I agree as long as you mean this as a class statement as opposed to a race issue. Slaves were not freed into wealth, they were mostly freed into poverty with very little education. In essence they were trapped as cheap labor yes, but that put them on the same level as every other poor worker in the country they were granted their freedom. You are correct that there are rich folks that want cheap labor, but as long as it isn’t their friends or family, they don’t care about anything beyond the work getting done cheap and adequately.
Don't ignore the heartless fact that much of industrial revolution was built on child labour in the factories and mines. The whole picture is far more complex than projected, and the non Conformist moral stance against slavery and exploitation, and colonial activity in Asia, Australia and technology and educational breakthroughs added to the heinous Transatlantic slave trade.
The economic power of America defended mainly on Slave Labour, therefore as the video explained at the end, economic supremacy forced Britain to cut the throat of rival sovereignty economy which was Slave Labour, especially America who has gained Independence from Britain. To suppress the southern part of America,who were actually arrogant because of their plantation outputs, the Union has to fight and subjugate the south in what was called Civil War,you definitely know who was behind it, don't you?
If that was the case, try explaining why - by the mid19th Century, the free North was the industrial powerhouse while the slave-owning South was an agrarian backwater.
There is more slavery in the world than our politicians want to talk about, especially in Africa and Saudi Arabia where it didnt stop until the British Empire stopped it, but only temporarily.
We should also examine how slaves were used in Africa (human sacrifices, those who worked on the plantations, sold to the Persians, Arabs etc long before Europeans set foot in Africa
That’s a false equivalence Africans didn't engage in chattel slavery; their systems of servitude were more akin to debt servitude, similar to indentured servitude or the treatment of prisoners of war. There was often a path toward reintegration into society. In contrast, the Trans-Atlantic trade was a vicious cycle of chattel slavery, where Africans were stripped of their humanity, treated as commodities to be traded, with no chance of returning home.
@@KweyolKawayibSuperb explanation and response. Many are not aware of or do not consider the military prisoners of war who were exchanged by their captors as a matter of expediency, to relieve the burden of waiting for ransom negotiations from the opposition. Diop also mentions those instances and the distinctions that you mentioned. Prince Abdul Rahman was a prisoner of war. Abolishionists such as Galudet petitioned for his release which did not happen. His grave is in Natchez Mississippi. Thank you for bringing attention to the false equivalence.
"Black Slaveowners in South Carolina" by Koger, printed by the University of South Carolina press. Uses SC tax records and court records to track down the numerous black slaveowners. One black family in SC owned a slave ship and made regular visits to Africa to buy slaves and sell them for a profit in SC. Charleston SC was known as the "City of black slaveowners"@@KweyolKawayib
@KweyolKawayib Slavery is slavery. Humans have for thousands of years engaged in slavery, buying selling and owing slaves. Arabia, africa, europe, greek, babylonians, mongols, asians, all around through history. The british and then the americans can pride themselves of formally being at the fore front of abolishing slavery. It does not matter why they did it...but they did abolish it. The americans even fought a war that partly had to do with a disagreement over slavery. Give them their kudos.
"calculated strategy to secure economic suoremacy" they talk of this as if it was some evil idea they used in the past. This is all governments ever think from time immemorial till now!What do you think immigration is all about? You think it's a utopic idea to help people?? It's a "calculated strategy to secure economic suoremacy" by importing cheap labour, and creating a new undeclass. It also helps raise property prices and creates a new voter base ( ie longer terms in power) for the party who does the importation of such people.its modern day slavery. When slavery was in full flow we were subjects of an unelected king who forced us, the British people to do these acts. If you rebelled at the time you would be executed for treason. The working people of Britain were exploited too. We don't need to feel any guilt whatsoever. We learned from past mistakes and we've become free and liberal democracies.
In point of fact, British democracy did not pop up out of nowhere. It developed over the best part of a thousand years, and one of the reasons it developed is that Kings found that the support of the people was NECESSARY. Kings faced with the necessity of raising armies, raising funds and keeping fractious Barons in line had to offer something in return for the loyalty of the Commons. In the absence of a strong Parliament, most people preferred a strong King because such a King would keep the peace. A weak King meant lawlessness, civil war and/or invasion.
@@peterwebb8732 that may be the case but it still does not change the fact that powerful forces including the church acted in their own interests and , with very strict treason laws , propaganda and ( in the case of the underclass ) a lack of education,the people of Britain weren't really in any position to question the authority's actions. Before the 2nd gulf war 1 million people matched against it and were ignored. This was under a democratic government. Captains of ships in the Caribbean would be executed for not apprehending or destroying Spanish vessels. Soldiers in the first world war would be executed for turning back.Were the voices of the people heard more under an undemocratic monarch? I doubt it.
I dont know why we keep talking about this now, im from south west london we all get along in our community videos like this just makes every brit feels bad ill be real we had conversations like this in secondary school even told us where they went wrong morally and selfishly but also keep in mind that some kings sold some slaves too, my teacher was like at the end if only they knew what the empire was going to use them for.. they would have never done it, For me the bit that gets me is the Alligator bait the americans used alligator bait which was babies from slaves, we learned about all of this, its suprising to see stuff coming out with comments like, "ohh they never taught you this in history" ect when the fact is this video is just like a video in my year 9 class of set 2 history, people are making videos to be politcal these days no authenticity anymore exspecially european history youtubers are jumping on politics these days, I have some european ancestors too alot of pro abolish people from the uk who was part of the the community from parts of london which were once part of surrey and kent im from surrey but london area, But bare in mind if you also have european ancestery and you want to research more about it expect controversial topics like immigration, i responded to an youtuber by the name of survive the jive and he literally told me to "go back home" he"s a well known history teacher youtuber by the way, videos he does like this but the other way around in terms of topics. anyways good video i like to hear multiple sides anyway.
Anyone who does not address slavery in the context that EVERY society did it for most of the last 10,000 years, is not being honest about the subject. That so-called “dark stain” applied to EVERY race and culture, and was not even slightly unique to the British Empire. The only distinction applying to the British Empire is that they decided to end the international slave trade, and anyone trying to claim that this was only done because using slaves was not economic, has to explain why: 1. The documented political drive to end the slave trade was primarily centred in evangelical Christian groups, not industry or economic groups. 2. The British undertook the enormous expense of actively suppressing the slave trade, which required a good part of their navy. 3. The British also undertook the even more massive expense of compensating slave-owners in the colonies who were forced to give up what had previously been their legal property. I live in a former British colony in which slaves existed prior to British settlement - the natives holding slaves amongst themselves - but in which it was illegal from the moment that British sovereignty was established. That is no “stain”. It is something to be proud of,
@@peterwebb8732 Excellent response. Well done. So tired of the modern day grifters who keep trying desperately to tightly define this issue as a uniquely British / American crime.
I must NOT forget the sins of my forefathers? Having reseached my family tree, taking in the last 300 years, it would appear that up until my grandfathers time they were all poor farm labourers living in hovels and in one case getting punished for stealing turnips to feed the family. It's fine by me if you want to have a go at the old wealthy families of Europe and America but don't try and put the guilt trip on the majority. Instead of looking backwards we should be looking at the present, I read somewhere that there are more people in bondage now than there has ever been, now that's something that needs our attention.
slavery did not begin with the British Empire - it was a part of human society since maybe the beginning - by insisting that slavery began and ended only recently - ignores the entire history of many peoples who enslaved others - and were enslaved by others
The video is obviously referring to the Transatlantic slave trade involving Europe, Africa and the Americas. That is the slave trade that involved Haiti and the Maroons who are mentioned in the video.
I descend from generations of agricultural workers who were treated in many cases worse than slaves, when they could no longer produce were condemned to the work house. I am the first in many generations to actually own property so stop trying to make me feel guilty about something that was perpetrated by the landed gentry.
@@WatikKubuli-ot3vt if you are having a pop at me . All I am saying if they are looking for someone to compensate for the wrong doing start at the top. Members of my family in Ireland were enslaved and sent to the Americas but I don't feel it is any use keeping on about it and living in the past.
Don’t watch historical videos then, leave it to people that enjoy historical content. Nobody is expecting anything from you, your really not that relevant.
"The Real Reason Britain Abolished Slavery". You gave the video that name and yet I don't think you really addressed that point. It seems to me that there are two schools of thought on this. Either the British abolished slavery in order to deprive the newly independent United States of slaves or else they did so out of love for their fellow man. If the latter were the case one would expect that they would also have cut back on atrocities committed by their armed forces. If we look at the behaviour of British soldiers in the intervening period in Kenya, Bengal, Ireland and a long list of other places I'm afraid that the latter makes no sense so we are left with only the former. The last massacre of innocent, unarmed Irish civilians by British soldiers took pace in 1972. The perpetrators are all still alive and not one has ever spent a single day in prison. The British did NOT abolish slavery out of the goodness of their hearts.
Actually they did and they spent a fortune forcing the rest of the world to abolish slavery but it proved almost impossible particularly in the middle east and Africa.
The book "Capitalism And Slavery" by Hon. Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago Oxford Scolar, historian, economist, Govenor and Prime Minister explains how the profits of the slave trade and plantation economy funded the industrial revolution and how the industrial revolution and burgeoning capitalism made slavery less profitable as an economic model.
The book "Capitalism And Slavery" by Hon. Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago Oxford Scolar, historian, economist, Govenor and Prime Minister explains how the profits of the slave trade and plantation economy funded the industrial revolution and how the industrial revolution and burgeoning capitalism made slavery less profitable as an economic model.
@user-qq6rr2je4q Read some Thomas Sowell or Kristian niemietz they have some interesting views about colonialism and slavey. Also, I don't mean to be that guy, but I noticed you never answered if you could name another race of people that spilled their blood and treasure for the freedom and rights of another race of people. I still can't think of one. Maybe you can help.🤞
Coal was from Britain not Jamaica so UK miners also had slave labour. Moral and legal learning brought Britain to end slave trade also as well as local uprising.
The "abolitionist" movement was funded by capitalists and industrialists. Wilberforce nowadays would be called a paid lobbyist in the US. It was all about money, even the Church was in on it
Gaslighting: This tactic involves denying or distorting reality (In this case pretending not see the facts) in order to manipulate or undermine ones argument.
I really doubt that slavery was ended for humanitarian reasons. I think, more likely that industrialists wanted to expand their markets, and the institution of slavery was a major hindrance. I think all nations were guilty of slavery and that every person of every color has slaves among their ancestors.
The book "Capitalism And Slavery" by Hon. Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago Oxford Scolar, historian, economist, Govenor and Prime Minister explains how the profits of the slave trade and plantation economy funded the industrial revolution and how the industrial revolution and burgeoning capitalism made slavery less profitable as an economic model.
As it took several hundred years of slavery to build our modern industrial Western world, it will take centuries for us to digest the domestic and foreign consequences. The US, for example, is experiencing a far-right backlash against dealing with the consequences of slavery.
Rolling my eyes at that comment. Firstly, slavery was endemic around the world for at least 10,000 years. It helped build the pyramids and a bunch of classical temples, but the one thing it did NOT build, was our modern, industrial economy. That was the result of the industrial revolution which was based on the replacement of human labour with MACHINERY. What you call a “backlash” is a rejection of false history and the irrational claims based on it.
Free people, who refused to be controlled by foreign countries. Fighter for the right to to be a man In what was known to be a World that belongs to God, " The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness there of ,the world and all that dwelled there in
in speaking of the real evil of slavery etc in the19th century and before this video then speaks of *OUR* moral depravity. this is the fallacious appeal to ancestral guilt. there is no such thing and thus in my view this video obliterates any value it had by this piece of virtue signaling
Your feelings of guilt are irrelevant to the core message of the video. It's not about ancestral guilt or virtue signaling; it's about understanding historical contexts. The video doesn't suggest that viewers should feel personally guilty for the actions of their ancestors. Instead, it highlights the fact that the abolition of slavery in the British Empire wasn't primarily driven by moral enlightenment, as often portrayed, but rather by a complex interplay of economic, political, and social factors. By accusing the video of fallacious appeals and virtue signaling, you're employing a straw man argument to detract from its message. The video simply aims to shed light on a historical reality often overlooked in mainstream narratives. Whether or not viewers feel guilty about the past is beside the point. The real value lies in understanding the intricacies of historical events and their lasting impact on society.
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. 13th amendment. Let that sink in. Except as a punishment for a crime. Slavery is gone in America. Yeah and Elvis didn’t do no drugs.
They realized that it was cheaper to call us workers, and pay us a pittance instead.
Welcome to the world of the working class white man
Poor wittle slave
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Slaves had no buying power, paid workers could buy the output of the industrial revolution
I agree as long as you mean this as a class statement as opposed to a race issue. Slaves were not freed into wealth, they were mostly freed into poverty with very little education. In essence they were trapped as cheap labor yes, but that put them on the same level as every other poor worker in the country they were granted their freedom.
You are correct that there are rich folks that want cheap labor, but as long as it isn’t their friends or family, they don’t care about anything beyond the work getting done cheap and adequately.
Don't ignore the heartless fact that much of industrial revolution was built on child labour in the factories and mines. The whole picture is far more complex than projected, and the non Conformist moral stance against slavery and exploitation, and colonial activity in Asia, Australia and technology and educational breakthroughs added to the heinous Transatlantic slave trade.
A kernel of truth, some misplaced emphasis, some omissions and a dose of overstatement.
They ended it just when all their competition still relied in it yet all their stuff was just completed. It was to screw over the competition
How ?
The economic power of America defended mainly on Slave Labour, therefore as the video explained at the end, economic supremacy forced Britain to cut the throat of rival sovereignty economy which was Slave Labour, especially America who has gained Independence from Britain.
To suppress the southern part of America,who were actually arrogant because of their plantation outputs, the Union has to fight and subjugate the south in what was called Civil War,you definitely know who was behind it, don't you?
Another one that is spot on.
If that was the case, try explaining why - by the mid19th Century, the free North was the industrial powerhouse while the slave-owning South was an agrarian backwater.
No ... the force behind ending Slavery was a MORAL one ... CHRISTIAN moral one, Slavery was abolished in England circa 1086 by William the Conqueror
There is more slavery in the world than our politicians want to talk about, especially in Africa and Saudi Arabia where it didnt stop until the British Empire stopped it, but only temporarily.
Red herrings are irrelevant or misleading pieces of information that are introduced into a debate to distract from the main topic.
@@KweyolKawayib do you think that you're the only person/people on the planet who has slavery in their history?
Another red herring.
@@stirlingmoss4621Thank you for playing, but your comment did absolutely nothing to further the conversation.
Still legal in the US too, but illegal everywhere else
We should also examine how slaves were used in Africa (human sacrifices, those who worked on the plantations, sold to the Persians, Arabs etc long before Europeans set foot in Africa
That’s a false equivalence Africans didn't engage in chattel slavery; their systems of servitude were more akin to debt servitude, similar to indentured servitude or the treatment of prisoners of war. There was often a path toward reintegration into society. In contrast, the Trans-Atlantic trade was a vicious cycle of chattel slavery, where Africans were stripped of their humanity, treated as commodities to be traded, with no chance of returning home.
Please share the source material referencing the details in your comment?
@@KweyolKawayibSuperb explanation and response.
Many are not aware of or do not consider the military prisoners of war who were exchanged by their captors as a matter of expediency, to relieve the burden of waiting for ransom negotiations from the opposition.
Diop also mentions those instances and the distinctions that you mentioned.
Prince Abdul Rahman was a prisoner of war. Abolishionists such as Galudet petitioned for his release which did not happen.
His grave is in Natchez Mississippi.
Thank you for bringing attention to the false equivalence.
"Black Slaveowners in South Carolina" by Koger, printed by the University of South Carolina press. Uses SC tax records and court records to track down the numerous black slaveowners. One black family in SC owned a slave ship and made regular visits to Africa to buy slaves and sell them for a profit in SC. Charleston SC was known as the "City of black slaveowners"@@KweyolKawayib
@KweyolKawayib
Slavery is slavery. Humans have for thousands of years engaged in slavery, buying selling and owing slaves.
Arabia, africa, europe, greek, babylonians, mongols, asians, all around through history.
The british and then the americans can pride themselves of formally being at the fore front of abolishing slavery. It does not matter why they did it...but they did abolish it. The americans even fought a war that partly had to do with a disagreement over slavery.
Give them their kudos.
"calculated strategy to secure economic suoremacy" they talk of this as if it was some evil idea they used in the past. This is all governments ever think from time immemorial till now!What do you think immigration is all about? You think it's a utopic idea to help people?? It's a "calculated strategy to secure economic suoremacy" by importing cheap labour, and creating a new undeclass. It also helps raise property prices and creates a new voter base ( ie longer terms in power) for the party who does the importation of such people.its modern day slavery. When slavery was in full flow we were subjects of an unelected king who forced us, the British people to do these acts. If you rebelled at the time you would be executed for treason. The working people of Britain were exploited too. We don't need to feel any guilt whatsoever. We learned from past mistakes and we've become free and liberal democracies.
Interesting accurate observations.
We have learned nothing. All in all, we are still selfish Chimpanzees. Indeed, Chimpanzees that have weapons of mass death and destruction.
@@komiczarrather poignant as well, spot on.
In point of fact, British democracy did not pop up out of nowhere. It developed over the best part of a thousand years, and one of the reasons it developed is that Kings found that the support of the people was NECESSARY. Kings faced with the necessity of raising armies, raising funds and keeping fractious Barons in line had to offer something in return for the loyalty of the Commons.
In the absence of a strong Parliament, most people preferred a strong King because such a King would keep the peace. A weak King meant lawlessness, civil war and/or invasion.
@@peterwebb8732 that may be the case but it still does not change the fact that powerful forces including the church acted in their own interests and , with very strict treason laws , propaganda and ( in the case of the underclass ) a lack of education,the people of Britain weren't really in any position to question the authority's actions. Before the 2nd gulf war 1 million people matched against it and were ignored. This was under a democratic government. Captains of ships in the Caribbean would be executed for not apprehending or destroying Spanish vessels. Soldiers in the first world war would be executed for turning back.Were the voices of the people heard more under an undemocratic monarch? I doubt it.
I dont know why we keep talking about this now, im from south west london we all get along in our community videos like this just makes every brit feels bad ill be real we had conversations like this in secondary school even told us where they went wrong morally and selfishly but also keep in mind that some kings sold some slaves too, my teacher was like at the end if only they knew what the empire was going to use them for.. they would have never done it, For me the bit that gets me is the Alligator bait the americans used alligator bait which was babies from slaves, we learned about all of this, its suprising to see stuff coming out with comments like, "ohh they never taught you this in history" ect when the fact is this video is just like a video in my year 9 class of set 2 history, people are making videos to be politcal these days no authenticity anymore exspecially european history youtubers are jumping on politics these days, I have some european ancestors too alot of pro abolish people from the uk who was part of the the community from parts of london which were once part of surrey and kent im from surrey but london area, But bare in mind if you also have european ancestery and you want to research more about it expect controversial topics like immigration, i responded to an youtuber by the name of survive the jive and he literally told me to "go back home" he"s a well known history teacher youtuber by the way, videos he does like this but the other way around in terms of topics. anyways good video i like to hear multiple sides anyway.
It's a bad video - it oversimplifies history to produce a narrative and indoctrinate. For example, notice the video focus only in europe and uk?
You're so pathetic imagine being upset about a history video
Anyone who does not address slavery in the context that EVERY society did it for most of the last 10,000 years, is not being honest about the subject. That so-called “dark stain” applied to EVERY race and culture, and was not even slightly unique to the British Empire.
The only distinction applying to the British Empire is that they decided to end the international slave trade, and anyone trying to claim that this was only done because using slaves was not economic, has to explain why:
1. The documented political drive to end the slave trade was primarily centred in evangelical Christian groups, not industry or economic groups.
2. The British undertook the enormous expense of actively suppressing the slave trade, which required a good part of their navy.
3. The British also undertook the even more massive expense of compensating slave-owners in the colonies who were forced to give up what had previously been their legal property.
I live in a former British colony in which slaves existed prior to British settlement - the natives holding slaves amongst themselves - but in which it was illegal from the moment that British sovereignty was established. That is no “stain”. It is something to be proud of,
@@peterwebb8732 Excellent response. Well done. So tired of the modern day grifters who keep trying desperately to tightly define this issue as a uniquely British / American crime.
You need to study the Rule of English Grammar. Learn how and when to use a period, a comma, and how to make a capitol letter to start a new sentence.
SLAVERY WAS NEVER ABOLSHED!!!
@@BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY yeah it still exists in africa
I must NOT forget the sins of my forefathers? Having reseached my family tree, taking in the last 300 years, it would appear that up until my grandfathers time they were all poor farm labourers living in hovels and in one case getting punished for stealing turnips to feed the family. It's fine by me if you want to have a go at the old wealthy families of Europe and America but don't try and put the guilt trip on the majority. Instead of looking backwards we should be looking at the present, I read somewhere that there are more people in bondage now than there has ever been, now that's something that needs our attention.
Stop acting like you’re relevant. Nobody asked about your guilt and turnips, I doubt the video’s even made for your demographic.
Well said that man!
slavery did not begin with the British Empire - it was a part of human society since maybe the beginning - by insisting that slavery began and ended only recently - ignores the entire history of many peoples who enslaved others - and were enslaved by others
No one did it with machine guns and a conference with other European nations to team up and… well you get the point
So slavery on sword is justified?😂😂😂@@genolee6032
@@genolee6032 No, sadly I dont get your point as you havent expressed a coherent one. What are you saying?
Another red herring argument.
The video is obviously referring to the Transatlantic slave trade involving Europe, Africa and the Americas. That is the slave trade that involved Haiti and the Maroons who are mentioned in the video.
I descend from generations of agricultural workers who were treated in many cases worse than slaves, when they could no longer produce were condemned to the work house. I am the first in many generations to actually own property so stop trying to make me feel guilty about something that was perpetrated by the landed gentry.
Only a narcissist would think this video is about them and their feelings. 🙄
@@WatikKubuli-ot3vt if you are having a pop at me . All I am saying if they are looking for someone to compensate for the wrong doing start at the top. Members of my family in Ireland were enslaved and sent to the Americas but I don't feel it is any use keeping on about it and living in the past.
Don’t watch historical videos then, leave it to people that enjoy historical content. Nobody is expecting anything from you, your really not that relevant.
Where in this video is someone being blamed for the Transatlantic slave trade?
"The Real Reason Britain Abolished Slavery". You gave the video that name and yet I don't think you really addressed that point. It seems to me that there are two schools of thought on this. Either the British abolished slavery in order to deprive the newly independent United States of slaves or else they did so out of love for their fellow man. If the latter were the case one would expect that they would also have cut back on atrocities committed by their armed forces. If we look at the behaviour of British soldiers in the intervening period in Kenya, Bengal, Ireland and a long list of other places I'm afraid that the latter makes no sense so we are left with only the former. The last massacre of innocent, unarmed Irish civilians by British soldiers took pace in 1972. The perpetrators are all still alive and not one has ever spent a single day in prison. The British did NOT abolish slavery out of the goodness of their hearts.
Actually they did and they spent a fortune forcing the rest of the world to abolish slavery but it proved almost impossible particularly in the middle east and Africa.
The book "Capitalism And Slavery" by Hon. Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago Oxford Scolar, historian, economist, Govenor and Prime Minister explains how the profits of the slave trade and plantation economy funded the industrial revolution and how the industrial revolution and burgeoning capitalism made slavery less profitable as an economic model.
The book "Capitalism And Slavery" by Hon. Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago Oxford Scolar, historian, economist, Govenor and Prime Minister explains how the profits of the slave trade and plantation economy funded the industrial revolution and how the industrial revolution and burgeoning capitalism made slavery less profitable as an economic model.
Yeah, imagine that a leader telling his people what they want to hear.
Typical
@user-qq6rr2je4q
Read some Thomas Sowell or Kristian niemietz they have some interesting views about colonialism and slavey.
Also, I don't mean to be that guy, but I noticed you never answered if you could name another race of people that spilled their blood and treasure for the freedom and rights of another race of people. I still can't think of one. Maybe you can help.🤞
@@andyforbes5553 have no idea who you're speaking about
@@andyforbes5553 lost me at Sowell. Gtfoh with that grifter
Without weapons, these people could never conquer.
But they never stopped stealing our ish!
Many British soldiers died freeing slaves
😂😂😂
@MicahEngel I know they shouldn't have bothered right?
Coal was from Britain not Jamaica so UK miners also had slave labour.
Moral and legal learning brought Britain to end slave trade also as well as local uprising.
The "abolitionist" movement was funded by capitalists and industrialists. Wilberforce nowadays would be called a paid lobbyist in the US. It was all about money, even the Church was in on it
It is not the greed of our forefathers, it's the greed of the bosses of our forefathers !
Shiw me any moment in history when one people spilled their blood and gold to free the people of another race.
I can only think of one..
Brainwashing took on this one
@@user-qq6rr2je4q
Projection much.
@@user-qq6rr2je4q
Projection much.
Your presentations of these topics are great. They're short, straightforward and full of information. I'll hit the "subscribe" button.
This documentary is too vague. Where are the facts?
Exactly.
Gaslighting: This tactic involves denying or distorting reality (In this case pretending not see the facts) in order to manipulate or undermine ones argument.
@@KweyolKawayib are you trawling through a book of terms and pasting them in these comments?
Im making the audience aware of the tactics used by bigots.
@@KweyolKawayib That is a comment that reflects on your research and motivation.
aboloshing slavery is one of the most shameful and evil things we ever did, i'm sorry to all the countless victims of africans
To say it underpinned the empire is questionable
I really doubt that slavery was ended for humanitarian reasons. I think, more likely that industrialists wanted to expand their markets, and the institution of slavery was a major hindrance.
I think all nations were guilty of slavery and that every person of every color has slaves among their ancestors.
The book "Capitalism And Slavery" by Hon. Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago Oxford Scolar, historian, economist, Govenor and Prime Minister explains how the profits of the slave trade and plantation economy funded the industrial revolution and how the industrial revolution and burgeoning capitalism made slavery less profitable as an economic model.
As it took several hundred years of slavery to build our modern industrial Western world, it will take centuries for us to digest the domestic and foreign consequences. The US, for example, is experiencing a far-right backlash against dealing with the consequences of slavery.
Rolling my eyes at that comment.
Firstly, slavery was endemic around the world for at least 10,000 years. It helped build the pyramids and a bunch of classical temples, but the one thing it did NOT build, was our modern, industrial economy.
That was the result of the industrial revolution which was based on the replacement of human labour with MACHINERY.
What you call a “backlash” is a rejection of false history and the irrational claims based on it.
PFFT...YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT THEY DID TO WE IRISH
Free people, who refused to be controlled by foreign countries. Fighter for the right to to be a man
In what was known to be a World that belongs to God,
" The Earth is the Lord's
and the fullness there of ,the world and all that dwelled there in
Our freedom's in 🇺🇸 American culture came with a cost. Paid in full. Just saying.
in speaking of the real evil of slavery etc in the19th century and before this video then speaks of *OUR* moral depravity.
this is the fallacious appeal to ancestral guilt.
there is no such thing and thus in my view this video obliterates any value it had by this piece of virtue signaling
Your feelings of guilt are irrelevant to the core message of the video. It's not about ancestral guilt or virtue signaling; it's about understanding historical contexts. The video doesn't suggest that viewers should feel personally guilty for the actions of their ancestors. Instead, it highlights the fact that the abolition of slavery in the British Empire wasn't primarily driven by moral enlightenment, as often portrayed, but rather by a complex interplay of economic, political, and social factors.
By accusing the video of fallacious appeals and virtue signaling, you're employing a straw man argument to detract from its message. The video simply aims to shed light on a historical reality often overlooked in mainstream narratives. Whether or not viewers feel guilty about the past is beside the point. The real value lies in understanding the intricacies of historical events and their lasting impact on society.
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
13th amendment. Let that sink in. Except as a punishment for a crime.
Slavery is gone in America. Yeah and Elvis didn’t do no drugs.