Britain borrowed so much money to abolish slavery that the debt was only paid off in 2015. So if you've paid tax in Britain before 2015, then you helped too.
@@sulaak The British stopped slavery and as we've already learned, not all slavers were white. Why would you assume they'd be giving money to the slaves who had never had money in the first place? It was business disruption money. Sounds like you might be just a little resentful and a bit r4cist?
The slave owners were bought off. No one seems to have considered paying the former slaves compensation for all the unpaid work they did or for being held captive. The former slave owners then invested much off the money from the Government in the numerous new railway companies. This gave a big boost to the industrial revolution, the legacy we still benefit from today.
@@MrTrevisco uh, yes you have. Britain was the best run and richest country from the time of Alfred right through the medieval period - which was why it was such a target for dynasties and raiders. The british wealth, institutions, and organisation that made it such a huge power didnt come from thin air, although centuries of misrule have centred all that wealth in the hands of the powerful minority.
@@MrTrevisco So anyone with money has got it through suspicious means and should give it away? A typical radical left-winger with not a clue beyond their radical indoctrinated ideology... As usual not a ounce of reason or practicality yet full of self righteousness. What have you given away in this venture?
I’m Australian no my ancestors didn’t come here in chains as convicts they came as settlers I’ve never been to England but Britain hold a place in my heart I don’t know if it’s because we’re still part of commonwealth or what but I will not have anyone slag England or the royal family England did nothing wrong she only improved the world for the better.
@ Kenneth walker I'm from London. But Australia and England will always be connected, thank you for your kind words in defence of my country, You stay safe friend 👍
Ireland has a different story as do many other former colonies worldwide who England sought to destroy not just financially but culturally too and the fact they hold up one of the most inbred families in the world as their crowning achievement speaks wonders doesn’t it?!
@@louisemckn Wow you sound bitter. No other country on earth has had more influence on the world than England. If Ireland had gotten their shit together you could have been a powerful nation too but instead you spent the middle ages fighting amongst yourself.
That wording implies people were making the women do that. While crazy, the records overwhelmingly show the women just did it themselves. Plus, they could just kill themselves with how the ban was worded.
@@funster73mcr2 Most of the reports I came across had the women doing it themselves as everyone else just looked on not doing a whole lot. I didn't look into every case just the common trend that people reacted to. Maybe women were forced to do it sometimes, but it is still deceptive to have that be the representative image of Sati and thus India's attitude to woman. Casually looking at a woman burning herself is nothing anywhere close to burning a woman yourself.
Britain has a long and well recorded history including both good and bad things. But it is a shame that all anybody talks about is the bad. It weighs heavily on many peoples conscience and nobody allows them to take pride in anything.
Exactly. Same for the Germans. All anyone talks about is the 50 years of German early 20th Century history. Not the hundreds of years before that, or the 75 years afterwards.
@@moonrabbit2334 : That’s true for an individual human being. But not true for a nation. International law says that children can not be punished for the crimes of their parents, grandparents or any of their ancestors. So today’s British people are not responsible for crimes committed in the time of the British Empire. Nor can they be forced to pay financial compensation for crimes committed in that time. They can’t even be forced to apologise for those crimes, although they can be asked to apologise for them.
@@moonrabbit2334 so this means every country is sinful no matter what they do then? because every country that is around today has been involved in some brutal killings i its history
Great reaction. There is a two part video called 'The hidden truth behind the end of slavery' by American historian Thomas Sowell. I think you'll find it very interesting. Britain was the only country in the world that was actively enforcing the abolishment of slavery, using both diplomatic and military means. The many mistakes and attrocities that Britain have been responsible for, often overshadow the positive things she did. As a British person I think things like the crusade against slavery, the many inventions, scientific and medical advances, etc are what we should be proud of.. not necessarily conquests and empires.
We also stopped suttee in India,the burning of widows along with their deceased spouse on a funeral pyre! Little know fact ,also tried to sta p out the thuggee, we weren't all bad in the Raj
@@georgejob2156 lol yeah the infamous 'well you continue your tradition then mate but I shall continue mine, where I come from we hang people who burn women'
Me too, and that makes me angry. Why did/does our education system teach this side of things? It feels like a conspiracy to malign us for some unknown reason. Is it ignorance? Arrogance? Racism?
The only regret I have is Britain bringing cricket to India because you guys and girls are unbelievably amazing at it 😁 and I just love how friendly both sides are in the crowd during a cricket game 🏴🇮🇳👊🏻
Well said. I’ve always thought the same , plus how much money has cricket to added to Indias economy over the years. Don’t get me wrong, they have earned every cent of it through their talent and absolute love of the game. It’s because of them it has become a world wise class game. Also not to forget Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Jamaica
Up until Indian Rebellion in 1857, Britain and the Indian people were generally friendly, It was really once living memory of what life was like, before Britain took over in India, that problems started. Most Indians today don't even know that millions of Indians were exported as slaves by the Mughal Empire and their allies right up to the British getting involved. The people of Nepal, perhaps because they had a more oral tradition of History, reflect what the feeling was like about the British before India forgot their turbulent history. Countries like Nepal are the most peaceful after British rule because the descendants of the slave owners hardly exist. The West Indies Islands that are the most anti-British are the ones where there was a substantial Black or non-white ownership of slaves, before emancipation. Reconciliation between the people of a country tends to come easier when a common enemy is created. The USA blaming Britain for slavery is part of their attempt to absolve themselves from blame and reconcile. Unfortunately their cultural influence is so strong, they even have the UK convinced we were the real enemy, not the founding fathers. Even the American Revolution seems likely to have been triggered (at least in part) by the Somerset case a mere 3 years before, instead of being entirely about how an import duty on tea was collected. Imagine a slave owner in the colonies hearing that the air of your country is too pure for slavery.
It is eye opening. Under British rule colonies acheived better roads and railways ,education,Civil service,Language etc etc much like the British achieved when the Romans ruled Britain for hundreds of years.
@@lovelybitofbugle219 🤭🤗🤣😂 They did get me 6 weeks paid leave when our site had to be closed down near the Embankment after timber/stone frames we unearthed. Which turn out to be 1700's 😁.
I've watched a few reactions to this. I can't get to the end without shedding tears. The British have a great deal to be proud of but it's not fashionable to say that. In a time when everybody was fighting & invading eachother somebody had to be the best, it just happened to be Britain.
@Homie you reap what you sow. We Brits had it all, expanded across the globe, and now our little island nation nears the end of its story… from before the age of Æthelstan First King of The English, until now. We’ve had a good run, and an incredible story to be told throughout the coming ages…
Exactly 💯 wecare hated because such a small Island within the vast world achieved a tremendous amount, yes we did indeed do some terrible acts, but we also did some great things like this, and the industrial revolution and medical advancement, people forget all this
@@kayleighrothwell8189 next joke. Call me a defeatist or call me a realist - I only walk 5 minutes down the road until I see a 4 star hotel fully booked for the next 2 years purely for immigrants… I walk past the job centre daily and see a long line of foreigners. Leeds, Bradford & Birmingham are taken over. Londons pretty much on its arse, I know a place called The Curry Mile near me it’s an absolute cess pit… I’ve got no issue with diversity and taking care of those who need taking care of, but not when it’s at the expense of our own people and it’s already cost us our British identity…. Anybody can be British, and being English is frowned upon and viewed as racist. 🏴⚔️👌🏼glad to hear there’s still some proper folk around
I love this channel and hope all the success in the future. No country is perfect and every empire have a lot of negative but the UK also did a lot of positive in the world which makes all the bad not forgettable but somewhat forgivable. And as bad as our history might be to some but we did a lot of good, And as much as my country is sinking in 2022/2023 i'm proud to be a Englishman and will go down with the ship knowing we was the greatest empire and knowing our history.
@@hilarygibson3150 Even Ghandi is quoted as praising British administration as the most free. I can’t recall the exact words, but something to that effect.
It’s silly how people just assume that, it’s like a white person can’t abused by racism but low and behold it happens I’m just tired of peoples blaming all the racism on one race when as in this video explains every nation had its hands dirty in the slave trade, I’m proud to be a white Englishmen, I will not allow anyone to call me what I am not, first and foremost I am a man and damn proud to be one.
I stumbled across this channel recentley and love it. Two intelligent, polite, open minded people looking at diverse topics; a breath of fresh air on Y.T.!
The British Empire certainly did a lot of bad things,was responsible for many various atrocities,massacres etc…but it also at times did good,and ending slavery is a large plus point.
@@ianneale9353 That’s the nature of the beast,though some were worse than others,If I was forced to choose which Empire I’d prefer to be exploited and oppressed by I’d have preferred a British boot on my neck rather than a Belgian one for example.
Britain were NOT the only colonisers!! There were many many before who did the same!! It urks me everytime people ONLY talk like Britain is the only offender. But, look what we did for those countries. Yes we have been bad..as have many other countries. But we did a damn lot of good too.
The ‘british empire’ wasnt responsible for most of what happened in india and china until the mid-1800s when the british government took over the east india company. What most people dont know is that the activities of the east India company were a constant target of protest and investigation by the british parliament. Clive of india, far from being admired for his actions in india, retired from the east India company in britain and was shunned by everyone. In modern parlance he was ‘cancelled’. Amd he ended his life in lonely exclusion from british society. The british government lost its colonies in the USA largely because its policy was to recognise native american sovereignty and block any colonial expansion west - which amerucan colonists, greedy for land, violently objected to. Even in my country, official government policy to native people was intended to be benevolent: ‘terra nullius’ wasnt a plan to steal land, it was an error made in good faith based on an inability to study and understand first nations people with the tools at hand. Too many people have just a superficial knowledge of these subjects.
Well I am English and have learnt a lot from this , some one should make this a history lesson in all schools all over the world . A very informative video , thank you .
An added little snippet, when Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1939, The Emporer Escaped to the UK and Musallini outlawed slavery there! Yes 1939, and make no mistake it still goes on in someform in some countries today.
6:12 They weren't just supporting slavery, Africa (and the Middle East) was one of the main starting points of slavery in humanity. Going as far back as 10,000 BCE, despite what people like to think, people enslaving others of the same ethnicity/skin color was the norm in most early cultures. And yes, regarding 9:26, things such as slavery and human trafficking is still a huge thing in the Middle East in the modern day, much to everyone's disgust. Lastly, for those of you who have heard of the movie "the woman king" DO NOT WATCH IT. If you actually do some research, the so called "heroes" and warrior women depicted in the film were actually one of the main propagators of the African slave trade who kidnapped, sold, tortured, and murdered untold thousands while getting rich from the slave trade. One of the main characters, King Ghezo, who is depicted in the film as a benevolent anti-slave king was in reality a tyrant who actively fought to maintain and spread slavery throughout the continent. Yet the film's creators deliberately tried to change these facts in order to depict everyone in the film as the "good guys' simply because they were African. But if you look at history, the facts remain that Africans were enslaving and selling their own people for a profit.
Love your reactions, guys. I'm very thankful that the Internet allows me here in England to interact and make friends with wonderful people like yourselves in India. All the very best, Si 🇮🇳 🇬🇧
People will learn in generations to come since the British empire wasn't that long ago, people see the benifits of the Roman empire today and I bet you get a few nutters thinking Genghis Khan was good for the environment.
You're 100% correct. Most people seem to think slavery started and finished with the British Empire. So many people are frankly uneducated and ignorant. Why doesn't anyone criticize the Egyptians? Romans? Turks? Mongols? Chinese? Portuguese? French? Spanish? Dutch? Scandinavians? Arabs? Africans? etc. Why is it only us Brits that get criticized?
Why are Slavs called Slavs? From Middle English, from Old French sclave, from Medieval Latin sclāvus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclāvus (“Slav”), because the vast Slavs populations were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages.
@@nrjelley Portuguese, Irish, their Patron Saint Patrick was a man taken from, (Some scholars believe, WALES,)aged 16 by Irish marauders, was taken back to Ireland, where he worked as a slave, as a shepherd.
"Britisher" is the word that, in comic books and old films, German soldiers called British soldiers. Terms more correctly used to describe people from England, Scotland and Wales are Britons, the British or British citizens etc. Good to hear your views on this topic and, for the avoidance of doubt, the English spoken by both of you is much better than my Hindi (or my French, Arabic or Mandarin for that matter!).
@Homie Britisher is used in Ireland too. I think anywhere the British are seen as colonial/negative the term "Britisher" is used - Germans, Irish, Indians, Chinese. I have heard French use the term There is only one person who speaks, "The Queen's English", and she is no longer with us. English belongs to the internet now and trends towards the west coast. It's horrific being on the internet as a British person and seeing how most people deliberately misspell words You are both right that Britisher is a derogatory term and probably shouldn't be used as it's clearly racist, although white Anglo-Americans don't feel discrimination. Those white Britishers be so evil their black hearts don't worry about no racism British English is immortal via culture and laws. Every Commonwealth country, including the USA, uses English Common Law. British culture, TV, movies and personalities are known throughout the world. Maybe Sir David Attenborough is in temporary control of the Queen's English, after that it will be James Bond. English football is the biggest sport in the world. It's estimated that 3.2 billion people watched the premier league in 2018/19, which is not far off every man on the planet We have positive discrimination in the UK for Indians. We think Indians are doctors, nurses, entrepreneurs, scientists. The British public of today or the past have never had ill will towards Indians. We do have ill will towards one Indian though - Rishi Sunak. If India wants to take him back I would consider it a personal favour.
@Homie Americans also refer to all Brits as English, it doesn't make either country correct. I could call all Indians Punjabis but I don't because not all Indians are from Punjab. Ignorance is always a choice.
I’m pretty sure the comments about Australia at the beginning of the video are way off the mark. I’m not implying that “racism” doesn’t exist, it exists everywhere in small pockets of every country in the world. I’ve been to both India and Sri Lanka. It’s a bit rich to be lecturing others when your own country still operates a caste system. And I’ll never forget the reaction of the “locals” when a group of Chinese boarded an Air Lanka flight in Bangkok. It’s the most racist behaviour I’ve seen in my entire lifetime. But I’m not going to brand an entire nation “racist”, for the behaviour of a few.
Racism is an expression of basic xenophobia - the fear of people who are 'different' or, as some would put it, "Not One Of Us." IMO, it is something that all human beings have instinctively, and the better of us learn to overcome. This trait is not limited to any specific race, gender, orientation, age group, locality, culture or belief system.
I cannot believe I cried but I did. For quite a time I knew Britain had a big hand and ultimately started the process of the end of slavery. But I have been witness to a huge change in my life where England, UK, Great Britain has been looked upon as oppressors and rulers unjust. In stark contrast to how I used to feel which was the England was a place to be proud to come from as we are good people on the whole and have a lot of intentions and goodness to be proud of. And we pretty much invented the modern world and we even gave up rulership of most of the world. And THIS VIDEO gave back to me that pride and feeling of good over evil and that we did something that the whole world can be thankful for. I CRIED
As a brit , i was not taught this in school in fact my history classes were basically the Romans. I like yourselves was amazed to hear the facts to this and it just goes to show what can be achieved if you set your mind to something.
England has done many things to which we feel ashamed, but we also did good. The good does not wash away the bad, but contrary to the stereotype, we are not the worlds villain. Great vid, great reaction
I think , on balance, we are. Try and name another country that did as much evil, in as many places, for as long. Don't take it personally, I don't. Ordinary Brits have been some of the longest suffering victims of that evil and, on occasion, its largest opponents
@@ethelmini Britain created its empire for trade and wealth creation. Empires before it created tyranny dominance and universal suffering. Think of the positives, on balance they out weigh the negatives. The abolishment of slavery its self is one of the most virtuous things any country has ever done in all of history. Britain gave birth to the enlightenment and the modern world as we know it. Yes its fashionable to hate Britain and everything it's ever done.
Thank you for sharing this. Its quite inspiring to see your reactions. Freedom, individual liberty, resonates with people across the globe. But just watch out for the modern version, the digital/WEF assault on personal freedom. That's the next battle.
Fact the British Empire is the only empire that willing gave up its power and asked its former colonies if they wished to remain many did and is now know as the commonwealth.
Thank you for this review, lots of information and really interesting to hear about how our Navy helped. We only learn a little bit about this at school so it was nice to learn more with you.
I'm originally from the USA and loved the movie Ämazing Grace which focused on the work of the British parliamentarian William Wilberforce to abolish slavery. I must say that we can say "thank you William Wilberforce for helping us" because it was Britain's moral disgust for slavery that kept it from siding with those nasty southerners in our country that tried to break the USA up because they wanted to keep slavery..
When they are talking about the British ended slavery they are mainly talking about Trans Atlantic slavery and slavery within the British Empire. Remember Ghandi once referred to the British as "the most gentle of masters".
What bothers me is other countrys think we are so well off , were not at least us up north aren't ,we working and pay our bills end of , and yes we are friendly
the sewer system, the rule of law and its enforcement, street lights, the streets themselves, the many thousands of little things we take for granted, gives us riches beyond the comprehension of an Indian villager or an African bushman. Us NOT having open sewers running alongside our homes is us being very well off. the old saying of ``paved with gold``???? well to most third world countries having pavements would be as beneficial as gold. You have a warm lit house in which you typed your comment on your computer, ,,,,,,,, warmth ,light and free worldwide communications, Billions dream of that, please count your blessings as our great grandparents and their grandparents helped set our vast wealth up. We just maintain it.
Thomas Sowell mentioned in a video that slavery was 'one of the most widely practiced and tolerated institutions in the world. It even predates the time of the written language'.
On another tangent, if you would like to look at videos of African nations under British rule and after British rule, you will see what us Brits actually did for the continent/world and what it's like after we leave.
"With great power comes great responsibility." A line from a comic book but true nonetheless. In this instance Britain used its power responsibly. A great, unique point in history. Thank you Britain. The world would be a much worse place today if you had not intervened.
The abolition of slavery is the greatest achievement of the British people. I am very proud of my heritage and have taken some cost for the defence of that pride. It is true that the world stood against us in our desire to abolish what we had come to see as horrific and evil; though many nations now hold up their own small parts in the campaign as virtuous moments in their own history. The very same nations take part, simultaneously, in the vilification of my nation and its part in the trade before our change of heart. Why? I contest that it is because these very people still wish to enslave. They are uncivilised, and they do not wish to be. You may be civilised, your friends and family too but your ‘leaders’ are not and they wish only to bring back the good old days where everything was so very wonderful for them. What the British truly did in the abolition of slave globally, was that she gave the very possibility for the world to be civilised; for a world with slavery in not a civilised world. What else came forth from that statement of base universal respect - thou shalt not enslave another - human rights? Legal frameworks? Education systems? Political stability in huge parts of the world? What else? England is great. The English a great people. Ours was the greatest empire of all of known time and she performed some of the greatest feats and gifted the most wondrous gifts to the world. Football, Cricket and Rugby. Common Law and Jurisprudence. The Enlightenment which brought all of this on. The Industrial Revolution which eventually saw the reduction of child birth mortality from 50% to 0.27% and the mechanical freeing of women from the backbreaking daily grind work of washing (3 whole days of labour for a woman per week per household prior to washing machines), collecting firewood and many other things. Not to mention the basic doubling or more of life expectancy. Any British person who stands and states as this article is a traitor to their own people.
Abraham Lincoln followed the British example. He sent a letter of thanks to the British people of Manchester who refused to mill cloth produced by slaves. These were poor exploited people, who took a financial hit for the good of humanity. The people of Britain were always against slavery.
11:00 is not quite right,...the crew of slave transports had similar mortality rates as the slaves on board, as did immigrants travelling to the Americas. During the age of sail, crossing the Atlantic was a dangerous unhealthy undertaking and only became better thanks to steam ships . Thomas Sowell has written on these topics if you want a good source of facts.
Thank you for sharing this! One thing that I don't see being discussed enough regarding this documentary, which I think it should definitely be pointed out, regards the article that was the impetus of it. For those unfamiliar with him, Frankie Boyle is a notoriously edgy Scottish comedian whose material I used to enjoy, but one day a few years back, he went WAY too far. He once made a "joke" -- I believe it was on an episode of the current-affairs comedy show, "Mock the Week" -- about how the blind, deaf, mentally disabled, mixed-race baby son of a glamour model and a football player would one day grow up to overpower and r@p3 his own mother. So Frankie trying to come across as some great moral authority goes beyond laughable, and straight into downright appalling.
In the War of Independence the British offered freedom to all enslaved people who fought with the British. When the war was lost, the British took them to safety in Canada, those that wanted to also came to the UK. Life was not easily suited to many as the climate is so different. There was a public campaign to help support and fund those soldiers who were struggling in London and then Sieera Leone was founded so that people staying in Canada or UK could go to Sierra Leone. The first group who went to Sierra Leone suffered badly due to tropical disease they had not previously been exposed to, but gradually Sierra Leone was established.
A really good event that shows this was the case of the island of Malta. They asked for the British to invade them and control them as a colony in the very late 18th Century because they said looking across the whole world if you could be controlled by anyone then it was best to be controlled by the British as they were the most benevolent rulers. They were British then from 1800 to the 1960s and asked to be absorbed into the United Kingdom to become a constituent part of the country like Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland were. So it shows how it’s sad that many videos and speakers focus always in negative terms about Britain and it’s Empire because it also did many good things. Looking just as the Indian Subcontinent for example many of the Rajahs and Maharajahs wanted British Rule because they viewed it as a positive thing. I think in the post Colonial period there was this big reaction to looking at Empires as negative but hopefully as times goes on people will look at it more discerningly. As always a great reaction ❤
I'm from England, Britain and I didn't learn this from school history. Although we had to go through a lot of our history in five years of school, including about Clive and the East Indian Company. The Americans think history is all about them, but we only had about a week to go through our American connections. We spent many months, if not a year, going through our connection to India While not the proudest part of our English history, I also think it's one of our proudest connections. India is a place of humanity and human control, a place of angels and devils. Who can truly control it, but the British gave it a try. I first watched this video about Britain's involvement in the slave trade years ago, and even though I was born in '67 and therefore paid some of this debt off, I think it was something I am proud we did and have no regret in paying a penny in doing so.
There is a logical way to look at the British Empire. If the British were so evil then there wouldn't be a British Commonwealth today which is a family of 55 nations which make up the former Empire. For example India today still has our legal system and democracy. Many Indians fought for King and Country in both World Wars. The Empire was built on trade not on conquest. Yes mistakes were made and we did things we should apologise for but there are many positives which dont get talked about. The country sacrificed itself in WW2 to fight for the freedom of the world. We declared war on Germany not the other way around. Hitler didnt want war with us and was happy for us to keep our Empire as long as we stayed out of his way.
I only recently watched Sargon s video on this, and never knew how proud of what Britain had done . I never got taught this in school in London . Rule Britannia ❤❤❤❤❤
The tradgedy of the poiseness lies that are viciously slung around by Boyle is that the number of slaves in the world today is estimated to be just short of 50 million compared to the figure of 11 million traded over a 400year period quoted in the video. Excellent video by the way.
In 1830's wealthy British Slave owners were paid money for each slave freed by ordinary British tax payers for generations. The loan for this was finally paid back to the Bank of England in 2015.
Great reaction. Love your accent so much🥰 Would love to see yous react to Akala Fire in the booth part 2🙏🏼. He’s a rapper, scholar, activist and raps about real issues. Sending much Love from Scotland💙🏴
Thanks for the reaction. It's so sad that we don't even teach these facts in British schools. There were many abuses in the British empire, but the abolition of slavery is something for which we should be proud.
Just to add a little about William the Conqueror. In 1086, the slaves referenced in the video where white slaves. They would have been those people who had been defeated in various battles between Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. It's likely William the Conqueror made slavery illegal because This would cause other powerful people is in the country to lose wealth. Slaves work for free. When slavery was made illegal, the farm workers needed to be paid in someway. William the Conqueror was a tyrant. He slaughtered tens of thousands of ordinary English people to impose his dominance of the country. England has many castles throughout the land. These were built by William the Conqueror in order to strategically and safely position his armies in order to impose Norman order.
When we look back at history there are very few governments societies or cultures that were truly innocent it took some individuals who worked hard to force some governments to make moral changes and it has made many of us free and able to enjoy true democracy. The fear is we need to make sure we don’t go backwards with the rise of economic and military giants of the future like China etc
I am Anglo Saxon "Englishman" I am proud of my heritage and Country regardless of what we have done as a nation, we have done nothing which others have tried to do, it is nature and we were better at it than everyone else, but we take the most criticism from the world when we have also given more than anyone else !! So think again where would this world be without the English who have progressed this world, we don't ask for a big thank you, we ask you to leave us alone and look at yourselves before you judge us !!
Have ya say, Tiny Tim, but why say "where would the world be without the English bla bla. I'm a 66 year old Yorky, and i despair when i read this stuff. Y/T good, Y/T bad. (Orwell)
It's the result of inviting Racist Narcissist cultures into the West, and bizarrely only 'educating' the least racist culture. The only culture to adopt anti-racism - Western Whites. Foreign racists who refuse to adopt an anti-racist culture too, will naturally look for flaws in white people....that's what racists do. You can see this from all the narcissistic communities - which dominate the extremist race attacks (physical and sexual) in the West (black, Islamic, South Asian). Achievement hurts the narcissist ego too. Destructive cultures prefer to break things, to soothe their ego...rather than adopt better habits. The toxic combination of racism, narcissism and ego...is what we're witnessing. It's a pity heavily-censored 'Woke' Narcissists support fellow Narcs, and cannot 'spot' genuine racial supremacy, due to their own narcissism. A Narcissist's 'Flying Monkeys' aren't known for intelligence or logic however!
So that question….”WHY is this not taught in schools everywhere?”…..There are answers to that question. If this was taught in schools everywhere, think of all the people who would be out of a career.
The British flag is comprised of the Crosses of 3 saints. St George, St Andre, and Saint David (who was born out of rape), so in their endeavours to abolish slavery, they travelled under this flag, with the assistance of these 3 beautiful saints. History is so important, and we MUST educate ourselves as to it's truth. The young are being bombarded with mistruths, and I find it a great tragedy. Thank you for putting this out there, it is imperative that we get the history of the world, back on it's right path, and away from these slanders.
St David is not on the Union flag. The diagonal cross is the cross of St Patrick added when Ireland became part of the Union to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ( 1801) Wales was part of England at the time ( sort of..its complicated ) when the original Union Jack was designed by James 1 (1603) Scottish and the first King of a 'Union of the Crowns' between Scotland and England . England ( with Wales ) United with Scotland in 1706 to form Great Britain.
Key fact: Original video by Carl BENJAMIN. If you know about slavery, you know why that's important; if you don't know why that's important, you don't know about slavery.
The concept of 'Britain' or 'British' is still ambiguous - like different families all living in the same house. The 'British East India Company' had for many years the worlds largest economy, most adept military and navy. Yet the ordinary people of Britain had zero say in how it operated or what it did.
From what I have seen, it was British businessmen that were involved with slavery. Not the Government. The same with much of the establishment of the British Empire. Businessmen started the Empire then the government followed in. Things are much the same today worldwide. Business lose ethics when it comes to a quick buck
Exactly..... It was private companies that were dealing in slave trade so when ppl look atbthe royal family and call them for being involved in slavery i laugh so hard.... Especially when the smart ppl in America say they want comlensation basicaly from the royal family.... The royal family werent in control of GB during the Atlantic slavery.... So this talk of compensation etc is laughable to the point where hell ok lets go.... Japan wants compensation feom america for the 2 atom bombs that killed civilians..... Jews arpind the world want compensating for the amount of times they were moved and killed..... From all the wars every single cointry wants compensating even today do you think Ukraine will compensating from Russia.....so back to point yes it was private ompanies.... So go for them if they are still around and take them to court
And many were not directly involved but on the usa charter ships transporting goods, and at the same time paid by the government to free slaves, these "British business men" took the peoples money and used to to buy the slaves freedom from usa/Spanish slavers etc. It wasn't that they were involved, only that by convience being on merchant ships to trade their goods, the majority of British business men did not own slaves. They only bought them to back to the UK or USA (Crown owned states at the time to get their payment) if taken back to a usa crown state, the slave has his/her freedom but there was too at the time pro slave merchants in the usa that would hire gangs to hunt and capture freed slaves off the British. Many didn't want to stay in the usa but decide to work on crowed charter ships bsck to the UK for pennies. So it is easy to confuse or generalise without knowing the full details about the individuals life.
British were the first and only nation in the world history that sought to end the systemic slavery as an legalised institution. Something that used to be integral practice for human civilizations since their inceptions.
This isn't even taught in British schools, and it should be]. I remember learning about the Transatlantic slave trade, but not a single word about how or when it was abolished or the fight to end it. Yes, Britain has done a great deal of harm in the name of 'civilisation' - colonialism is bad - but this right here is one reason I can be proud to say that I am English.
I suppose it depends what schools and areas you live in and in some cases what your history teacher wanted to teach you, I was taught about the Transatlantic slave trade and also Britain's fight for the abolition of slavery way back in the late 80s. Sadly there seems to be a lot of schools teaching very selective histories at the moment. :-(
This is such an important part of history. Wall Street is called this because it used to be a wall. A wall to separate the slaves from the gentry; the gentry didn’t like the smell. Barclays Bank, ex slave traders, Lloyds of London, ex slave traders. Horrific.
Guys - I love to hear your remarks but they are difficult to hear over the video that you are reviewing. Please pause before commenting so that we don't miss your valuable insight. Happy Republic Day.
In years to come when Britain finally vanishes off the face of the Earth, we'll be talked about like the Atlantians, we were quite simply years ahead of anyone else at that time. A small Island that created more than half of the worlds inventions, great in the sciences and we're still contributing our fair share today. Lots of nations have resentment against us ,but i take it as a compliment. Jealousy eats people up and the French are some of the worst for it in Europe.
it's amazing to see how the British treated everyone they conquered. In the UK pub's (bars) used to have signs saying no black's, no dog's and no Irish. As someone who's Irish i was always was offended that the British put the Irish below even dog's
Namaste Indie Jam, I am pleased you watched this after the quick history of Britain. We British should be proud of what you see in this video, but like I said in your last reaction, it must be a balanced view. Like all nations, there is both good and bad and we must own both to be balanced. India did suffer many unnecessary famines during the time the east India company had a strong influence on political decisions. The famine in 1943 is slightly different as the UK was in the middle of a world war and it was to stop the Japanese occupying India. The Indian army did incredibly well to repel the Japanese invasion of Manipur, but sadly the scorched earth policy took a toll on the people. On a good note, the advanced rail system did wonders to assist any famine stricken area of India. We must balance our view by accepting the whole truth, so we neither see the UK as a saviour of all or a force of evil. I am now interested in subscribing to your channel to watch your journey of discovery. I look forward to your next reaction.
The British did more for the world than ever could be levelled at them for the bad parts of history. What matters is what was different compared to the rest of the world - Britain created the modern world and that has lifted more people out of poverty than anything else in human history. You than have the institutional structures where even the concept of human rights was a British concept adopted much, much later by others. From common law, contract law, habeas corpus, property rights, parliamentary democracy, Anglo-Saxon economics, to free speech, free press and social advance, Britain's contribution to the world stands head and shoulders above any other civilisation in human history. The problem is when your history is so unique for the better, others will only look at the negative and try to bring down something so great. Some people despise 'winners' so to speak, even when they benefit from it. The bad column is tiny compared to the good Britain has done in the world and for the world. There is no 'balance', there is an imbalance to the positive side of the equation, by a long, long way.
@@richardwills-woodward5340 absolutely. Most of it’s jealousy because we still excel in so many things - like music; apart from America (which has a much, much bigger population), no other country can touch us.
@@penname5766 The USA has a higher population than the UK yes, but on a per capatica basis, UK still writes more great books, Important scientific discoveries/journals/papers and good music than the USA (Although what one considers 'good' music will differ to taste per person). Quality over quantity mate.
What is shocking to me is the amount of people that do not know this information. It's a sad indictment on our education systems . I am grateful however that TH-cam is finally informing people.
Foreigners - Especially Ex-Colonial countries grow up steeped in 'Britain was evil' stories. Few recognise that many of these countries have democracy, the rule of law, republicanism/constitutional monarchy, 'normal' human rights, armies that generally don't overthow civilian governments and (joking aside) widespread use of the world's commonest language, English. - all as a result of having been part of the Empire. It explains why Ex-colonies (unreasonably) despise the Empire and the British don't really feel the need to apologise about it (despite the negative aspects of colonialism).
In ancient times and 1066 the question was who held power, monarchs or the people - in other words - "The common law is the law declared by judges, derived from custom and precedent. It originated with the legal reforms of King Henry II in the 12th century and was called “common” because it applied equally across the whole country." Criminal law is set by parliament. Hence you are 'free' and cannot be owned as a slave if you live here.
Haiti was the first country to outlaw slavery, Britain the second. Haiti however just didn't have the might of Britain. The reason people don't know about this is that here is a concerted attack on Britain. Britain was raided by Barbery pirates for centuries before the transatlantic slave trade. Entire villages in Dorset and Southern Ireland were list to slavers.
Yes, but Haiti outlawed it only in the French colonies, which is the equivalent of doing it on their own soil, which we did first back in the 11th century. When we abolished it in the empire, we enforced it on the world. Haiti didn’t do that.
Actually slavery was never legal in England. The abolition of slavery only impacted Scotland and the British colonies. Anyone brought to England as a slave simply had to walk into an English court to be set free.
No it's not. Britain existed quite nicely until mass immigration began. What makes me British is my family heritage for centuries in this country. Most foreigners don't respect our laws or way of life and don't want to integrate into our society.
@@shaunw9270 as I teenager I fell in love with Britain. It seemed the exact opposite of the multicultural headache that America was and is. The progressive’s embrace of multiculturalism over pluralism weakened American’s shared cultural identity. I’m sorry to learn that mass immigration has had a negative effect on your country as well.
The Indian nation had NO slavery until the Muslim rulers invaded. It has a huge problem now though as it has the highest percentage of slave labour in the world. The British did not totally eradicate slavery, but it changed the world view on it and reduced it to a trickle. As someone mentioned, when the British bought the freedom of every slave in its empire in the 1830s, the loan was so huge, we only finished paying for it in 2015. If you have paid British tax before 2015, some of your tax money has helped buy the freedom of slaves from that time
If you mean sex slavery, that is carried out illegally mostly by foreignors abroad who smuggle people in. Still illegal! Unfortunately, some people will always break laws!
Most people will not know that in India the still living wife of a dead husband was burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre. The British put stop to this disgraceful practice. For every bad thing someone can say about any empire, you can find something else that is good.
It forgets to say about some native Africans had property and plantations in America We had British realized that trade with that country was better than slave trade There were no other British colonies which people were taken has slaves
To be honest, this video simplifies the issue of slavery in europe. In fact it was far more complex than suggested. Starting straight away parts of the catholic church in rome pbjected to slavery - for obvious reasons, but given most converts to christianity at the top of Roman society were slaveowners this was a bit of a wedge issue. What we do know is that the christian church in europe forbade enslaving christians in fits and starts - and slavs, initially being pagans, began to be seen as natural ‘slaves’ given the huge slave trade from Crimea, which the genoese and venetians, with rival trading colonies there, facilitated to egypt and elsewhere. Saxon britain was targeted for christianisation by the church (im not christian by the way) BECAUSE of the Anglo-saxons notorious penchant fof slave trading, which is what william the conqueror’s edict was about too (being a bastard and having claimed the english throne by violence and with a dubious justification he needed the roman church’s support). So europe went through a topsy-turvy set of christian policies on slaving, with many orthodox christians originally enslaved in ukraine lodging court appeals in continental european courts to gain their freedom - which is how we know so much about it. In addition, the spanish and portugese kings and queens forbade slavery in the americas and elsewhere, with the backing of the church, but they were, in practice, ignored. But thats also why many of their most famous adventurers did not return to europe or, when they did, they were given short shrift by the royal courts and polite society. The main difference in britain is that britain wasnt subject to unending wars and was more politically cohesive so it got its act together sooner when it came to formulating and enforcing laws against slavery. Each colonial government in europe was, in fact, a bit powerless to stop the depredations of its subjects overseas, a fact you can see when you compare the different actions of the different colonial powers. Its not a coincidence that the most politically stable and centralised state of britain - with no big colonies to lose by abolishing slavery - was also the one that took the hardest line against slavery. Incidentally, it was the success of the west african squadron that prompted the great migration - or sales - of african slaves from states in the northern usa to the southern states of the usa, where the cotton industry - driven by the demand for cotton in the industrialising Britain, where ‘free’ workers’ conditions in the mills were appalling - drove the demand for slaves. Prior to that, slavery in the usa was spread more across the then us states and not so heavily focussed in the south. But the ‘slave shortage’ prompted higher prices for slaves in the south - and far more abuses in the process. Thats how slavery came to be concentrated in the south.
@Homie what i meant was war IN THEiR TERRITORY. But britain was actually at peace for most of the 18th and 19th centuries. You are going to come back with a silly reply amd then im going to have to explain the difference between ‘britain’ and the ‘east india company’ and ‘west india company’ to you. But lets take a shortcut: two of those are privately owned companies and one is britain.
Britain's involvement in the Transatlantic slave trade cannot be denied. However, as a nation, we were the very first to question the morality of the very institution of slavery. We were the first country to do so and of that we should be proud.
Well you certainly were the country that didn’t finish paying off the reparations that were paid to the slave owners (not the slaves) until 2015. You were also the country that continued to have slavery existing in many parts of the British Empire. Officially as late as 1901. Unofficially as late as 1948.
. You are wrong. After the abolition of slavery the first thing the British did in any annexed territory was to abolish slavery. Where were "unofficial" skaves held until 1948. Please, no anecdotal stories. Evidence only.
It is wonderful to see you take in facts, that you've never known before; *AND PROCESS THEM HONESTLY..!!* You are not avoiding the facts; nor "evading the truth" in order to avoid upsetting people. You are taking in facts; you are processing the things you hear, and you're calculating how they fit into your "world view". Then you are producing your HONEST RESPONSE! *...whether it is GOOD or BAD!* It is SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE, to see the thoughts that cross your mind, as you watch the video;' *(and people CAN SEE YOUR THOUGHTS)* , in small movements and indications. It is REALLY nice to see your HONEST thoughts and reviews.
Britain payed off a lot of slave owners to compensate them for not having slaves and it didn't finish paying off those debts until 2015, that's how much it cost the country. While the British have done some questionable things over the years, this is one that Britain should be immensely proud of.
Britain borrowed so much money to abolish slavery that the debt was only paid off in 2015. So if you've paid tax in Britain before 2015, then you helped too.
Yep
I paid tax for this and the 2nd world war without any complaints. Doing the right thing has cost us as a nation
The British compensated the white slavers and not the slaves
@@sulaak The British stopped slavery and as we've already learned, not all slavers were white. Why would you assume they'd be giving money to the slaves who had never had money in the first place? It was business disruption money. Sounds like you might be just a little resentful and a bit r4cist?
@@HighHoeKermit Love it when someone is so sure that they're right that they delete their sh!t and run away...
The slave owners were bought off. No one seems to have considered paying the former slaves compensation for all the unpaid work they did or for being held captive. The former slave owners then invested much off the money from the Government in the numerous new railway companies. This gave a big boost to the industrial revolution, the legacy we still benefit from today.
UK tax payers were paying for this campaign right up to 2015, when we finally paid off the debts we incurred...
And debts paid to slave owners families in vompensation until as late as 2015
And we have in no way compensated countries far enough, we could never be still the 5th most prodperous country on the world if we had.
@@MrTrevisco uh, yes you have. Britain was the best run and richest country from the time of Alfred right through the medieval period - which was why it was such a target for dynasties and raiders. The british wealth, institutions, and organisation that made it such a huge power didnt come from thin air, although centuries of misrule have centred all that wealth in the hands of the powerful minority.
@@MrTrevisco Why is that comment worthy? What point are you trying to make? It's actually factually incorrect as well as totally misleading...
@@MrTrevisco So anyone with money has got it through suspicious means and should give it away? A typical radical left-winger with not a clue beyond their radical indoctrinated ideology...
As usual not a ounce of reason or practicality yet full of self righteousness. What have you given away in this venture?
I’m Australian no my ancestors didn’t come here in chains as convicts they came as settlers I’ve never been to England but Britain hold a place in my heart I don’t know if it’s because we’re still part of commonwealth or what but I will not have anyone slag England or the royal family England did nothing wrong she only improved the world for the better.
@ Kenneth walker I'm from London. But Australia and England will always be connected, thank you for your kind words in defence of my country,
You stay safe friend 👍
I'm English but I'm the same. I've got an affinity with all English speaking countries and the former colonies.
Ireland has a different story as do many other former colonies worldwide who England sought to destroy not just financially but culturally too and the fact they hold up one of the most inbred families in the world as their crowning achievement speaks wonders doesn’t it?!
@@louisemckn Wow you sound bitter. No other country on earth has had more influence on the world than England.
If Ireland had gotten their shit together you could have been a powerful nation too but instead you spent the middle ages fighting amongst yourself.
Nope, you are absolutely wrong. you can speak for yourself that's ok but, don't undermine the struggles of others.✌️
The English also stopped the Indian tradition of sati, burning the widow's at their husbands funeral
..and the thuggee..later to become the basis of the word thug in the UK.
And also killed millions which can be compared to Hitler's Nazi
That wording implies people were making the women do that. While crazy, the records overwhelmingly show the women just did it themselves.
Plus, they could just kill themselves with how the ban was worded.
@@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_CyavanaI'm sure some woman did do it themselves but not all.
@@funster73mcr2 Most of the reports I came across had the women doing it themselves as everyone else just looked on not doing a whole lot. I didn't look into every case just the common trend that people reacted to.
Maybe women were forced to do it sometimes, but it is still deceptive to have that be the representative image of Sati and thus India's attitude to woman. Casually looking at a woman burning herself is nothing anywhere close to burning a woman yourself.
Britain has a long and well recorded history including both good and bad things. But it is a shame that all anybody talks about is the bad. It weighs heavily on many peoples conscience and nobody allows them to take pride in anything.
Exactly. Same for the Germans. All anyone talks about is the 50 years of German early 20th Century history. Not the hundreds of years before that, or the 75 years afterwards.
You can't cancel the sin of killing someone by saving someone else
@@moonrabbit2334 : That’s true for an individual human being. But not true for a nation. International law says that children can not be punished for the crimes of their parents, grandparents or any of their ancestors. So today’s British people are not responsible for crimes committed in the time of the British Empire. Nor can they be forced to pay financial compensation for crimes committed in that time. They can’t even be forced to apologise for those crimes, although they can be asked to apologise for them.
@@moonrabbit2334 so this means every country is sinful no matter what they do then? because every country that is around today has been involved in some brutal killings i its history
@@moonrabbit2334 If everyone is doing it, is it a sin? You can't name a "sin" committed by the British that wasn't done by everyone else.
Great reaction. There is a two part video called 'The hidden truth behind the end of slavery' by American historian Thomas Sowell. I think you'll find it very interesting. Britain was the only country in the world that was actively enforcing the abolishment of slavery, using both diplomatic and military means. The many mistakes and attrocities that Britain have been responsible for, often overshadow the positive things she did. As a British person I think things like the crusade against slavery, the many inventions, scientific and medical advances, etc are what we should be proud of.. not necessarily conquests and empires.
We also stopped suttee in India,the burning of widows along with their deceased spouse on a funeral pyre!
Little know fact ,also tried to sta p out the thuggee, we weren't all bad in the Raj
Name the mistakes and atrocities we committed? Sorry but colonialism = civilisation and we did nothing wrong
@@georgejob2156 lol yeah the infamous 'well you continue your tradition then mate but I shall continue mine, where I come from we hang people who burn women'
@@darkjudge8786 HAHAHAHAHAH funny
look up how the British treated prisoners of war in WW2 and be surprised.
We aren’t perfect, not by a long way, but this makes me a little more proud to be British. Nothing like this was taught when I did history at school.
Me too, and that makes me angry. Why did/does our education system teach this side of things? It feels like a conspiracy to malign us for some unknown reason. Is it ignorance? Arrogance? Racism?
I meant NOT teach these things?
The only regret I have is Britain bringing cricket to India because you guys and girls are unbelievably amazing at it 😁 and I just love how friendly both sides are in the crowd during a cricket game 🏴🇮🇳👊🏻
Well said. I’ve always thought the same , plus how much money has cricket to added to Indias economy over the years. Don’t get me wrong, they have earned every cent of it through their talent and absolute love of the game. It’s because of them it has become a world wise class game. Also not to forget Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Jamaica
I love watching India play
You obviously didn't see Pakistan/India/Afghanistan play eachother lol.
Up until Indian Rebellion in 1857, Britain and the Indian people were generally friendly, It was really once living memory of what life was like, before Britain took over in India, that problems started. Most Indians today don't even know that millions of Indians were exported as slaves by the Mughal Empire and their allies right up to the British getting involved.
The people of Nepal, perhaps because they had a more oral tradition of History, reflect what the feeling was like about the British before India forgot their turbulent history. Countries like Nepal are the most peaceful after British rule because the descendants of the slave owners hardly exist. The West Indies Islands that are the most anti-British are the ones where there was a substantial Black or non-white ownership of slaves, before emancipation. Reconciliation between the people of a country tends to come easier when a common enemy is created. The USA blaming Britain for slavery is part of their attempt to absolve themselves from blame and reconcile. Unfortunately their cultural influence is so strong, they even have the UK convinced we were the real enemy, not the founding fathers.
Even the American Revolution seems likely to have been triggered (at least in part) by the Somerset case a mere 3 years before, instead of being entirely about how an import duty on tea was collected. Imagine a slave owner in the colonies hearing that the air of your country is too pure for slavery.
It is eye opening. Under British rule colonies acheived better roads and railways ,education,Civil service,Language etc etc much like the British achieved when the Romans ruled Britain for hundreds of years.
What did the Romans ever do for us?!!!
@@lovelybitofbugle219 Apart from : etc etc etc etc lol
@@hiramabiff2017 well yes they did do all that but... what did the Romans ever do for us?
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@@lovelybitofbugle219 🤭🤗🤣😂 They did get me 6 weeks paid leave when our site had to be closed down near the Embankment after timber/stone frames we unearthed. Which turn out to be 1700's 😁.
@@hiramabiff2017 brilliant! 🍻
I've watched a few reactions to this. I can't get to the end without shedding tears. The British have a great deal to be proud of but it's not fashionable to say that. In a time when everybody was fighting & invading eachother somebody had to be the best, it just happened to be Britain.
@Homie you reap what you sow. We Brits had it all, expanded across the globe, and now our little island nation nears the end of its story…
from before the age of Æthelstan First King of The English, until now. We’ve had a good run, and an incredible story to be told throughout the coming ages…
Certain political movements are seeking to erase this history too.
@@jt0094 are you insane?? We are waking up, we will take her back, we will once again become a proud nation, stop being a defeatist
Exactly 💯 wecare hated because such a small Island within the vast world achieved a tremendous amount, yes we did indeed do some terrible acts, but we also did some great things like this, and the industrial revolution and medical advancement, people forget all this
@@kayleighrothwell8189 next joke. Call me a defeatist or call me a realist - I only walk 5 minutes down the road until I see a 4 star hotel fully booked for the next 2 years purely for immigrants… I walk past the job centre daily and see a long line of foreigners. Leeds, Bradford & Birmingham are taken over. Londons pretty much on its arse, I know a place called The Curry Mile near me it’s an absolute cess pit…
I’ve got no issue with diversity and taking care of those who need taking care of, but not when it’s at the expense of our own people and it’s already cost us our British identity…. Anybody can be British, and being English is frowned upon and viewed as racist.
🏴⚔️👌🏼glad to hear there’s still some proper folk around
I love this channel and hope all the success in the future.
No country is perfect and every empire have a lot of negative but the UK also did a lot of positive in the world which makes all the bad not forgettable but somewhat forgivable.
And as bad as our history might be to some but we did a lot of good, And as much as my country is sinking in 2022/2023 i'm proud to be a Englishman and will go down with the ship knowing we was the greatest empire and knowing our history.
Of all the Colonialists, the British Empire were the most benign. I know someone wi pop up and say but thus and that, but I am talking over all.
@@hilarygibson3150 Even Ghandi is quoted as praising British administration as the most free. I can’t recall the exact words, but something to that effect.
A fellow Englishman, I salute you⚔️🇬🇧 We go down with the ship. And what an incredible story we have 👌🏼
@@penname5766 Someone once pointed out, if Brirain had been that repressive, Ghandi would have been flung in jail
You don't know about this because only bad things about Britain are allowed to be talked about if I talk about this stuff id just get called racist
It’s silly how people just assume that, it’s like a white person can’t abused by racism but low and behold it happens I’m just tired of peoples blaming all the racism on one race when as in this video explains every nation had its hands dirty in the slave trade, I’m proud to be a white Englishmen, I will not allow anyone to call me what I am not, first and foremost I am a man and damn proud to be one.
@@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart 👏👏👏🏴
really? Slavery has been effectively illegal in Britain for nearly 1000 years. I thought 'woke' was a new thing
How can anyone call you racist? Your names brown?
I stumbled across this channel recentley and love it. Two intelligent, polite, open minded people looking at diverse topics; a breath of fresh air on Y.T.!
The British Empire certainly did a lot of bad things,was responsible for many various atrocities,massacres etc…but it also at times did good,and ending slavery is a large plus point.
Every Empire that ever existed caused atrocities I'm afraid, the strongest always has and always will.
@@ianneale9353 That’s the nature of the beast,though some were worse than others,If I was forced to choose which Empire I’d prefer to be exploited and oppressed by I’d have preferred a British boot on my neck rather than a Belgian one for example.
Britain were NOT the only colonisers!! There were many many before who did the same!! It urks me everytime people ONLY talk like Britain is the only offender. But, look what we did for those countries. Yes we have been bad..as have many other countries. But we did a damn lot of good too.
Plus plenty head straight for this country funny that
The ‘british empire’ wasnt responsible for most of what happened in india and china until the mid-1800s when the british government took over the east india company. What most people dont know is that the activities of the east India company were a constant target of protest and investigation by the british parliament. Clive of india, far from being admired for his actions in india, retired from the east India company in britain and was shunned by everyone. In modern parlance he was ‘cancelled’. Amd he ended his life in lonely exclusion from british society.
The british government lost its colonies in the USA largely because its policy was to recognise native american sovereignty and block any colonial expansion west - which amerucan colonists, greedy for land, violently objected to. Even in my country, official government policy to native people was intended to be benevolent: ‘terra nullius’ wasnt a plan to steal land, it was an error made in good faith based on an inability to study and understand first nations people with the tools at hand.
Too many people have just a superficial knowledge of these subjects.
Well I am English and have learnt a lot from this , some one should make this a history lesson in all schools all over the world . A very informative video , thank you .
I dont believe anything anyone tells me
@@pjmoseley243 I don't believe you🤥
Check out Thomas Sowell he has documented the slave trade in detail
They used to teach it. We learned all of this back in the 70s.
It was in schools but some did not like it so it's down to the English to teach there children 👍🏴🇬🇧
An added little snippet, when Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1939, The Emporer Escaped to the UK and Musallini outlawed slavery there! Yes 1939, and make no mistake it still goes on in someform in some countries today.
6:12 They weren't just supporting slavery, Africa (and the Middle East) was one of the main starting points of slavery in humanity. Going as far back as 10,000 BCE, despite what people like to think, people enslaving others of the same ethnicity/skin color was the norm in most early cultures. And yes, regarding 9:26, things such as slavery and human trafficking is still a huge thing in the Middle East in the modern day, much to everyone's disgust.
Lastly, for those of you who have heard of the movie "the woman king" DO NOT WATCH IT. If you actually do some research, the so called "heroes" and warrior women depicted in the film were actually one of the main propagators of the African slave trade who kidnapped, sold, tortured, and murdered untold thousands while getting rich from the slave trade. One of the main characters, King Ghezo, who is depicted in the film as a benevolent anti-slave king was in reality a tyrant who actively fought to maintain and spread slavery throughout the continent. Yet the film's creators deliberately tried to change these facts in order to depict everyone in the film as the "good guys' simply because they were African. But if you look at history, the facts remain that Africans were enslaving and selling their own people for a profit.
Love your reactions, guys. I'm very thankful that the Internet allows me here in England to interact and make friends with wonderful people like yourselves in India. All the very best, Si 🇮🇳 🇬🇧
you don't read or learn about this because the whole world blames the British for slavery.
People will learn in generations to come since the British empire wasn't that long ago, people see the benifits of the Roman empire today and I bet you get a few nutters thinking Genghis Khan was good for the environment.
You're 100% correct. Most people seem to think slavery started and finished with the British Empire. So many people are frankly uneducated and ignorant. Why doesn't anyone criticize the Egyptians? Romans? Turks? Mongols? Chinese? Portuguese? French? Spanish? Dutch? Scandinavians? Arabs? Africans? etc.
Why is it only us Brits that get criticized?
Get sick of people being racist because of all this slavery talk
Why are Slavs called Slavs?
From Middle English, from Old French sclave, from Medieval Latin sclāvus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclāvus (“Slav”), because the vast Slavs populations were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages.
@@nrjelley Portuguese, Irish, their Patron Saint Patrick was a man taken from, (Some scholars believe, WALES,)aged 16 by Irish marauders, was taken back to Ireland, where he worked as a slave, as a shepherd.
"Britisher" is the word that, in comic books and old films, German soldiers called British soldiers. Terms more correctly used to describe people from England, Scotland and Wales are Britons, the British or British citizens etc.
Good to hear your views on this topic and, for the avoidance of doubt, the English spoken by both of you is much better than my Hindi (or my French, Arabic or Mandarin for that matter!).
@Homie Sorry we are not seving only India. You Tube serves the world. Please try and use standard English.
@Homie Britisher is used in Ireland too. I think anywhere the British are seen as colonial/negative the term "Britisher" is used - Germans, Irish, Indians, Chinese. I have heard French use the term
There is only one person who speaks, "The Queen's English", and she is no longer with us. English belongs to the internet now and trends towards the west coast. It's horrific being on the internet as a British person and seeing how most people deliberately misspell words
You are both right that Britisher is a derogatory term and probably shouldn't be used as it's clearly racist, although white Anglo-Americans don't feel discrimination. Those white Britishers be so evil their black hearts don't worry about no racism
British English is immortal via culture and laws. Every Commonwealth country, including the USA, uses English Common Law. British culture, TV, movies and personalities are known throughout the world. Maybe Sir David Attenborough is in temporary control of the Queen's English, after that it will be James Bond. English football is the biggest sport in the world. It's estimated that 3.2 billion people watched the premier league in 2018/19, which is not far off every man on the planet
We have positive discrimination in the UK for Indians. We think Indians are doctors, nurses, entrepreneurs, scientists. The British public of today or the past have never had ill will towards Indians. We do have ill will towards one Indian though - Rishi Sunak. If India wants to take him back I would consider it a personal favour.
@Homie Americans also refer to all Brits as English, it doesn't make either country correct. I could call all Indians Punjabis but I don't because not all Indians are from Punjab. Ignorance is always a choice.
British Subject old bean
@Homie Geordies speaking English. You're asking for the impossible there mate.
I’m pretty sure the comments about Australia at the beginning of the video are way off the mark. I’m not implying that “racism” doesn’t exist, it exists everywhere in small pockets of every country in the world. I’ve been to both India and Sri Lanka. It’s a bit rich to be lecturing others when your own country still operates a caste system. And I’ll never forget the reaction of the “locals” when a group of Chinese boarded an Air Lanka flight in Bangkok. It’s the most racist behaviour I’ve seen in my entire lifetime. But I’m not going to brand an entire nation “racist”, for the behaviour of a few.
Racism is an expression of basic xenophobia - the fear of people who are 'different' or, as some would put it, "Not One Of Us." IMO, it is something that all human beings have instinctively, and the better of us learn to overcome. This trait is not limited to any specific race, gender, orientation, age group, locality, culture or belief system.
I cannot believe I cried but I did. For quite a time I knew Britain had a big hand and ultimately started the process of the end of slavery. But I have been witness to a huge change in my life where England, UK, Great Britain has been looked upon as oppressors and rulers unjust. In stark contrast to how I used to feel which was the England was a place to be proud to come from as we are good people on the whole and have a lot of intentions and goodness to be proud of. And we pretty much invented the modern world and we even gave up rulership of most of the world. And THIS VIDEO gave back to me that pride and feeling of good over evil and that we did something that the whole world can be thankful for. I CRIED
Now you should watch The hidden truth behind the end of slavery. Thomas Sowell. If you want to learn a bit more.
As a brit , i was not taught this in school in fact my history classes were basically the Romans. I like yourselves was amazed to hear the facts to this and it just goes to show what can be achieved if you set your mind to something.
England has done many things to which we feel ashamed, but we also did good. The good does not wash away the bad, but contrary to the stereotype, we are not the worlds villain. Great vid, great reaction
I think , on balance, we are. Try and name another country that did as much evil, in as many places, for as long.
Don't take it personally, I don't. Ordinary Brits have been some of the longest suffering victims of that evil and, on occasion, its largest opponents
@@ethelmini who will care in 3000 years time
@@ethelmini Britain created its empire for trade and wealth creation. Empires before it created tyranny dominance and universal suffering. Think of the positives, on balance they out weigh the negatives. The abolishment of slavery its self is one of the most virtuous things any country has ever done in all of history. Britain gave birth to the enlightenment and the modern world as we know it. Yes its fashionable to hate Britain and everything it's ever done.
@@ethelmini The Romans were at it a lot longer than the British!
tell me again what England, I think you are discussing the British did the we should be ashamed of?
Thank you for sharing this. Its quite inspiring to see your reactions. Freedom, individual liberty, resonates with people across the globe. But just watch out for the modern version, the digital/WEF assault on personal freedom. That's the next battle.
Fact the British Empire is the only empire that willing gave up its power and asked its former colonies if they wished to remain many did and is now know as the commonwealth.
..and some who were not even in the Empire have joined too !
Thank you for this review, lots of information and really interesting to hear about how our Navy helped. We only learn a little bit about this at school so it was nice to learn more with you.
It's funny how so many people think slavery was only ever practiced by one empire.
It’s the modern victim mentality.
I'm originally from the USA and loved the movie Ämazing Grace which focused on the work of the British parliamentarian William Wilberforce to abolish slavery. I must say that we can say "thank you William Wilberforce for helping us" because it was Britain's moral disgust for slavery that kept it from siding with those nasty southerners in our country that tried to break the USA up because they wanted to keep slavery..
When they are talking about the British ended slavery they are mainly talking about Trans Atlantic slavery and slavery within the British Empire.
Remember Ghandi once referred to the British as "the most gentle of masters".
What bothers me is other countrys think we are so well off , were not at least us up north aren't ,we working and pay our bills end of , and yes we are friendly
I agree Donna. Any surplus wealth we might have had was destroyed by 2 world wars.
I use to run a chicken dating service, but due to the cost of living crisis, my business failed. Now I'm ruined and can't make hens meet.
@@captricharddee3634 hahahaha
the sewer system, the rule of law and its enforcement, street lights, the streets themselves, the many thousands of little things we take for granted, gives us riches beyond the comprehension of an Indian villager or an African bushman. Us NOT having open sewers running alongside our homes is us being very well off. the old saying of ``paved with gold``???? well to most third world countries having pavements would be as beneficial as gold. You have a warm lit house in which you typed your comment on your computer, ,,,,,,,, warmth ,light and free worldwide communications, Billions dream of that, please count your blessings as our great grandparents and their grandparents helped set our vast wealth up. We just maintain it.
Thomas Sowell mentioned in a video that slavery was 'one of the most widely practiced and tolerated institutions in the world. It even predates the time of the written language'.
Ok?
On another tangent, if you would like to look at videos of African nations under British rule and after British rule, you will see what us Brits actually did for the continent/world and what it's like after we leave.
The British had cruel parts of their history, without a doubt. Is it true that Indian culture treats certain people as an underclass?
They used to be called the "Untouchables" the lowest rung of the Caste system. I would like to think that these practices are gone but.....
Didn’t the British in india and other places spend quite some effort into stopping inter-tribal warfare??
@@ComradeCommissarYuri I believe that they did.
"With great power comes great responsibility." A line from a comic book but true nonetheless. In this instance Britain used its power responsibly. A great, unique point in history. Thank you Britain. The world would be a much worse place today if you had not intervened.
The abolition of slavery is the greatest achievement of the British people. I am very proud of my heritage and have taken some cost for the defence of that pride. It is true that the world stood against us in our desire to abolish what we had come to see as horrific and evil; though many nations now hold up their own small parts in the campaign as virtuous moments in their own history. The very same nations take part, simultaneously, in the vilification of my nation and its part in the trade before our change of heart. Why? I contest that it is because these very people still wish to enslave. They are uncivilised, and they do not wish to be. You may be civilised, your friends and family too but your ‘leaders’ are not and they wish only to bring back the good old days where everything was so very wonderful for them. What the British truly did in the abolition of slave globally, was that she gave the very possibility for the world to be civilised; for a world with slavery in not a civilised world. What else came forth from that statement of base universal respect - thou shalt not enslave another - human rights? Legal frameworks? Education systems? Political stability in huge parts of the world? What else?
England is great. The English a great people. Ours was the greatest empire of all of known time and she performed some of the greatest feats and gifted the most wondrous gifts to the world. Football, Cricket and Rugby. Common Law and Jurisprudence. The Enlightenment which brought all of this on. The Industrial Revolution which eventually saw the reduction of child birth mortality from 50% to 0.27% and the mechanical freeing of women from the backbreaking daily grind work of washing (3 whole days of labour for a woman per week per household prior to washing machines), collecting firewood and many other things. Not to mention the basic doubling or more of life expectancy.
Any British person who stands and states as this article is a traitor to their own people.
Abraham Lincoln followed the British example. He sent a letter of thanks to the British people of Manchester who refused to mill cloth produced by slaves. These were poor exploited people, who took a financial hit for the good of humanity. The people of Britain were always against slavery.
Thank you for watching & sharing 🇬🇧
11:00 is not quite right,...the crew of slave transports had similar mortality rates as the slaves on board, as did immigrants travelling to the Americas. During the age of sail, crossing the Atlantic was a dangerous unhealthy undertaking and only became better thanks to steam ships .
Thomas Sowell has written on these topics if you want a good source of facts.
Thank you for sharing this!
One thing that I don't see being discussed enough regarding this documentary, which I think it should definitely be pointed out, regards the article that was the impetus of it.
For those unfamiliar with him, Frankie Boyle is a notoriously edgy Scottish comedian whose material I used to enjoy, but one day a few years back, he went WAY too far. He once made a "joke" -- I believe it was on an episode of the current-affairs comedy show, "Mock the Week" -- about how the blind, deaf, mentally disabled, mixed-race baby son of a glamour model and a football player would one day grow up to overpower and r@p3 his own mother.
So Frankie trying to come across as some great moral authority goes beyond laughable, and straight into downright appalling.
In the War of Independence the British offered freedom to all enslaved people who fought with the British. When the war was lost, the British took them to safety in Canada, those that wanted to also came to the UK. Life was not easily suited to many as the climate is so different. There was a public campaign to help support and fund those soldiers who were struggling in London and then Sieera Leone was founded so that people staying in Canada or UK could go to Sierra Leone. The first group who went to Sierra Leone suffered badly due to tropical disease they had not previously been exposed to, but gradually Sierra Leone was established.
A really good event that shows this was the case of the island of Malta. They asked for the British to invade them and control them as a colony in the very late 18th Century because they said looking across the whole world if you could be controlled by anyone then it was best to be controlled by the British as they were the most benevolent rulers. They were British then from 1800 to the 1960s and asked to be absorbed into the United Kingdom to become a constituent part of the country like Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland were. So it shows how it’s sad that many videos and speakers focus always in negative terms about Britain and it’s Empire because it also did many good things. Looking just as the Indian Subcontinent for example many of the Rajahs and Maharajahs wanted British Rule because they viewed it as a positive thing. I think in the post Colonial period there was this big reaction to looking at Empires as negative but hopefully as times goes on people will look at it more discerningly. As always a great reaction ❤
I'm from England, Britain and I didn't learn this from school history. Although we had to go through a lot of our history in five years of school, including about Clive and the East Indian Company. The Americans think history is all about them, but we only had about a week to go through our American connections. We spent many months, if not a year, going through our connection to India While not the proudest part of our English history, I also think it's one of our proudest connections. India is a place of humanity and human control, a place of angels and devils. Who can truly control it, but the British gave it a try. I first watched this video about Britain's involvement in the slave trade years ago, and even though I was born in '67 and therefore paid some of this debt off, I think it was something I am proud we did and have no regret in paying a penny in doing so.
The woke left wouldn't allow the truth
Look up Major Sleeman, and the Thugee cult. AMAZING history of a British soldier and his incredible achievements in India.
We stopped the practice of Suti in India, too.
@@rowbearly6128 look up John Nicholson. Also had a cult following.
There is a logical way to look at the British Empire. If the British were so evil then there wouldn't be a British Commonwealth today which is a family of 55 nations which make up the former Empire.
For example India today still has our legal system and democracy. Many Indians fought for King and Country in both World Wars. The Empire was built on trade not on conquest. Yes mistakes were made and we did things we should apologise for but there are many positives which dont get talked about. The country sacrificed itself in WW2 to fight for the freedom of the world. We declared war on Germany not the other way around. Hitler didnt want war with us and was happy for us to keep our Empire as long as we stayed out of his way.
I only recently watched Sargon s video on this, and never knew how proud of what Britain had done . I never got taught this in school in London . Rule Britannia ❤❤❤❤❤
The air of England is to pure for any slave to breathe… man they have a way with words. It really is the chosen place.
How did India end slavery it still has the CAST system that is slavery
The tradgedy of the poiseness lies that are viciously slung around by Boyle is that the number of slaves in the world today is estimated to be just short of 50 million compared to the figure of 11 million traded over a 400year period quoted in the video. Excellent video by the way.
I left school in 1980, this was all taught to my generation in history in the UK.
In 1830's wealthy British Slave owners were paid money for each slave freed by ordinary British tax payers for generations. The loan for this was finally paid back to the Bank of England in 2015.
Great reaction. Love your accent so much🥰
Would love to see yous react to Akala Fire in the booth part 2🙏🏼.
He’s a rapper, scholar, activist and raps about real issues.
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Thanks for the reaction. It's so sad that we don't even teach these facts in British schools. There were many abuses in the British empire, but the abolition of slavery is something for which we should be proud.
Just to add a little about William the Conqueror. In 1086, the slaves referenced in the video where white slaves. They would have been those people who had been defeated in various battles between Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.
It's likely William the Conqueror made slavery illegal because This would cause other powerful people is in the country to lose wealth. Slaves work for free. When slavery was made illegal, the farm workers needed to be paid in someway.
William the Conqueror was a tyrant. He slaughtered tens of thousands of ordinary English people to impose his dominance of the country.
England has many castles throughout the land. These were built by William the Conqueror in order to strategically and safely position his armies in order to impose Norman order.
Slavery was never ended , It got a new definition
When we look back at history there are very few governments societies or cultures that were truly innocent it took some individuals who worked hard to force some governments to make moral changes and it has made many of us free and able to enjoy true democracy. The fear is we need to make sure we don’t go backwards with the rise of economic and military giants of the future like China etc
I am Anglo Saxon "Englishman" I am proud of my heritage and Country regardless of what we have done as a nation, we have done nothing which others have tried to do, it is nature and we were better at it than everyone else, but we take the most criticism from the world when we have also given more than anyone else !! So think again where would this world be without the English who have progressed this world, we don't ask for a big thank you, we ask you to leave us alone and look at yourselves before you judge us !!
Couldn't have a more English conclusion if you tried
Bloody Saxon’s coming over here taking our jobs😊
Have ya say, Tiny Tim, but why say "where would the world be without the English bla bla. I'm a 66 year old Yorky, and i despair when i read this stuff. Y/T good, Y/T bad. (Orwell)
Is this video called the English Crusade Against Slavery?
It's the result of inviting Racist Narcissist cultures into the West, and bizarrely only 'educating' the least racist culture. The only culture to adopt anti-racism - Western Whites.
Foreign racists who refuse to adopt an anti-racist culture too, will naturally look for flaws in white people....that's what racists do.
You can see this from all the narcissistic communities - which dominate the extremist race attacks (physical and sexual) in the West (black, Islamic, South Asian).
Achievement hurts the narcissist ego too. Destructive cultures prefer to break things, to soothe their ego...rather than adopt better habits.
The toxic combination of racism, narcissism and ego...is what we're witnessing.
It's a pity heavily-censored 'Woke' Narcissists support fellow Narcs, and cannot 'spot' genuine racial supremacy, due to their own narcissism.
A Narcissist's 'Flying Monkeys' aren't known for intelligence or logic however!
For more info on the end of slavery look up videos by black American Thomas Sowell.
So that question….”WHY is this not taught in schools everywhere?”…..There are answers to that question. If this was taught in schools everywhere, think of all the people who would be out of a career.
Because it would be against the ' woke ' ideology that Britain is bad. That same ideology is misrepresents Winston Churchill too.
The British flag is comprised of the Crosses of 3 saints. St George, St Andre, and Saint David (who was born out of rape), so in their endeavours to abolish slavery, they travelled under this flag, with the assistance of these 3 beautiful saints.
History is so important, and we MUST educate ourselves as to it's truth.
The young are being bombarded with mistruths, and I find it a great tragedy.
Thank you for putting this out there, it is imperative that we get the history of the world, back on it's right path, and away from these slanders.
St David is not on the Union flag. The diagonal cross is the cross of St Patrick added when Ireland became part of the Union to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ( 1801) Wales was part of England at the time ( sort of..its complicated ) when the original Union Jack was designed by James 1 (1603) Scottish and the first King of a 'Union of the Crowns' between Scotland and England . England ( with Wales ) United with Scotland in 1706 to form Great Britain.
Hi, it was William the Conqueror he was the Duke of Normandy he took England in 1066.
I've watched the wonderful Thomas Sowell explain stuff about slavery. He is fascinating to listen to 👌
Britain took out a lone to fight the Slave Trade in 1835 and the final payment was not till 2015.
Key fact: Original video by Carl BENJAMIN.
If you know about slavery, you know why that's important; if you don't know why that's important, you don't know about slavery.
The concept of 'Britain' or 'British' is still ambiguous - like different families all living in the same house. The 'British East India Company' had for many years the worlds largest economy, most adept military and navy. Yet the ordinary people of Britain had zero say in how it operated or what it did.
From what I have seen, it was British businessmen that were involved with slavery. Not the Government. The same with much of the establishment of the British Empire. Businessmen started the Empire then the government followed in. Things are much the same today worldwide. Business lose ethics when it comes to a quick buck
Exactly..... It was private companies that were dealing in slave trade so when ppl look atbthe royal family and call them for being involved in slavery i laugh so hard.... Especially when the smart ppl in America say they want comlensation basicaly from the royal family.... The royal family werent in control of GB during the Atlantic slavery.... So this talk of compensation etc is laughable to the point where hell ok lets go.... Japan wants compensation feom america for the 2 atom bombs that killed civilians..... Jews arpind the world want compensating for the amount of times they were moved and killed..... From all the wars every single cointry wants compensating even today do you think Ukraine will compensating from Russia.....so back to point yes it was private ompanies.... So go for them if they are still around and take them to court
And many were not directly involved but on the usa charter ships transporting goods, and at the same time paid by the government to free slaves, these "British business men" took the peoples money and used to to buy the slaves freedom from usa/Spanish slavers etc.
It wasn't that they were involved, only that by convience being on merchant ships to trade their goods, the majority of British business men did not own slaves.
They only bought them to back to the UK or USA (Crown owned states at the time to get their payment) if taken back to a usa crown state, the slave has his/her freedom but there was too at the time pro slave merchants in the usa that would hire gangs to hunt and capture freed slaves off the British.
Many didn't want to stay in the usa but decide to work on crowed charter ships bsck to the UK for pennies.
So it is easy to confuse or generalise without knowing the full details about the individuals life.
Thats correct. The East India Company was a classic example.
British were the first and only nation in the world history that sought to end the systemic slavery as an legalised institution. Something that used to be integral practice for human civilizations since their inceptions.
Portugal did it first
America was one of the last to end slavery slaves used to escape from America to Canada as Canada is British colony and free,
This isn't even taught in British schools, and it should be]. I remember learning about the Transatlantic slave trade, but not a single word about how or when it was abolished or the fight to end it. Yes, Britain has done a great deal of harm in the name of 'civilisation' - colonialism is bad - but this right here is one reason I can be proud to say that I am English.
I suppose it depends what schools and areas you live in and in some cases what your history teacher wanted to teach you, I was taught about the Transatlantic slave trade and also Britain's fight for the abolition of slavery way back in the late 80s. Sadly there seems to be a lot of schools teaching very selective histories at the moment. :-(
This is such an important part of history. Wall Street is called this because it used to be a wall. A wall to separate the slaves from the gentry; the gentry didn’t like the smell. Barclays Bank, ex slave traders, Lloyds of London, ex slave traders. Horrific.
Guys - I love to hear your remarks but they are difficult to hear over the video that you are reviewing. Please pause before commenting so that we don't miss your valuable insight. Happy Republic Day.
There is so much anti British content and rewriting of history on you tube you have to ask why?
@Homie you are such a fool!
We finished paying for this 12 years ago
The 5th biggest economy worldwide took that long to pay this sum
In years to come when Britain finally vanishes off the face of the Earth, we'll be talked about like the Atlantians, we were quite simply years ahead of anyone else at that time. A small Island that created more than half of the worlds inventions, great in the sciences and we're still contributing our fair share today. Lots of nations have resentment against us ,but i take it as a compliment. Jealousy eats people up and the French are some of the worst for it in Europe.
it's amazing to see how the British treated everyone they conquered. In the UK pub's (bars) used to have signs saying no black's, no dog's and no Irish. As someone who's Irish i was always was offended that the British put the Irish below even dog's
Why does nobody talk about the Muslim slave trade they took more slaves than Europe and America
Namaste Indie Jam, I am pleased you watched this after the quick history of Britain.
We British should be proud of what you see in this video, but like I said in your last reaction, it must be a balanced view.
Like all nations, there is both good and bad and we must own both to be balanced.
India did suffer many unnecessary famines during the time the east India company had a strong influence on political decisions.
The famine in 1943 is slightly different as the UK was in the middle of a world war and it was to stop the Japanese occupying India.
The Indian army did incredibly well to repel the Japanese invasion of Manipur, but sadly the scorched earth policy took a toll on the people.
On a good note, the advanced rail system did wonders to assist any famine stricken area of India.
We must balance our view by accepting the whole truth, so we neither see the UK as a saviour of all or a force of evil.
I am now interested in subscribing to your channel to watch your journey of discovery.
I look forward to your next reaction.
The British did more for the world than ever could be levelled at them for the bad parts of history. What matters is what was different compared to the rest of the world - Britain created the modern world and that has lifted more people out of poverty than anything else in human history. You than have the institutional structures where even the concept of human rights was a British concept adopted much, much later by others. From common law, contract law, habeas corpus, property rights, parliamentary democracy, Anglo-Saxon economics, to free speech, free press and social advance, Britain's contribution to the world stands head and shoulders above any other civilisation in human history. The problem is when your history is so unique for the better, others will only look at the negative and try to bring down something so great. Some people despise 'winners' so to speak, even when they benefit from it. The bad column is tiny compared to the good Britain has done in the world and for the world. There is no 'balance', there is an imbalance to the positive side of the equation, by a long, long way.
@@richardwills-woodward5340 Well said
@@richardwills-woodward5340 absolutely. Most of it’s jealousy because we still excel in so many things - like music; apart from America (which has a much, much bigger population), no other country can touch us.
@@penname5766 The USA has a higher population than the UK yes, but on a per capatica basis, UK still writes more great books, Important scientific discoveries/journals/papers and good music than the USA (Although what one considers 'good' music will differ to taste per person). Quality over quantity mate.
What is shocking to me is the amount of people that do not know this information. It's a sad indictment on our education systems .
I am grateful however that TH-cam is finally informing people.
Foreigners - Especially Ex-Colonial countries grow up steeped in 'Britain was evil' stories. Few recognise that many of these countries have democracy, the rule of law, republicanism/constitutional monarchy, 'normal' human rights, armies that generally don't overthow civilian governments and (joking aside) widespread use of the world's commonest language, English. - all as a result of having been part of the Empire. It explains why Ex-colonies (unreasonably) despise the Empire and the British don't really feel the need to apologise about it (despite the negative aspects of colonialism).
everyone should know this
Was told the muslims were jealous of our white skin by my muslim friend unreal
I'm British and oh god this made proud thanks such a great video
Whatever makes you happy, proud & devoid of guilt. Look up INDENTURED SERVANTS.
@@Jumpoable people like you are what is wrong with the world today I hope you get the help you need good luck
In ancient times and 1066 the question was who held power, monarchs or the people - in other words -
"The common law is the law declared by judges, derived from custom and precedent. It originated with the legal reforms of King Henry II in the 12th century and was called “common” because it applied equally across the whole country."
Criminal law is set by parliament.
Hence you are 'free' and cannot be owned as a slave if you live here.
Haiti was the first country to outlaw slavery, Britain the second. Haiti however just didn't have the might of Britain.
The reason people don't know about this is that here is a concerted attack on Britain. Britain was raided by Barbery pirates for centuries before the transatlantic slave trade. Entire villages in Dorset and Southern Ireland were list to slavers.
England outlawed slavery in the 1100s! Are you sure?
Britain tried to reintroduce slavery in Haiti
@@sulaak hahahaha
you do talk rubbish
Yes, but Haiti outlawed it only in the French colonies, which is the equivalent of doing it on their own soil, which we did first back in the 11th century. When we abolished it in the empire, we enforced it on the world. Haiti didn’t do that.
Actually slavery was never legal in England.
The abolition of slavery only impacted Scotland and the British colonies.
Anyone brought to England as a slave simply had to walk into an English court to be set free.
im from the uk and im proud to be from uk we have different nationalities, races thats what makes us british
No it's not. Britain existed quite nicely until mass immigration began. What makes me British is my family heritage for centuries in this country. Most foreigners don't respect our laws or way of life and don't want to integrate into our society.
@@shaunw9270 Have you ever visited Spain and seen the villages where the "expats" from England live?
@@trident6547 No but I have heard of them. What's your point?
@@shaunw9270 👏👏👏🏴
@@shaunw9270 as I teenager I fell in love with Britain. It seemed the exact opposite of the multicultural headache that America was and is. The progressive’s embrace of multiculturalism over pluralism weakened American’s shared cultural identity. I’m sorry to learn that mass immigration has had a negative effect on your country as well.
It’s not just SHOCKING, it’s Disgusting, but educational.
During the second world war.. the Indians that volunteered was eye watering.. 153 won VC that' shows how fucking badass they are as a people
Do you think the bbc or british schools teached this, the answer is obvious
not anymore. They are too busy teaching woke
When did India outlaw slavery?
Modern day slavery is still a worldwide problem including here the UK
The Indian nation had NO slavery until the Muslim rulers invaded. It has a huge problem now though as it has the highest percentage of slave labour in the world.
The British did not totally eradicate slavery, but it changed the world view on it and reduced it to a trickle.
As someone mentioned, when the British bought the freedom of every slave in its empire in the 1830s, the loan was so huge, we only finished paying for it in 2015.
If you have paid British tax before 2015, some of your tax money has helped buy the freedom of slaves from that time
If you mean sex slavery, that is carried out illegally mostly by foreignors abroad who smuggle people in. Still illegal! Unfortunately, some people will always break laws!
Still illegal! Unfortunately, people will always break laws.
Most people will not know that in India the still living wife of a dead husband was burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre.
The British put stop to this disgraceful practice.
For every bad thing someone can say about any empire, you can find something else that is good.
It forgets to say about some native Africans had property and plantations in America
We had British realized that trade with that country was better than slave trade
There were no other British colonies which people were taken has slaves
try Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron by Drachinifel on youtube
To be honest, this video simplifies the issue of slavery in europe. In fact it was far more complex than suggested.
Starting straight away parts of the catholic church in rome pbjected to slavery - for obvious reasons, but given most converts to christianity at the top of Roman society were slaveowners this was a bit of a wedge issue. What we do know is that the christian church in europe forbade enslaving christians in fits and starts - and slavs, initially being pagans, began to be seen as natural ‘slaves’ given the huge slave trade from Crimea, which the genoese and venetians, with rival trading colonies there, facilitated to egypt and elsewhere.
Saxon britain was targeted for christianisation by the church (im not christian by the way) BECAUSE of the Anglo-saxons notorious penchant fof slave trading, which is what william the conqueror’s edict was about too (being a bastard and having claimed the english throne by violence and with a dubious justification he needed the roman church’s support).
So europe went through a topsy-turvy set of christian policies on slaving, with many orthodox christians originally enslaved in ukraine lodging court appeals in continental european courts to gain their freedom - which is how we know so much about it. In addition, the spanish and portugese kings and queens forbade slavery in the americas and elsewhere, with the backing of the church, but they were, in practice, ignored. But thats also why many of their most famous adventurers did not return to europe or, when they did, they were given short shrift by the royal courts and polite society.
The main difference in britain is that britain wasnt subject to unending wars and was more politically cohesive so it got its act together sooner when it came to formulating and enforcing laws against slavery. Each colonial government in europe was, in fact, a bit powerless to stop the depredations of its subjects overseas, a fact you can see when you compare the different actions of the different colonial powers. Its not a coincidence that the most politically stable and centralised state of britain - with no big colonies to lose by abolishing slavery - was also the one that took the hardest line against slavery.
Incidentally, it was the success of the west african squadron that prompted the great migration - or sales - of african slaves from states in the northern usa to the southern states of the usa, where the cotton industry - driven by the demand for cotton in the industrialising Britain, where ‘free’ workers’ conditions in the mills were appalling - drove the demand for slaves. Prior to that, slavery in the usa was spread more across the then us states and not so heavily focussed in the south. But the ‘slave shortage’ prompted higher prices for slaves in the south - and far more abuses in the process. Thats how slavery came to be concentrated in the south.
@Homie 'subject to unending wars' - which bit of 'subject to' are you not following?
@Homie what i meant was war IN THEiR TERRITORY. But britain was actually at peace for most of the 18th and 19th centuries. You are going to come back with a silly reply amd then im going to have to explain the difference between ‘britain’ and the ‘east india company’ and ‘west india company’ to you. But lets take a shortcut: two of those are privately owned companies and one is britain.
@Homie your racist race card has expired now
If you haven't you need to check out Thomas Sowell.
Watching you two learn about this made my heart sing ❤❤
Britain's involvement in the Transatlantic slave trade cannot be denied. However, as a nation, we were the very first to question the morality of the very institution of slavery. We were the first country to do so and of that we should be proud.
Well you certainly were the country that didn’t finish paying off the reparations that were paid to the slave owners (not the slaves) until 2015. You were also the country that continued to have slavery existing in many parts of the British Empire. Officially as late as 1901. Unofficially as late as 1948.
. You are wrong. After the abolition of slavery the first thing the British did in any annexed territory was to abolish slavery. Where were "unofficial" skaves held until 1948. Please, no anecdotal stories. Evidence only.
TheBritish maintained colonialism for hundreds of years///let’s not make them to be pure in this matter….
@@cosette999. You still haven't replied to my request for evidence
Great reaction , another good video I’m sure you’ll like is ‘The Suez Crisis 1956’ by EpicHistoryTv 💯
It is wonderful to see you take in facts, that you've never known before; *AND PROCESS THEM HONESTLY..!!*
You are not avoiding the facts; nor "evading the truth" in order to avoid upsetting people.
You are taking in facts; you are processing the things you hear, and you're calculating how they fit into your "world view".
Then you are producing your HONEST RESPONSE! *...whether it is GOOD or BAD!*
It is SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE, to see the thoughts that cross your mind, as you watch the video;' *(and people CAN SEE YOUR THOUGHTS)* , in small movements and indications.
It is REALLY nice to see your HONEST thoughts and reviews.
This isn't taught because it doesn't benefit certain groups politically.
Britain payed off a lot of slave owners to compensate them for not having slaves and it didn't finish paying off those debts until 2015, that's how much it cost the country.
While the British have done some questionable things over the years, this is one that Britain should be immensely proud of.