The Truth Behind the British Crusade Against Slavery | American Reacts

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[@ProbablyTheBestUkuleleDadEver]

Slavery in Saudi Arabia is now called Kafala, and is enshrined in Saudi law. The Arab slave trade didn't end, it just got a disguise.

[@matthewjamison]

💯

[@sajO5754]

Kafila is the equivalent of a sponsored work visa. All the millions of non Saudi citizens are all the equivalent of slaves?

[@micheletrainor1601]

​@sajO5754 depends which country u come from because if you are from the west u have access to your passports however if you are from anywhere else your passport is taken from you for the entire time of your contract which is a minimum of 3 years. I know I lived there as a British expat. It's disturbing and the same in places such as dubai the horror stories I know about these places is just unreal an absolute horror story.

[@sajO5754]

@@micheletrainor1601 But you can't class that as slavery.....that was my point.

[@micheletrainor1601]

@@sajO5754 oh so u don't class young women going there as nurses having their passports taken from them and " given" to the men of a house to quench their desires slavery, or the Labour camps they have there as not slavery? Did you know that the phillipines at one point stopped men and especially women going to the Persian gulf and Middle East because of the horror of what they went through and all the people that " dissappear " Then should they get to their embassy their are taken back to their owner " sponser" for the abuse to continue. I know I tried saving some when I lived there. I know of undocumented ( kidnapped) castrated little boys in palaces in dubai and Saudi Arabia as they can be around the women without being seen as a threat. Please don't tell me about countries I was raised in and things I have seen. I wish I could erase what I have seen and know from my mind but I can't. U call it what u want I know what it is.

[@Gerrygambone]

As a Brit so proud of Britain's campaign against slavery. Britain lost about 2000 Royal Navy personnel in their fight against Slavery.

[@allowit328]

Mostly through disease and illness not through combat because you’re stopping merchantmen who care more about profit than swashbuckling. Also the British set up the West Africa Squadron to harm the commercial interests of the French, not to free slaves initially. Think about it. 1807 is balls deep in the middle of the Napoleonic Wars and the British people had demanded the government end the slave trade which is a highly profitable enterprise in itself let alone the wealth slaves extracted when put to work. People today forget that slaves were viewed not as people but as a commodity and If Britain could no longer trade in slaves it certainly wasn’t about to let France do the same after Napoleon reinstated slavery. That’s why the West Africa Squadron let the slave ships of her allies Sweden and Portugal pass its patrols for a number of years. Britain emerged from the war as the strongest power in the world and the largest slave empire which meant everyone else just had to accept their ships being searched. There’s a reason a Spanish diplomat said to Castlereagh on the topic of abolition that ‘You English have always been good at making business March alongside honour’ Whilst I understand why people would think that Britain was freeing slaves it’s the 19th century equivalent of believing we went into Iraq for the WMD

[@ScottChegger]

But you know Britain started the slave trade

[@aethellstan]

i may be wrong so i'm happy to be corrected but i believe we lost around 10,000 sailors and marines and around 100 ships and we spent 40% of GDP per annum for around fifty years to do so.

[@allowit328]

@@aethellstan I don’t think those numbers are accurate but it wouldn’t matter. Let’s say they are accurate. Britain didn’t fight slavery for the sake of freeing slaves. The West Africa Squadron came into being in 1807/1808. Britain allowed slavery to continue in the Western Hemisphere until 1833 and in India for another 10 years. Nobody can seriously think Britain ended the slave trade for a principled reason but were happy with actual slavery for three more decades at least. The British people demanded an end to the slave trade and the Squadron was established (in the middle of the Napoleonic Wars) to harm the commercial interests of Britains imperials rivals. There’s a reason why at roughly the same time a Spanish diplomat said to Lord Castlereigh ‘You English have always been good at making business march alongside honour.’

[@aethellstan]

@@allowit328 that's disingenuous at best. the drive to stop slavery started before the napoleonic wars. and yes 1807 was the end of the slave trade but not of slavery, that stopped (i believe) in 1837ish. as with all history you always get different points of view, so on the one hand you have the "we abolished slavery for the world" view from britain and "you abolished the slave trade so we could not make money etc" from britains enemies. as with every story the truth lies between.

[@hadesdogs4366]

The west African squadron really needs its own Netflix series 😂

[@JL-go3]

It could be based in Freetown. That's in West Africa. I wonder how it got that name?

[@paulinezarzoso6181]

It would be about women navy trans ppl and gay no white ppl stopping the white slavers with British accents there make it out about how bad straight white British men are and if ppl moan there say your racist . It would be stupid just pure haterd to whites forgetting the Africans sold the own honest ppl.

[@Mark-1978]

Trouble is nowadays with todays directors, producers and writers we would still end up as the bad guys and the minorities or some other group would be the ones putting a stop to the trade

[@willrichardson1809]

exactly however it does noke go with the WOKE narative.

[@MisterFluffyBags]

Netflix will never tell that story. They would have to portray white people as the good guys helping black people, and that completely goes against the Netflix narrative. This is 2024, where all white people are supposed to be evil oppressors.

as a 57 year old englishman its the sad truth most british people dont know about this either .

[@sneesby08]

this is the problem its not taught in school in the UK which it should. I learned this about 9 months ago at the age of 38

[@lokibrux]

I'm 43 and learned about this when I was in year 9, so I was 13. It might surprise you how many people are aware of the truth. Unfortunately, trying to voice the truth when surrounded by stupidity and manipulated narratives is like trying to teach particle physics to a particle. I'd have more chance of finding the holy grail.

[@themoderntemplar1567]

@sneesby08 We were taught all about the slave trade and Britains crucial decision to end it. We also learned about abolitionists like William Wilberforce. Kind you that was High school in the late 70's and early 80's.

[@sarahpagett9191]

​@sneesby08 I'm 46 and I learned this in school

[@garyowens3698]

@@sneesby08 I was taught it at an early age, I'm 57 now but I do come from the city that ended slavery, Hull, England

[@spoogemop]

The bit where he mentions the tribe that were making £250K a year off slavery? Remember that's British pounds as at that time. That works out in buying power/value as between $50 and $70 million in today's money. Not £250 THOUSAND - $50 to £70 MILLION. Now you see why it was so profitable.

[@cmlemmus494]

Made worse by the fact that there was less that you could do with that kind of wealth. There were no super yachts or experimental space flights or private jets. The rich didn't even have better medicine; doctors were still using mercury and arsenic as pain killers FFS. At that level of wealth it's a video game: you just want the number to go up.

[@Crenley]

Inflation a bitch yo

[@RaulGillett]

I had to check the equivalent monetary valuation too. It works out at just shy of $90,000,000 for those across the pond

[@mikdavies5027]

The British Empire, whilst not perfect, was miles better than the other European empires existing at the same time. Britain made the modern world, think about that!!

[@PeterBell-k3x]

Britain probably never enslaved an African native. We with other European just sailed up and bought them from African slavers. Horrendous but at that time perfectly normal

[@Greenwood4727]

reminds me of the line from Monty python Life of Brian, what did the romans ever do for us

[@shy404usernotfound]

"Britain made the modern world".....? What? Literally how?

[@mikdavies5027]

@@shy404usernotfound. The Industrial Revolution, for a start. Anyone with an ounce of common-sense would know!

[@simonrae3048]

@@shy404usernotfound The English language. The universal language of the world.

[@davidmoor8096]

The shortest war in history was fought between the UK and the Sultan of Zazibar! It lasted less than a hour! The British said close the slave markets, the Sultan said no! The Royal Navy delivered ONE salvo to the Palace. War ended, slave markets closed.

[@meanlean3095]

Everyone who’s free should love the British 👍

[@chrisvibz4753]

oh the british a bunch of saviors!!! after enslaving 25 percent of the world.

[@Delboy0]

I’m Black and read a lot of history on the subject and this videos is nothing more than white British people trying to revise and erase real history and put fake history full of lies, so white British can think of themselves as anti-slavery heroes. It is utter bullshit and they are trying to trick African Americans who don’t know much about British history into believing these lies. Yes, Britain abolished slavery before America, but even after they abolished Britain was still one of the biggest controllers of the slavery industry in the world and many British slaves didn’t get freedom until many decades after abolition and the bias inaccurate video never mentions that the Royal Family owned more Black slaves than any family in the world and branded every slave with a hot poker with the royal insignia and fails to mention that British government were paying compensation to descendants of slave owning families until 2017 for slavery being abolished and not paying a single penny to black descendants of these slaves. the British bury the truth and come with fake truth for themselves and own ego.

[@nosmokejazwinski6297]

Not sure if that can really be considered a war. It would be a little bit like today considering a single airstrike somewhere as a war that lasted few mins while that airstrike was happening.

[@raymartin7172]

And we sent the Sultan a bill for the ammunition expended. I don't know if he paid it, but I bet he did.

[@martyngray48]

Queen Victoria had a goddaughter who was black saved by a navy captain

[@anitaherbert1037]

As an older person I am proud to say We brits were still paying to end the slave trade in our taxes until 2015. As the majority of the cost of abolishing the slave trade was from loans incurred after the Napoleon's wars which had already left us in debt to the tune of 1 billion pounds in approx 1815 so appfox over a 100 billion in today's money.

[@sajO5754]

The funniest thing is that the working-class British people who had nothing to do with slavery are proud to be taxed over nearly two centuries to pay the slave owners compensation.😅

[@stue2298]

Hello Neal, you started of saying how badly black slaves where treated in the west, there is a video by a youtuber History Debunked called "What was life really like for slaves in America before the Civil War brought them freedom?", this maybe a good one to watch on your journey about slavery and the slave trade.

[@sirrodneyffing1]

In London today the authorites still find people who have been brought into the UK from West Africa illigaly and have been kept captive as domestic servants.

[@echelon2k8]

Yes, most likely by Muslims, no doubt, being modern London and all.

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

Not by white brits a dare say.

[@dixienormus6941]

Yeah but they’re not being brought here by British people mate. It’s that Asniral Akbar gang doing that

[@garymoore8972]

The first recorded slave owner in America was actually a black man called Anthony Johnson in 1621 ...you can bet you were not taught that either

[@V4Now]

He was an indentured servant who eventually gained his freedom. He was just above a slave legally for him to buy his brethren so they could maybe be treated like humans.

[@ericpeterson9110]

I mean, sure, but that's purely a technicality.

[@garymoore8972]

@@V4Now he had two Indentured servants who ran away he went to court and claimed they were his property the court ordered them to be returned therefore they were slaves his property

[@freethinker--]

Knowledge is power, sad that kids aren't told the truth at school.

[@Jill-mh2wn]

The ignorance is what keeps them `in their place`

[@valerietorreggiani9973]

@@Jill-mh2wn history of the slave trade is taught in British schools. But I am not sure that the African rulers part in all this or the universal fact of slavery is adequately taught.

[@V4Now]

​@@valerietorreggiani9973 during my school in the early 2000s you got more detail from the teachers if you asked. And I know some parents wanted some better lessons on it and adapted the coriqulum like the difference between indentured servants and slaves, economics and nations involved. It wasn't all schools in London, obviously, but a few other that pushed for it.

[@valerietorreggiani9973]

@@V4Now not my post.

[@Donizen1]

Governor Arthur Phillip was the leader of the first European settlement in Australia in 1788. I remember reading somewhere that he was against slavery and declared that slavery was not permitted. It doesn't mean it didn't happen, as some managed to work around it. He said that the convicts when they had served their sentence, were free, and could stay or make their way back to England as freemen. There were still some disgusting things that happened in our early days, but it was good to see that at least the leader at the start had the same moral stance. I also read that Gov Phillip felt that the convicts deserved the be treated well, though harsh treatments were handed out to those who caused problems. He was also recorded as commuting quite a few death sentences in the colony. I am sure there are similar stories about other early British colonies.

[@Brummy0121]

"The air of England is too pure for any slave to breath" love it gods country.

[@richardmartin9565]

England didn't have slavery in England. In other words, all the English were subjects to owned by) the monarch, so no subservient could share that ownership. The idea that "all men are created equal" came out of the Enlightenment Period of the early 1700s England. It found it's way to the Colonies and the Declaration of Independence. There's a lot of history that's been overlooked. NOTE: Slaves are bound to a human master; Serfs are bound to the land, and the land belonged to a prince, or lord.

[@Jill-mh2wn]

Human nature calls for a division of everyone ,with a very few holding power and the rest subservient . It will never change ,even in communist societies ,which proclaim equaliTy for all. Some are more equal than others .

[@Angle-saxon-94]

That’s right we didn’t have slavery in England it was illegal this is why I laugh at America because they could of ended slavery when they went running to the French for help to win there independence but they didn’t they still had slave and they had the cheek to say all men are created equal Americans our clearly hypocrites 😂🤣

[@JohnnieAshton]

Except Richard you overlook the English Legal system. May I humbly suggest you go and try and prove that Feudalism existed? Many have tried and failed. In principle the whole land and people were ruled and owned by the monarch? In reality, the Laws of Aethelberht (600AD) and the subsequent continuous amendments, meant any English person was protected by the Law, and the Monarch no matter how despotic was subject to the said Laws, Magna Carta 1215. Also on your point about Serfdom, English Serfdom was different to that practiced in the rest of Europe. Not only was the person bound to the land, a portion of that land was theirs to work, and retain any wealth created. That wealth did not belong to any Lord, Baron or King, but the subject working their own land. In other words, English Serfdom was a one way street, which over time gave freedom to all Commoners (what would today be called Citizens). Hence why Serfdom died out in England by 15th Century. May I make another suggestion. that you stop listening and reading Socialist claptrap, it is just full of Bullshit. Remember Socialist = stupid person so anything Socialist is stupid.

[@JohnnieAshton]

@@Nauysvyf Nearly, but it was already on the verge of extinction, there were few serfs when the Plague hit England. The shortage of labour finally brought to an abrupt end, something that had been happening over the previous 400 years. Also tha Barons and landed gentry, wanted cash, so were willing to give up labour in kind, for hard do$h. Which those rich Labourers could now finance, and buy the leases on the land. For which the King received very little, also giving a lie to the King owning everything. The population had fallen by around 40%/45% but the amount of money in circulation remained about the same. The actual Labouring classes were not serfs to start with, they were usually paid in kind, so this sudden situation of having money thrust upon them, made some rich.

[@themoderntemplar1567]

@richardmartin9565 There sure is a lot of History that has been overlooked, e.g The Declaration of Arbroath which predates your claim by some 400 years and is widely acknowledged to be thee document that inspired the American declaration of Independence in the colonies.

[@matthewwalker5430]

seriously, you don't want to 'rock with' Willian the Conqueror - the man was horrible. Yes he did sanction the sale of people from outside his country, but we do know his motives and they were because he viewed EVERYONE in the country as belonging to him, lol. That's why the punishment would be a fine - if you're going to sell 1 of William's subjects, well he'll take the money for it as you don't own that subject, he does. Also, the African rulers, mostly, weren't enslaving 'their own people', they were enslaving their enemies mostly. That is why they held it in such esteem - it was not just reducing your enemy to nothing, but reducing them into your service. Thing is, over time, the more powerful those rulers became, the further they would have to go to find slaves, which meant venturing deeper into Africa to find tribes that could be conquered. Tribes who, otherwise, would've been not threat to them. They still wouldn't have seen those people as "their own", it doesn't matter that they were also 'African', Africa is just a continent.

[@Jill-mh2wn]

But in the context of slavery , to the British the slaves were people

[@coot1925]

You have to remember that Africa was not a united country, and still isn't. It's a continent with many countries. Back then it was tribes who fought each other and whoever was the strongest defeated the weaker and took slaves. Once Britain took control of Africa the slave trade was dismantled and law and order was put in place. It wasn't perfect because Africa is a massive continent to police. As soon as the British left they reverted back to their ssvage ways. It takes a civilised people to build a civilisation. 🖖🏽❤🇬🇧

[@themoderntemplar1567]

Firstly I'm kinda shocked that all African-Americans don't know this and are instead taught some bullshit narrative in its place. Secondly we are taught this in school(not sure about now as it's a looong arsed time since I left school😁) But we were taught all about slavery and the abolitionists like William Wilberforce in the early years of High school. Last but not least we Brits are immensely proud of our History and the life changing inventions our people made to pull humanity out of backtracking toil, hardship & disease. The crusade against the slave trade is up there with our greatest achievements as a nation. So next time you point the finger in our direction for alleged racism, know our History first.💪🇬🇧

[@stevenfair2288]

I think that the was lot of sailors that lost their's lifes in confrontation with other nations trying stop the slave trade.

[@dogfather-Jeremy]

A minimum of 3000 sailors gave their lives...some say it's as high as 5000 souls.

[@valerieTorreggiani]

When I was about six my mother used to take me on the Greenline bus out of London, Poplar to be exact, to Kent, Cudham. We would walk across the fields and sit on a bench made to fit around a tree. She called it the Wilberforce Tree (an Oak I think) and tell me the story of how he stopped slavery. I know now it was a lot more complicated but two middle class people in the 1950's realising the fight against slavery was developed by a Briton was a proud lesson for me! I am very offended when my grandchildren call me a racist!

[@savagesnayle301]

I am white i feel no guilt because of my race and nor should i. because in the history of colonialism rich people indigenous to colonies generally made money and supported the colonising power.

[@kanani7410]

I am indigenous and believe no one should feel guilty for their ancestors’ actions, regardless of what they did. Even if your ancestors were the most evil people to live, that wouldn’t mean anything about you.

[@cosmos-smallpiece5786]

Just subscribed… Dream team’s pragmatic and honest analysis of this presentation is so refreshing. The UK is wet and depressing but it is the fairest and kindest society in the world .

[@barkerbiz]

Knew this most of my life. Britain also had a Black Emperor (Lucius Septimius Severus of York) He had many slaves. Black Slave Traders also took many inhabitants of Southern ireland and Cornwall for slavery. Landing the Beaches and Ransacking the coastal villagers. Largely forgotten in History. True ting.

[@jamesmcgregor9492]

News flash back in the day it was grim for 99% of people. But Europe with empire and spread of British law and capitalism help move millions out of poverty and was a good force in the world and should be really proud of are contribution to humanity. Rule Britannia 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 This video highlights the importance of history and what made Britain a really special place and never to take are freedoms for granted

[@duncanfairbairn2195]

As a Brit, I've always found it amusing. "America! Land of the free!" What a joke. Institutionalised separatism. You all want t identify as Italian-American, Irish-American, African-American, Chinese-American, etc. Are there any just Americans?I In the UK, we are all British. Some are English, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish. But Brits never identify as French-British, or African-English, etc, unless they were born in a different country and have migrated to Britain. Even then, most will just identify as British. Do Americans feel like being "Just American" isn't enough?

[@crashstitches79]

It's the left that does the distinctions. Period.

[@WarriorKiwi007]

@@crashstitches79 rolls eyes at the liar.

[@liarwithagun]

@@WarriorKiwi007 The lefts current philosophical guiding principle is called critical race theory dude. It's pretty obvious they are the ones obsessed with race.

[@berain-vo9ur]

@@crashstitches79 Donald Trump has called himself Scottish-American....how far right are you if Donald Trump is left in your world?

[@richardmartin9565]

Even in the US, slavery was not the same everywhere. The Deep South was not the same as the North. In case of fire, everybody faced the emergency together. This tends to change opinions about those around you. . As a result, it's a mistake to over generalize. Everyone has a different story.

[@vivettebell1610]

I am so glad someone is talking about the Arab slavers and the warring African tribes who took and traded in slaves. Europeans couldn't have done it without them. As for reparations, this is history. The clue is in the name. It is the past. It can not be changed, but it can be learned from. In Britain, our people in England and Wales were taken as slaves by the Romans. The vikings took British Slaves, and the invading Normans made virtual slaves of all poor Anglo Saxons. Should we be asking Italy, scandinavian countries, and others to make reparation? No. Our history made us who we are today. The good, the bad, and the ugly. We can learn from mistakes to try and avoid bad things from happening again. But we are where we are because of our forefathers and that can't be changed.

[@poshiesmom]

I’m from Liverpool UK which was part of the Slavery Triangle - when Slavery was abolished they were just told “go free” - that’s why we had the largest Black community in Toxteth, we also have the largest/ oldest Chinese community due to our seafaring heritage. I love how multi cultural our City is, mixed marriages have been forever which is wonderful. I am also very proud that my Ancestors have the surname Wilberforce - who was instrumental in the abolition of slavery.

[@jordanwhite8718]

I don’t know where people get this idea that children are not being taught the truth. Back when I was a kid taking high school history in about 2007. I learned a lot about this. I wouldn’t say my school was rich, but it was OK. I just had a pretty liberal history teacher who loved the subject of history, and he did talk about how the British were important and ending slave trade. If I had to give a reason why a lot of kids weren’t taught what I was taught is that the quality of teachers was probably not very good and they probably focused mostly on American history which to be fair so did my school. Also, it’s very possible that they were taught that but when you don’t use information, you lose it. That’s why to this day. I probably wouldn’t do very well in algebra two.

[@liarwithagun]

It depends on where you go to school and who your teacher was. If you had a woke teacher in a woke state, your taught their "White man = bad, black man = good" version of history, if you get a lost-causer as a teacher, you learn that the Civil War wasn't about slavery, etc. It's not just history either. I've had creationist science teachers and pro-evolution science teachers as well. I've had many different teachers in many different schools due to moving around to different towns as a kid, and they all teach what they think is correct. Some are neutral and some are brainwashed by one flavor of koolaid or another. Just because your school and teachers didn't try and brainwash you or others from your area doesn't mean there aren't schools and people out there that do try and do so.

[@sirloinsteakwithpeppercorn7353]

When I was in school we watched roots over 3 lessons and that was it.

[@toranhale7221]

Wow. Seek and you shall find. A very powerfull example of why you should always varify what you hear and not just blindly listen to what media pumps out for the masses.

[@Deano-Dron81]

Same for you. Unless you seek some crap we dont know about.

[@ThomasHillier-p9e]

Because the line in our National Anthem, Britons shall never be slaves, We give dignity to all, who are righteous and children of God, which we have been for millenia. So the concept of slavery is contrary to the Christian faith. So it jad to be stopped.

[@petretepner8027]

"...the concept of slavery is contrary to the Christian faith." How so? Christianity existed for many centuries as part of a slave-holding society, and not a murmur was heard from the Church against slavery until 1435. Even after that, the message remained very mixed for another couple of centuries.

[@ChainsawWieldingSquirrelChaser]

Sad that people are unaware of this, maybe people would have less of a guilt for being British.

[@trapdoorspider9211]

Uk here I believe the British crusade originally started about 1033 and ended about the late 1700 or 1800s I carnt remember exactly we was up against meny meny countries there is an estimated cost equivalent today. The Arab involvement just brutal. There’s a lot to learn from history even memorial’s can be a reminder of what to do and what not to do. I’ve seen the full vid to this.

[@breitve]

so many sailors died in the fighting, that even to this day, in songs and stories here in northern europe, when a sailor leaves his wife or girl behind and never returns, he was usually sailing for zanzibar

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

My x6 great grandmother was a slave taken to England late 1700s , she was freed married and had a family, she eventually went home to Senegal 🇸🇳.

[@hadesdogs4366]

As an American you can understand things like It’s one thing to make a law that bans any and all guns It’s an entirely different matter when it comes to enforcing those laws again look at Texas vs Washington where ATF and government officials has been seen tearing down the barbed wire barriers in order to prevent more migrants from invading both the US border as well as Texas borders as well, we which as a result has lead to legal battles in the courts over state sovereignty vs government overreach along with the government’s blatant disregard and damage to both state property as well as a total disregard for human life

[@brettpeacock9116]

It is worth noting that the Somersett case was resolved in 1772, only 4 years before the American Revolution. WHT? Because it wS solidified in British Law that any slave on English Soil automatically became emancipated... a the 13 Colonies of the Americas were, technically British Soil.... Things that make you go hmmmmm....

[@fredshred5194]

It still goes on today, same places.

[@deputyVH]

Shame on your educators for not giving you the full story. Thanks for this video. Peace! ✌

[@jamesgardner4738]

William the Conqueror passing that law had nothing but benefits that I think, even he, saw; 1. Fines paid direct to him allowed him to temporarily fill his coffers. 2. The working population of the country began to rise as a result. 3. The standing of an Englishman in the eyes of the world dramatically increases as none are allowed to be sold and bought as slaves. If William didn't foresee all those factors I would be very surprised.

[@FREEKYFERRET]

I'm 47 and learned all this in school. So glad I grew up in the UK where they don't just teach you a national narrative but a world view. The Africans who were selling other Africans weren't selling their own people, they would have been from other tribes or countries. Colour doesn't make you the same people, culture and traditions do.

[@davidatkinson5858]

Ah well that makes it alright then....totally enough grounds for blaming and naming different periods of the millennia old thriving African controlled slave trade on it's best customers at the time👍😂

[@davidboydarnott417]

Before we even start, back then, Man was on a journey to become the best version of himself and to become better at solving problems on Earth. I've had my doubts about this since the 90's and I think he's no longer on that path and corrupt people are diverting funds from the path.

[@davidboydarnott417]

Neal, the message should be "We should all uphold this proud history, and uphold the law, and whenever we see anything to do with Human Trafficking (Slavery) alert the Authorities" coz these Traffickers cant operate without the people covering for them or officials taking bribes to turn a blind eye. Every Country has to have a clean up.

[@christianmarriott3696]

What is often not told is that the British government spent more money on defeating slavey that it had previously made from slavey. Yes, after thousands of year of human slavery the first nation to outlaw and fight against it was the British... And yet what we keep hearing about is the brief period of time that the British engaged and profited from the slave trade...

[@DazfxDenz]

Greed is an illness that will never be acknowledged because the most powerful are afflicted with it.

[@InternetBlog-ww3go]

The section on William the Conqueror had the dates mixed around: in 1066 (not 1086) 10% of the population were slaves, and slavery had largely died out by 1086 as can be seen in the Domesday Book.

[@queef3057]

Yea we know it here, we are taught it in the UK. Same in portugal (my partners portuguese). Precisely why we fire back so firmly over reparations etc. Least you actually checked. If only more did we would probably find less hate brooding, refusal to move forward only feeds it. It should be taught in the USA too. Thank you. It was a genuine pleasure to see your reaction to the good efforts of the empire. Of course we did wrong too, but it used to be a dog eat dog world, it was very different - however we took it in the right direction and kept it that way. Once we could see it was there to stay, we gave the power back to the colonies peacefully and maintained positive relationships. We would still give our lives to defend that today. We watch former colonies grow with great content. We make roman, carthaginian & alexandrian rule look like amateur hour. I think the last part of the video (referencing that we are not aware of it), is referring to what you would describe in America as the liberal movement. Most people are rather central here, but we do have 'right' and 'left' wings, as we call them. The left wing tends to hate all thing empire and shamelessly blame ourselves any time race or empire is even remotely a factor. The right wing being ignorant to some key moral lessons. Great example, and potentially good video material: the british are often accused of stealing artifacts, which quite often where legitimately bought, where part of treaties/allegencies, or gifted from the nation of origin in good faith. Some of the treaties made we paid heavy prices of blood and resources to maintain. There are a lot of examples where countries demand items back they really have no fair claim to, and the left will pander to it all day long which has lead to a growing movement for us to return shit we earned from fair trades or treaties. Of course the right wing think we did no wrong at all and blindly ignore all the shit we did steal. You get the idea.

[@theythinkimmadyouknow]

I visited the slave market in Zanzibar. I love Africa and have visited a lot of it and you will not find nicer people anywhere. That slave market will haunt me forever, a stain on human history.

[@angelmagickcosplay4162]

I live a village over to an old pub that is IN the doomsday book. It's still trading as a pub and B&B. I always think of it when the doomsday book comes up. I always find it interesting to learn about lesser known English law. I have studied land law, but specialised in it. So things like this were missing. Although, the war in 1066, does bring in the basis of English land law.

[@neilbertuk1]

Dude, just found your channel, absolutely loving it.

[@johnbennett9630]

It's so important to know how we came to be where we are. Otherwise plausible liars will tell us a different story and make us angry at the wrong people, for their purposes.

[@newuk26]

As a proud, patriotic Brit, I have no problem in accepting all the bad colonial things we did. All I ask in return is acknowledging all the great things we did, Numerous technological advances that changed the world, but the main one is of course slavery. Everything we did wasn't always great, but we did everything we could

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

Don't forget that British people were taken as slaves by Viking invaders, in fact St Patrick of Ireland was a Brit taken into slavery but escaped and went back to Ireland as a Christian.

[@lordveteran9126]

...and we WONT be doing it again....

[@dixienormus6941]

Just for context; the narrator is the wonderful Paul Sinha; a British Asian man and a veritable polymath: he is so knowledgeable and funny If you get a chance; read his books!

[@redseagaming7832]

The problem with history is people have a short lifespan in short memory loss

[@christinemarshall1366]

Even after slavery was abolished in the UK (30 years earlier than it was in the USA) there was no segregation, unlike in America, were it persisted until the 1960's. There's a video about the Black, US soldier's experience of segregation-free Britain during WW2, unfortunately, I can't find it again, perhaps you can.

[@markrothwell-eq7sg]

These African rulers didn’t think of the people they sold as ‘their people’ they were conquered enemies. Just because they were the same colour didn’t mean they were the same people any more than a Frenchman is the same as a German.

[@jacklomas7773]

So pleased you watched this.

[@calvaryn]

Good video. "Shout out to William" had me laughing like crazy xD. Might want to look up "the harrying of the north" in England in which William killed around 5% of the English population at the time.

[@tylertheotaku9270]

1750 - £250,000 2024 - £69,467,464.28p Holy Moly!

[@Lee-rg8qq]

You've misunderstood it a little, the African's didn't sell their own people. One nation/empire or tribe attacked and raided another different tribe. for example The Yoruba would sell Ibo captives they took in raids, and at the same time the Ibo would be selling Yoruba captives to a different European merchant.

[@martinwright9238]

I live in England and i feel like a bloody slave,paying tax for all the illegal immigrants..

[@WinstonSmith19847]

That's a false equivalence how is paying tax like being a slave ?

[@arthurelliott207]

@@WinstonSmith19847because it is taken and you have no say how it is spent 🥲

[@matthew4107]

@@WinstonSmith19847 forced to work with no free income other than to afford food and some heat?

[@WinstonSmith19847]

@@matthew4107 A slave is someone that is owned as another person's property maybe you bigots need to look up the definition of slave before comparing yourselves to one. I like the fact you had to answer for the person I was talking to and you coudn't get it right either. Paying tax is not the same as having no freedom because someone owns you as I said a false equivalence.

[@gavrielly2640]

As well as being oppressed by your own military. The worst fate was getting caught by the Nazi's, I'm so glad you guys were welcomed here tho

[@folksinger2100]

Also needless to say that Slavery in the uk, known as indentured labour, was only outlawed in the uk in 1917.

[@20chocsaday]

There are still opportunities for the brightest to work for nothing. Or perhaps not now but there was a time when you had to pay to work.

[@andymills2985]

Theres a theory about mj living in the days of castration

[@roxee57]

Those African rulers didn’t think they were selling their own people into slavery though. Just like Europeans who were selling other Europeans into slavery didn’t think they were selling their own people. The world was very tribal back then. Skin colour wasn’t important, tribe was.

[@stu185]

This means that Bob Marley's song buffalo soldier is fake news..😂

[@peterchapman3740]

The vast majority of people in Enland had nothing to do with the slave trade ,shit they just had enough food feed their own familys ,it was rich men who participated and some underdogs

[@VFTBReacts]

They had tribal wars and tribes sold their prisoners of war, you can’t blame them or attribute as much guilt. The Portuguese actually learned the pattern from the Arabs

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

If I ever chance upon Frankie Boyle. -'-- ---- --- -----'- -- for what he said.

[@Randall82760]

Look up the USS Mohican in Aug 1860. The US Navy hunted down Slavers.

[@christinesmurthwaite8660]

there😢 was an MP called William wilberforce from my city Hull e Yorkshire England 😂😂😂😂

[@christinesmurthwaite8660]

was an Mp who helped with the stopping ofslavery

[@TheEnglishCountryHouse]

Excellent video, we subbed!

[@Raven-flight]

The narrative being given sounds like Carl Benjamin from the Podcast of the Lotus Eaters. Look into the Bennin expedition of 1897, it was referred to as the City of Blood. Or the Barbery pirates and the Irish village of Baltimore.

[@Ervin-ks2bz]

if you can read PLEASE READ THIS BOOK THE NEGRO QUESTION PART 6 THE FOUNDING OF THE 13 BLACK COLONYS BY LEE CUMMINGS THIS IS FROM IRVING OF CHICAGO.

[@Mistmantle88]

You might also look into the Barbary Slave Trade and the dates associated with it, for broader context.

[@oldmanghost219]

I am not sure why people would not know about the history of slavery. it's in the Bible. It has been mentioned in the the history of Egypt, Rome, Jerusalem, China, and so on.

[@davidsmith8279]

Whilst in our modern world we understand that slavery is an abhorrent act....you can't apply today's world view on what our planet was like centuries ago. Slavery in those days was as common and accepted a practice as it is owning a pet today. In fact slavery is now more commonplace in parts of our world today than it's EVER been. Folk simply love to virtue signal to make themselves feel good but are completely unwilling to try to tackle modern slavery. It's easy to shout 'racist' at countries/cultures who USED to practice slavery, it's far harder to try to save kids in our current world from being used/abused when companies/warlords are making profit from their misery & exploitation.

[@Paul-nn9oj]

The abolishionists appealed to the peoples common christian morality. Doubt such a consensus would happen in a divided country

[@paulinekaye4119]

Watch a movie the woman king. They mixed up the tribes. But it shows that the slaves were bought from african kings. People need to haves this put into uk history lessons. And taught in all schools. As part of our history exams. GCSE, A LEVELS ETC.

[@Bigcatuk]

The UK First to destroyed Slaves Trading in the World we bought slaves from Africans and Arabs. Still today these places trade and use slaves. Again British people Do the right thing. WE As always Try doing RIGHTOUS THINGS. DONT BLAME US FOR YOUR TEACHERS LIES. LOOK AT AND RESEARCH

[@666Maeglin]

Been telling this to americans all the time.. tellling the truth makes me a r4cist somehow. There have been several cases where they filmed african americans going to west africa to see the places where african slaves where sold to the europeans at the coast. Many collapsed in tears after finding out that the truth about slave trade is so different from what schools in the USA teach. E.g. there was a dicumentrary in the netherlands investigating the role of the dutch in slave trade. It was clear that the slave trade was mainly not racial in origin, but pure economic. E.hg. several of the dutch slave traders settled themselves in these coastal kingdoms. They in many cases married the daughters of the black kings to improve relations and get rich together with these local kingdoms they traded with.

[@liarwithagun]

Racism came out later to justify the trade to themselves. The trade of Africans started that sort of racism, not racism starting the trade of Africans. The Europeans (British and its colonies mostly) knew it was wrong, so they had to create a justification for it to say it isn't wrong i.e. racism. Other societies didn't think it was wrong, so they never felt a need to justify it in the first place. You don't need to morally justify turning a doorknob or buying a blender.

[@TreVader1378]

As history tells us, you don't fu*k with the British.

[@Ronsta229]

Thomas Sowell has some interesting videos on KZbin on the subject of slavery.

[@chasingthesun-bi6cx]

Britian didnt end the slave trade because it was wrong, they ended it because it was becoming untenable because of the slave uprisings in the Caribbean. They tacked it on the the campaign for the Quakers to make it look honerable, when in fact they didnt want the french and the americans to have slaves if they couldn't. Just because the slavery always went on and still goes on to this day doesnt make the transatalantic slave trade any better.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

Actually, compaigns for the abolition of slavery began in Britain in the 1770s. But, of course, you wouldn't know that, would you?

[@seandonoghue8197]

How do you think the African kings got so rich.

[@aaroncunningham3000]

If you haven’t heard of the Battle of Bamber Bridge, you should watch (or read) about it.

[@almudd]

Whilst this is a great video it's worth noting that the work of Granville didn't extend to representing all black slaves brought to England, so there were enslaved people in the UK, but they often ran away and could establish new lives in the country without being captured, but they did exist, even in the most rural of places which now are mostly white areas. And as with everywhere, unfortunately modern slavery exists in the UK, from all ethnic backgrounds.

[@johnhill8819]

Please tell all your friends when they are asking for money to this day to pay for slave trade.Tell them that we stopped it and a lot of our people lost their lives on the ships trying to stop and catch the slave traders.All so please tell them to watch the many accounts to the history of this.

[@jameshead9119]

While I don’t know for sure but at about That William the conqueror put that law in place he had heavily depopulated much of the country in putting down rebellions so there was a severe shortage of labour in the country so this law was to discourage the export of slaves from the country where they were badly needed ( pretty much similar to what happened after the Black Death did much later where the land owners had to Poach there in force from their neighbours estates with bribes )

[@MxMoondoggie]

The problem is that America sees Africa as a monolith and all Africans the same as they'd see all Americans but it's never worked that way. If you ever talked about things in terms of race in Africa they'd be very confused by that. They can be tribalist or even Arabist but the idea of exclusion from skin colour is alien to them. South Africa was a whole other modern issue entirely that had nothing to do with the slave trade. Many wars in Africa caused by colonisation were from borders and countries being drawn that forced people from tribes who have centuries of wars and hatred to live together and form democratic governments, independence only made it worse because then you had some tribes over represented and in control while their rivals are mistreated and even in some cases massacred. Wars have often created slaves as slaves were taken from the conquered and African tribes were no different in that regard and neither were the Arabs in North Africa forcing the Berbers to Islamise and took slaves from them and other African tribes centuries before the West ever figured out this was a thing.

[@kcidermanstuff3385]

Any one got a link to the vid he reacting to .. I know the original got took down

[@liselou2]

Nope…I can’t cope with all the belching!

[@LupinGaius-ls1or]

No, mainly black grievance mongers lied to you.

[@misolgit69]

now research the Battle of Bamber Bridge

[@justinereid6374]

Omg you need to google the battle of bamber bridge, don’t even!\my grandad was an RAF squadron leader and he would not accept anything but equality from everyone!!

[@gl2773]

Surprised that no one here has mentioned William Wilberforce. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce

[@20chocsaday]

It might cause mention of Jesus Christ in the script and so fall foul of editing.

[@jtmassecure4488]

They didn’t see other Africans well they did but they weren’t the same people from culturally or dna wise. Obviously this dosent make it right but I don’t like when Sub Saharan Africa is lumped into one group it’s probably the most ethnically diverse place on earth. It’s like saying an Italian selling a Norse person into slavery is them selling their own but worse.