a cumulative effect. People talked secession with Bush "won" in 2000 also, they talked about it when Trump "won", they will talk about it the next time it happens and eventually some State will actually try it when it happens in the future.

[@TigerRifle1]

There were no attemps because of their elections. The threats made during Taylor's presidency were because he wanted to immediately make California and New Mexico free states not because of his election. There were no threats or attempts made during Buchanan or Adams's term.

[@jerrydavis2420]

Just love how you put quotation marks around Won. Ever heard of the electoral college. That's how they WON. Now try staying on topic.

[@GamingKeenBeaner]

In general this video is correct, but the point about the Irish is both wrong and right. The British parliamentarians, after winning the English Civil War, went to Ireland and committed one of the worst genocides in European history. 1/2 of the entire population of Ireland was slaughtered. Up to 16,000 Irish were sold off as slaves to owners in the Caribbean. So no, the Irish were not slaves in what became the USA, but they certainly were enslaved in the New World. Perhaps a minor technical distinction, but not one that should be forgotten. The genocide in Ireland by Cromwell's forces was truly extreme. "To hell or Connacht"

[@rightaboveit9438]

Dangus McFinghin Finally, a sane person in the comments. Goid explanation.

[@wisedragon173]

While he is right about blacks have it harder since they were dehumanized. He was wrong to downplay the suffering and opression the Irish People were exposed to. The English almost toally destroyed the irish identity and language.

[@valeriedickens9393]

Exactly; and if more white people would just admit this and stop trying to justify wrong and salve their consciences, maybe race relations in this country would be better. Just be honest and admit it was a horrible, ugly thing...and say YOU'RE SORRY!! APOLOGIZE! DAMN!!!

[@GamingKeenBeaner]

Valerie, are you suggesting that white folks living today who have never owned slaves should apologize to black folks living today who have never been slaves for slavery having happened? What about white people who have no ancestors in America that ever owned slaves? What about blacks who migrated here after slavery ended? Who is this apology supposed to be from and to and what does it hope to accomplish?

[@valeriedickens9393]

Because you are white, you have benefited through inherent privilege. Because you are white, you have never had to be cognizant of skin color when applying for a job, or listen to racially demeaning jokes, or be denied basic human rights because of the color of your skin. YOU ARE WHITE. When you are stopped by the police, you don't have to think of how you are preceived or will be treated because of the color of your skin. And why not apologize? Your white ancestors treated black people abominably. Is it going to kill you to say you're sorry? Aren't you sorry? Or do you think American slavery was justified and was alright to perpetrate? Sometimes, apologizing to someone for a wrong is the first step in healing.

[@jonathanhardy2345]

Slavery is a global issue that still persist today.

[@laurenchasen6238]

Thanks for the education

[@quarantinedcosmonaut4082]

Idk if I just had a "progressive" high school but I did know all this most of my life. We were taught in middle School about the civil war and slavery and it continued on into high school. Yes even about Lincoln only freeing slaves to win the civil war, us northerners being snobs about slavery and how brutal slavery was all over. Maybe it's because I took AP courses, perhaps. But not every American grows up thinking these stereotypes are true. A People's History of the United States of America is an excellent read. To the non Americans being snobby bitches in the comments: Take an ancient history course once in your life and learn slavery always has been an issue and continues to be all over the world.

[@softiebbybunny2317]

Quarantined Cosmonaut Or these folks can just pick up a book on the subject. That sadly will not happened.

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

A People's History of the United States is okay, but don't treat it like Scripture. There are multiple inaccuracies and misrepresentations in the book, and he didn't intend to write a fair or level headed depiction of American history. Remember, he was an ardent Socialist, and wanted his book to start a Socialist revolution by presenting a negative view of American history. Most historians (for the most part) shun Howard Zinn because of this.

[@ariefraiser140]

Quarantined Cosmonaut I grew up in North Carolina and either they just totally glossed over slavery or blatantly lied in the history books. It was total BS and my father who is a universith History professor was so upset about one of my assignments with blatant lies abouy slavery he went to the school and loudly objected. They somewhat changed the information from a blatant lie to one that glossed over slavery.

[@markcastellanet9672]

Captain Sum Ting Wong Howard zinn took the point of view of the oppressed in his history book in order to make a counterpoint to the majority of text books that describe people like Washington as near saints. They weren't. They were people. People who were products of their time, but we shouldn't straight idolize them.

[@dannyd4339]

Quarantined Cosmonaut "progressive" lol

[@2lmdi]

Would love to see a list of countries historically engaging in slavery

[@augustinedaudu9203]

Pat Kin if we're talking about African slavery, then we can have the umayyad caliphate, the Ottoman Empire, the seleucid Empire, the Egyptian Empire, the British Empire, the French Empire, the Oman, Spain and Portugal, and Greece

[@Casinogirl56]

That list would be very long....

[@rolanddeschain5161]

All of them probably.

[@saraangel6696]

I don't know it "all of them", but there is a very strong correlation between countries that were "colonized" and slavery, and usually, the country being colonized was the one which put the slaves, the "colonizer" obviously wasn't.

[@rolanddeschain5161]

Sara Angel Where are they putting the slaves?

[@benchamin9891]

Most slaves died being an adult. After they have been slaves for around 15 years. One of the worst life's we have to go through.

[@pa609]

Such a horrible period of our history but we deserve credit for growing past it and being an example to the world of how to change course and become a better country.

[@B126USMC]

You think our country was the Only slave holders in the world? You need to research a whole lot more. You know it was black slave traders in africa who dealt the black slaves to the world ?

[@Wh40kFinatic]

@@B126USMC Whataboutism much? A completely irrelevant red herring.

[@steverichardson8080]

​@@B126USMCHow does what evil anybody else does give you excuse to do the same? That's like saying "I can't be charged with murder because others have committed murder, too".

[@_VISION.]

LMAO @ growing past it

[@stefanslutsky3811]

Nazi Germany was mentioned for enslaving people, but somehow this guy ALWAYS forgets about Soviet Union, where many tens of millions people were literally slaves till 1953, and the villagers, workers of so called collective farms were in fact slaves till mid 1960s.

[@whumanbard]

This video was about the United States and the AMERICAN civil war.

[@martyfaulhaber1117]

we still have slavery, we call it contracted debt and credit which we enter voluntarily

[@NiceMoKnows]

However there are terms for getting out of financial "slavery" and people have a choice to opt in. Congrats you don't understand slavery at all.

[@nobiased007]

yes, we still have slavery, we call it being addicted to social media. you can't compare credit cards with slavery

[@mysmirandam.6618]

Yes but it's not voluntary to be judged by your credit score

[@russlehman2070]

Which makes it somewhat different from actual slavery. But banks and collection agencies can still sell your debt so there is that. Besides, I'd rather pay on a mortgage than pay rent. Renting means paying somebody else's mortgage until they decide they don't want you living there any more. I've financed a few cars in my life too. Sometimes it's better than buying a beater. I've pretty well avoided any other debt, and paid cash for my last late model used car. Even credit card debt can sometimes get you out of a bind, but it is far and away best to avoid it for anything other than an emergency.

[@russlehman2070]

@@mysmirandam.6618 Your credit score is generally only a factor when you want to borrow more money (yes I know there are exceptions, which IMO are highly suspect). Is it really unfair for a potential creditor to evaluate whether to lend or how much interest to charge based on your past history with other creditors?

[@Robert-lg2bl]

Awesome!!

[@paulc5690]

If the abolitionist movement wasn't strong in the north, why was slavery outlawed in every state above the mason/dixon line after the Missouri Compromise in 1820?

[@EamonnS]

Lots of slavery today - just read about Amazon's Warehouses.

[@B126USMC]

You're right about that ! Amazon helped kill my wife .....

[@THE_BIGGEST_HATER]

Wish me luck guys, I'm going into the comment section 😥

[@Sobeewan]

The information on stats is not normalized to the data of the time. For instance, child mortality in general was that less than 46 percent of children made it past the age of 5, and all children worked harder than we could ever imagine in our comfort, except the very wealthy.

[@halwag]

Also, before modern medecine, mothers died in childbirth (both black and white), few lived to age 50, diseases like small pox, malaria, diphtheria, TB raged.

[@robinac6897]

One fact he didn't tell us. The 1860 South Carolina census lists 1700 slave owners who were themselves black. The biggest owner had EIGHTY.

[@gamesexplorer2402]

Now do a vid on the islamic slave trade that hit around europe and hit up the slave trade between african tribes across africa too.

[@sisteray3539]

Games Explorer yes that would be very interesting. I don't think most people have a clue about the differences in the meaning of slavery in other countries around the world and how those countries have conducted it

[@SabbathaBastet]

The comments make me giggle. Because you can literally discuss any and all historical events until you mention slavery and then it's like "That happened a long time ago no need no bring that up ever again..." I don't care to argue as it is wholly pointless. I just laugh... Informative and educational video. Thank you!

[@caraqueno]

That's because racists and apologists don't want to face the truth that their lives and what they accomplished professionally has come about, in large part, due to the institutional racism that has benefitted them. They couldn't live with that reality so it becomes easier to deny or deflect slavery or the effects from it today.

[@rb032682]

@@caraqueno - YES! USA's "conservatives" have become whiny little cowards when it comes to facing facts and reality.

[@TimTimmahh-LinkyLink]

one of the things Lincoln ran on as president was to stop the expansion of slavery and it pissed the south off..

[@eli_are_ftw]

The trash part was the guy didn’t actually care. He just badly needed to win the election, he decided to say he was gonna stop slavery. However, he did end it, which is enough for him to get credit

[@charliemetz1280]

you should tell everyone about slavery in England and the slave trade that occurred there.

[@26693106]

Half of the things on this list aren't even beliefs held in the US. But thanks for your help, buddy. Hate to think you were trying to make things worse.

[@sherridecembrini7949]

the word is "beliefs" , not facts,silly

[@hearmeroar407]

The 1st one YES THANK YOU im so sick of having the convo about the time period that VAST MAJORITY of northeners simply did not care about slavery and the topic was politically taboo in the early republic...you could count with your fingers how many true abolitionist we have seen in America

[@tonyrains217]

The North has zero problem buying and using cotton from the South.

[@B126USMC]

@@tonyrains217 That was another issue for the civil War ..the Brit ( or whatever he is ) DIDN'T mention how the industrial north was trying to control the agricultural south & was putting the "screws" to them ....

[@alsaunders7805]

Believe it or not Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were both abolitionists. Davis recommended a slower step by step approach while Lee advocated a cold turkey type approach. 🤓🍻

[@Wh40kFinatic]

Except later in the war, it *did* become the aim of many Union soldiers, as they conducted campaigns across the south and started actually witnessing the horrors of slavery.

[@SandfordSmythe]

@FJ Biden The Proclamation was an executive order by the Commander-in chief that applied to the war zones. How do get ratification? When I look at the US Census for 1865, I see in the Northern state a handful of elderly slaves in NJ. You're not trying to conflate Northern states with Union states?

[@glkmee22]

Why did they and do they hate us so much? This hurts so bad knowing what happened to my ancestors. And we are still getting treated like we're nothing.

[@georgefitzhugh5408]

US Census records show the difference in life expectancy between slaves and Whites was only about 4 years in 1850. Far less than the difference in life expectancy between the top quintile and bottom quintile of income in 1880. Life was tougher on Lousiana sugar plantations, which were a minority of all plantations, thus the expression, "sold down the river." .