It's vital that we strive to know the complete history surrounding this deeply painful period in human history. Understanding the roles played by different regions and parties, including Africa, helps us paint a more accurate picture of the past. Thank you for tuning in.
Important to bring light to this reality of "African complicity and origination" in slavery. Though, it should be noted that white racists will use this as an excuse to (1) justify slavery and (2) racism. I doubt that even the kings and rulers who procured slaves in Africa would ever agree to the kind of denigration and oppression that whites inflicted on blacks in the colonies. Also, I doubt these African sovereigns who developed the slave trade ever drafted, wrote, or created documents waxing on about the "liberties and freedoms" of man. They did not hide who they were - just powerful warlords and dynastic authorities who had the ability to enslave people. Show us constitutions and edicts written by these very same black enslavers if you are ever going to play the whole "Africa bad like Europe" card. Hypocrisy and deep-rooted contradictions in civilizational values play fundamental roles in the particular crimes that euros have committed against humanity.
Real Students of History & Historians have been saying this story for decades, yet every modern day college & university campus across the USA will say your video is a lie.
Finally,OMG. Finally someone put Africa's responsibility. As someone who is biracial and have seen African's evil up close,i totally agree with you . Enough hypocrisy and white men's burthen, black people are just as evil,racist and psychopaths.
Hilariously, when Hollywood made a big-budget film about the Dahomey a few years ago (The Woman King), it portrayed them as anti-slavery crusaders and fighters. This was the historical equivalent of a WWII movie where the Nazis fought against antisemitism. It just illustrates how the movies are a terrible place for people to get their history.
Slave trade was carried out by evil Caucasian Europeans in complicity with Arab Slave Traders. Do not blame the victims for being the victims. The British empire and America is built on slavery. Evil empires. It is a racially inspired vlog with nothing to contribute but miss-information.
Bound and shackled in chains and whipped like a beast, for 400 years the gory trade of slave trade carried on while the world watched. Uprooted from their families and transported to strange lands and cultures to adapt; We mustn’t forget that it is for slavery that black folks are in the Caribbean, United States and other parts of the world. No other continent in world history has been treated the way Africa has. All Black people wherever they be in the world are one. You do not need any other identity. You are an African.
So true. Africa still has the largest amount of slaves in the world today. ' The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty but to have a slave of his own.' -Richard Francis Burton.
One thing that many non-Africans (especially blacks in the Americas) don’t realise is that, there was never an “African” identity. There were countless individual city states, kingdoms and empires that did not see themselves as one, most of them were bitter adversaries for centuries. Europeans were very successful in colonialism because they were able to conquer each city state one by one, at times with the help of the vanquished’s local enemies. They then amalgamated the conquered tribes into colonies and these colonies went on to become sovereign countries after independence. The problem now is that, as a result of these countries being formed by multiple ethnic empires that were bitter rivals for centuries, they still harbour resentment towards each other and a house with opposing foundations cannot stand. This has lead to countless civil wars and skirmishes in almost all the modern countries on the continent.
thanks for that and many of us Africans in America do knoe this. I am questioning though the phrase "non Africans especially Blacks..." Are we no longer African because some greedy bastards of many tribes decided to make money by selling our ancestors to Europeans? This is why the African peoples of the world continue to be divided in ways no other major group is. Please don't separate us further from where we came by excepting us from "Africa". If a Nigerians chikdren and grandchildren are born in the US are they not still Nigerian if also American by birth on that soil?
So the same thing that happened in the Middle East in terms of nations built for very different cultures/tribes explaining all the wars we see to this day
I agree with most of you're comment. I disagree with the first part of you're comment. I'm a so called black American and most of us are aware there was no such thing as Afrocentrism or Pan-Africanism in Africa prior to Transatlantic slave trade. We have a long tradition of black studies and African studies in our Colleges and universities. In fact, everything in this video, I learned 20 years ago in College So please don't assume we don't know our history.
If your from this country you would know Many blacks in America don’t know this because of the education system put in place they never taught that part of history in a lot of schools.
Black Americans need to watch this. As an African, I find it bikarious when they act like they are the only slave descendants in the world😢. Even today in my country Cameroon, there are tribes still considered as slave tribes. Although they are not enslaved I the old way, they still occupy lower ranks in their villages. When they get to towns, if faced with a non slave tribe from the same region, the gap is immediately évident. They don't look at superiors in the eyes and occult certain local govt positions in their tribe. So, slavery has just shape shifted. Human trafficking IS slavery. It never stopped
Name one other group where people ate the children of slaves, hung them from trees, made clothes from their skin, shared status for hundreds of years, enslaved by race and were raped to form castes.. I will wait
The difference is Africans are descendants of Ham while the so-called Negroes are descendants of Shem or Abraham, Isaac and Jacob later renamed by GOD as Israel.
@rosejames5172 exactly, while he sits here talking about AA act like they were only people enslaved- no, this discussion is about how the white man wasn't the only slave trader because Africans were too so they can pay up too!!! The nerve!!
7 million What is the extent and nature of modern slavery in the region? On any given day in 2021, an estimated 7 million men, women, and children were living in modern slavery in Africa, a prevalence of 5.2 people in modern slavery for every thousand people.
@@Nobodydefinitelynotsomebody Lol, so because drugs are illegal in america it doesn't exist? There are thousands of slaves in europe and america , Google is your friend.
Funny thing, I was taking with a Senegalese woman about slavery, and she told me that they took pride in that because that made them rich. She was proud of Muslim colonialism.
Yeah, her nationality doesn't matter many people in Europe and America say the same... And just like that many people from Africa, Europa and America talk against that
@@mcmerry2846I don’t normally hear of Americans bragging about their part in slave trading- we would be pitted so quick! But if you’re a certain color, or ethnicity,or religion- THEN you can say these things and no one bats an eye. And this lady ticked all the right boxes in our disgusting descent into experiments of Identity Politics..
You did not watch the movie because no where in the movie those it imply that. If you actually watched the movie you would see that they acknowledged their part in the slave trade with europeans and were looking for another means then enslaving their enemies.
@@EPUEPUEPUEPUIf you actually watched the video, you would have heard that king Ghezo of the Dahomey point blank refused to stop enslaving their enemies because slavery was 'the ruling principle of my people ' . They then sought an alliance with the French so they could use french ports instead. So they weren't trying to look for other means at all were they? Haven't seen the film myself, but if what you say is correct, it's still a lie, just a different one.
African sold into slavery the Israelites who fled there to escape persecution, captivities of Assyrian and Babylonian. Furthermore, Spain Inquisition (Nebuchadnezzar put Israelites in Spain), French UK had expelled all black Jews to Portugal and Africa. The Pope gave permission to King of Portugal to send them into slavery.
@@silusmkhwananzi3121 John Wright pointed to trade in ivory and slaves as the impetus for social and political change within northern Nguni societies and argued that evidence exists for the Mthethwa, Ndwandwe, and Zulu trading slaves to the Portuguese.
They already do I believe it’s white Americans that’s trying to take slavery out of the school books altogether so that they can sleep better at night or whatever
So is knowing supposed to make what happened to black people more acceptable or something? I understand Knowing the full story but people use this like it's supposed to change something?
@@tallmidget1395 it's supposed to enlighten those who choose ignorance over facts because they love being short sighted and self centered. Some people just want someone to blame for their woes and the idea of sharing blame with your own ancestors for any of it is just beyond comprehension for them. Slavery has always spanned countries and creeds, still does. But some are just too selfish to even acknowledge those still suffering today. Sad.
6:59 The Akan tribe is modern day Asante Kingdom in Ghana. I’m Ghanaian and we know our history well and how our royals were an integral part of the slave trade. This is quite accurate and very informative. Great video
I did a DNA test, and found out I'm 2% African of Senegal and Nigeria origin. I feel horrible my African ancestors were slaves 500 years ago, and taken from their motherland. I am so grateful the same ancestors were strong enough to survive, and marry my Indigenous and European ancestors.i would not want to live in Africa.
@@chasedownblocks1736 No victim here, just stating historic facts. if we gonna recognize slavery done to africans, we should recognize all, which incudes the arab muslims, the first colonizers and slave traders of african people.
As a Nigerian these are things we're taught as children in Primary School, we even had excursions to the routes that the slaves passed through, it's our history so everyone knows here, no matter how bad it's taught
Finally, someone not placing all the blame on Europe. People need to realize slavery wasn’t just one or two parts of the world, it was many different parts enslaving each other
@@lenudan What are you on about? Its completely relevant. Lumping slavery as a whole entirely on the West paints an overly simplified, and incorrect picture of the world at that time. Like the OP said, slavery was common across many societies, not just Europeans. This same bias narrative is still push to this day by dictators like Putin and Xi in order to portray the west as some evil group of nations, when in fact the very nations that are pushing this bias trash are responsible for the exact same acts, if not worse ones.
@@lenudan- You wouldn’t believe that this common knowledge if you heard most of our dialogue on slavery. I don’t think I’ve heard very many advocates, politicians or professors admit that slavery was a common part of human society from the first civilizations to the late 19th Century.
@@lenudanso this is the first time you've ever been on yt? That's literally the only excuse you could possibly have, seeing as 3/4 of the videos on this subject get it completely wrong.
The truth hurts. I've been telling folks this for years and have lost friends because they wanted to blame European folks for this evil deed. African Kings sold their enemies from different tribes to them for gold and modern weaponry the time.
Ok here cultural context is VERY important. Let's not forget that the meaning of slavery in African context and European contexts are different. In many West African societies, rulers and ruling kingdoms/empires had slaves yes. But slaves within African societies had better living conditions than slaves in the Americas. Not only that but European countries like Portugal, France and England were very active in African politics during the slave trade. They would actively work for the removing of African leaders that were against the slave trade and support both financially and militarily leaders who would be ready to export slaves. This historical fact is major to show that no matter how you want to look at it, African were more victims than authors of this tragedy. The ones in favor of the slave trade were just a minority of elites motivated by their own self-interest.
@Kasson2 the history lesson literally puts that to lie, by demonstrating that the lot of skave entirely depended on which African kingdom enslaved him, and to whom these kingdoms sold their slaves too. Why are you lying? Europeans were deeply involved in African politics. Europeans would die from disease within month of being in sub-saharan Africa and you didn't see heavy meddling in African politics till after the development of Quinine in 1820, by which point both Britain and England had outlawed the slave trade. And as Napoleon was still running wild, the Europeans wouldn't be making any major advances into Africa for a whole, and when they did, it was mostly to stop the international slave trade. So you're lying here too.
There were few cannibalistic subsaharan tribes that literally fed on other minority tribes to project horror, fear and superiority over their neighboring rivals. Previously the Arabs and later Europeans just had better defenses and equipment to deal with the savagery. Now, Africans accuse Europeans only to get leverage in illegal migration and to ensure that first of the month money transfer.
As a black American I took a west African studies class in college so none of this is new to me lol it was a business. I will say I think the reason the trans Atlantic slave trade gets a lot of attention is because it ultimately reshaped the whole western world to what it is today. This whole side of the world between the indigenous population almost becoming extinct the black and mixed race ppl here etc. just my take. And great video.
I totally agree. And I can see how it can feel like you're somehow dismissing the entire suffering of black Americans by saying that their ancestors supported it.
Remember who is responsible for creating the great slave machine. This is all hand waving and a red herring. Makes people sleep better at night
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it is better to read a book made by an african itself called : THE SECRET RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND BLACK PEOPLE generally talking about how jews use blacks as weapons/guardian dogs against jewish competitors such as whites!!
Well said. It’s a sign that life in general has gotten so easy for so many that it’s easier to blame other people for your position in life rather than to do the hard work that is needed to elevate that position.
to be fair, back in the day people actually wanted to be slaves for Ottomans, because of how dignified that position was compared to other empires treating their slaves.
This isn't talked about enough. The transatlantic slave trade was horrendous. But nowadays people act like Europeans invented slavery when the transatlantic slave trade began. Never any mention of the Indian Ocean slave trade, never any mention of how normal slavery had been for centuries. Context matters. The full story, which is to say, the full *truth* matters. It's possible to tell the full story without justifying the horrors of the only thing people want us to remember or care about.
Exactly. It was not only presence but really important part of every empire and nation before the Industrial Revolution. The transatlantic slave trade was a lucrative business for both Europeans and some African nations who sold their captives as slaves. What was going after in the US is a different and awful scenario, but in American is you say slavery that automatically means white on black slavery, and the educational system must be blamed. And the agenda that most of the teachers bring into the classrooms.
and the biggest gripe i have with the awful shite was what happened after slavery in America... to ALL poc here. Residential schools, jim crow laws, redlining, sundown towns, the Chinese exclusion act... and they had the factor of race to rely upon during the 17th century. I like don't need to say more cause i'm guessing you know.
@@donq2957yep, it was their means to justify it when folks questioned chattel slavery, and the treatment of those people. I'm aware it's deffo not unique to America.
*People just need to face facts. Slavery was a normal part in human history at one point - Europeans and their descendants benefitted the most from slavery. That's why they always get the so called "blame" and will continue to do so. Crying about it, isn't going to do anything. It's not going to fix the damage that was caused by European slavery either.*
Why isn’t this in our education system/curriculum?!? Why does our government and many others treat history with the upmost secrecy and choose deception rather than truth? Can someone please answer me, it’s truly baffling to my mind.
That Europeans perpetuate the suffering of mankind and created a new world and displaced Native Americans to supply their needs? Why would they. Look deeper
It's in higher forms of education. If you take African American studies in college. You will be taught this. It's the same reason why neo slavery isn't taught in schools. It's just not part of the curriculum.
💙💙I'm from Algeria (a Mediterranean country) and my country in the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries was a big slave market under the Ottoman Empire's rule back then, where we (so-called "the Berber Pirates") trafficked Africans across the Mediterranean. That market was famous for castrating Black males. As he mentioned, this trade was way back in ancient Carthage. ✊🏻
Maybe the true ancients of Peru and Bolvia and all of Meso-America, and the Polynesians and that damn desert so un-perfect yet it holds Gobekli Tepe. These are the ancients.. Carthage is relatively is a new kid on the block...
Americans are far more interested in promoting their self-esteem... The proof is in the thumbs-up you received in comparison to the number of thumbs-up for jollygoodgordon5580. Nothing personal. It's just how we get through these awful times on planet Earth, a view from the cul-de-sac. Esteem is all we got, and you might even say that this society will do anything to keep it.
I've always found it amusing that lots of people (American's in particular) are so uninformed that they believe Europeans showed up, jumped off their ships, walked through half of Africa, found a village, grabbed some people, got back on their boats and left. The British abolishing what was a hugely profitable business simply on the basis of ethics and then enforcing that in every place they could is one of the most shocking moments in world history for me, they actually decided that it was so bad they had to go out of their way to stop it.
Here we go with the godly Europeans who abolished slavery cause it was so bad..I don't know why everyone has a fascination with slavery..slavery in Africa wasn't the same in America or other European countries..slavery was happening all over the place..everyone takes bits amd pieces to fit their narrative which is silly and laughable..
@@johnrambo6314 you don't think they could have kept taking advantage of it if they wanted to? Like you know, everyone else did? That line of thinking makes no logical sense.
It wasn't for moral reasons slavery just isn't that good for the state as it creates power structures that are not reliant on it. If some guy controls a large group of people and you need them for something, you basically have to deal with an evil middleman to get it. Think of it as a logistic system you start seeing how slavery just creates lazy idiots.
@@johnrambo6314 Of course they took advantage of it, but the entire world was also taking advantage of it. The British deserve some credit for abolishing slavery decades before the vast majority of the world. Their abolitionist movement inspired abolitionist movements throughout the world. It is highly unlikely that abolition would have occurred as early as it did in the Americas without the British paving a path forwards
Have you actually tried telling people truth, especially in matters that they had been lied by media? People really don;t like when yo show them they were cheated.typically don;t care about truth.
Humans are terrible to each other and we need to learn! I grew up in a household where we talked about these things. I was very young when I was informed that slavery was also very prominent on the continent of Africa and as an adult, I'm grateful for the knowledge. It's very easy to skew a narrative to "Them versus Us" when knowledge is missing or ignored. In truth it is "Us versus Us" and we're too stupid to realize and accept we're just destroying ourselves!
Pls don’t let this fool you. I’m African and if we were engaged heavily in slavery like this video is portrayed why then did we kick European slavers out of Africa for emancipation? That’s because they wanted to enslave all black people. They introduced commercial slavery of the black people.
Africa had no role in slavery. The West Africans kidnapped, raped and sold. We're not wilful, cheering participants. Everything the occurred during those 400 years, both to those taken and left behind, was a devastating, disastrous, life and death situation, they never should have been subjected to to begin with
Sister, it was not "Africa!" There were many states that were not victims or participants in the transatlantic slavery. To blanketly says "Africans" is to accuse the Zimbabweans and Zambians and and other many nations of something they had no part in! It is well documented. Let us not jump to emotional generalizations.
@@obiyanko2019 Well we know it's blanketed, not to imply everyone had a role in it, but to acknowledge that Africans did participate in the enslavement within the continent and the export of their own. Yes this only applies to specific countries.
@thermologo3451 Native Americans owned Black slaves and some Black families had their own Black slaves. Some AAs are only 10%;Black, 90% White. So who pays who? Reparations will NEVER happen. The whole world experienced slavery. Move on.
This video was very informative and interesting. Thank you. As an African-American woman I knew that there were various African tribes that participated in slavery. I will admit that I was not aware that the level of cruelty for some of these tribes and or kingdoms were this severe. Again, I thank you for this information.
Why is this not taught in American schools. This is significant, and I personally learned a lot, which says a lot about how the public school systems are here.
Exactly! I questioned who sold the slaves because, obviously, the Europeand didn't just invade and kidnap the locals, but wasn't given any answer because it wasn't part of the lesson plan, until I read about them as an adult when reading a book about pirates, which is a lot more exciting than any of the legends, and how Africans profited from slavery as much as the slave traders did. If schools taught REAL history, kids would actually want to go to school (and our society would be more stable), instead of feeding them fictional (and hateful) nonsense like "critical race theory," among whatever kool-aid they "teach" in school these days.
I didn’t learn it into I was a adult! Seems like they won’t to keep was separate and fight! I am a black woman and this makes you rethink things a little!
It’s not taught in American schools because it will be damn near impossible to make kids think that white people are to blame for slavery if it was taught.
I’m a German living in Benin and I experience anti-white and anti-europeans resentments on a daily basis. In discussions I would often been told I have to bear this anti-white racism because of slavery in the past. I have tried to argue to many that slavery was not introduced to Westafrica by the Europeans but they found a flourishing slavetrade and participated. This changing of the narrative is really unfortunate because it holds back many African nations to move forward. However, thanks for this great video. I wished this was available in French, but will definitely share it.
No you white oeople LLOOOOVEEEEE this narrative cause it helps ya sweep American slavery under the rug but slavery in Africa was indentured servitude. American slaves were slaves for life as well as their children. 2 different systems. Transatlantic slave trade was the most brutal and had the longest lasting effects you cannot compare the 2. Ya love the fact the Africans sold the slaves but y’all negate the fact that the Europeans had a DEMAND for AFRICAN BODIES after MURDERING ALL THE NATIVE AMERICANS!!
My Girlfriend is Dominican. In the mid-1800s, While North America was fighting for emancipation from slavery, the Africans in Hispanola enslaved the Dominicans for ten years, leading to a war in which the Dominicans won their independence. This contrast, alongside the one in this video, that of Africans not only being the victims but the perpetrators of Slavery, is an integral part of history. It goes to show that, unfortunately, every race and color has partaken in slavery. Focusing on the 100-year history of Slavery in North America vs the 4000 years of Slavery worldwide is extremely narrow-sighted
Well the reason we look at the 100 years more in my opinion is because it continued based on the fact that our skin was darker than the other man. People calling out their right to own their slave. Being labeled as 3/5s of a human. Myself knows that the African tribes were involved but American slavery became a race thing after awhile.
How are Dominican and dont know ur own history Haitians are the only type of blacks that defeated European colonization at its peak of the slave trade after haiti defeated France Santo Domingo at the time was fighting among each other for leadership and in 1821 they decided to overthrow the Spanish government and declared independence from Spain, Jean-Pierre Boyer of Haiti offered his support and allow him in the city of Santo Domingo with 10,000 soldiers which led to occupation . haiti ruled D.R for 22 yrs .. smh. You know nothing about nothing you must be young AF. 🤦🤦🤣
Truth is all cultures, colours and creeds have been enslaved at some point in history. In all cases though, there is one common theme, the 'elite' or rich enslaving the poor and vulnerable. Thanks for a well put together account of history!
Bruh they gave incentive for other slaves to fight for them so they could overpower and take over territory just like in the civil war they didn’t fight for us because they liked us. Lol
The civil war was never fought over slaves, it wasn't even brought up in a meaningful way until the war had already been happening for two and a half years. It was always about power. Nobody cared then, nobody cares now.@@33thousand55
@@33thousand55 The british fleet that enforced ban on slave trade around the coasts of Africa operated at a net economical loss for England. It brought no benefits to the Empire. It probably was the only truly selfless act of the British Empire at the time.
@@33thousand55 There is no "us", you were never a slave and never lived through a day those people did; whether they be your ancestors or not, you did not inherit the debt that the slave owners owed to all the people they treated like property, reparations are a logical fallacy only conjured up by deluded entitled people, and YOU need to stop playing the victim card as if slavery has in any way directly influenced your life- it hasn't, and it's time to wake up from your victim mentality and your (presumably) racist worldviews. I could go on forever on this topic, but I think you would be better off reading several history books on your own so you can form actual opinions on your own. gl
1:06 I’ve always believed that slavery couldn’t have lasted as long as it did without some Africans being involved and conspiring with the Europeans and Arabs and financing from some Jews…
As an African I can confirm that this is true. It's shameful that we treated our own people like this, but it's the truth nonetheless. The most important, and most painful part of healing is the acknowledgement and acceptance of the truth.
I think what is important for everyone to understand is that *Europe* was not united. Portugal and Spain and France were never friends to each other; they competed against each other. Africa is even larger than Europe. Why should anyone expect Africa to be more united than Europe?
@@zimrielSee, this video is not made to compare africa’s part in the slave trade with Europe. It just highlights that African ethnic groups did have a part. Most leftists in the states don't acknowledge this. It takes two to tango (enslave).
But they werent "your own people". Your pan-African mindset is a new age invention. You are projecting that mentality on them. The different African tribes / kingdoms / empires had about as much in common with each other as medieval England and France. They did not see all Africans as "their people". When the Vikings enslaved the Irish, were they enslaving "their own people" just because they were all white? Of course not.
It's so strange. We learnt about this in school here in Norway, but by reading the comments, it seems like schools in many countries only teaches about slavery from one pov. Aka the "EvIl WiThE mAn" bringing Africans to the new World. Or in other words, they teach that the massive and world wide slavery is only done by the very same people who abolishes it just a short time after the Atlantic slave trade
As a so called black person from America, I posted a comment correcting that perception. This news is nothing new and is taught in many African studies programs in both Historically Black Colleges and major Universities.
That's because US culture is so hegemonic. They often simplify everything to their own "pumpkin" vision, both blacks and whites alike. Said that, the Atlantic slave trade was outrageous, particularly because of the horrible conditions in the plantations and the cramped and deadly ones in profit-maximizing slaver ships. Other comparable slavery realities should not be overlooked much less hidden or whitewashed however.
@@LuisAldamizits no more outrageous than slave trade ever was. The atlantic gets all the focus for one reason only and that reason should be obvious by now.
There is misunderstanding here.. the people who benefited from the slave trade are: the MINORITY LOCAL ELITES IN AFRICAN STATES; THE ELITE EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS; and THE LOCAL EUROPEAN / AMERICANS. The local Africans in the states of Africa DO NOT. The slave trade is part of capitalism. The non Elite Americans / Europeans benefited from the long chain of exploitation of the slaves
I had a friend who's family owned thousands of acres of land in the Dominican Republic. His great, great grandfather was a slave broker there, and became very wealthy. Being black, it wasn't something he talked about with just anyone. He eventually inherited most of the land in the Dominican, and was able to quit his job!
While people venerate Mansa Musa as the richest man in history that he gained his riches off gold and salt it is a fact he was a devout Muslim that exported millions of Congolese Africans to India and other caliphates around the world more than the entirety of the later 200 year long Atlantic Slave trade his predecessors are almost exclusively the single greatest exporter in the entirity of the African Slave trade from the 14th-17th century.
We captured excellent women for ransom. We decided to have sex with them but by observing 'azl (Withdrawing the male sexual organ before emission of semen to avoid-conception). We asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and he said: It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born. Sahih Muslim 1438a
Thats because the people in power want us at each others throats, if we're focused on each other then were not focused on them, and in that way they maintain their control over us and the world.
@@lucid227 The Republican party? Lol, seriously though, I feel like I'm missing something crucial in this discussion. The original comment is acting like "real history" (I'm assuming they mean that Africans owned slaves) is a part of history that is being "edited and buried". Which is simply not true as I've seen this information for years and we're literally in a comment thread about this exact topic being shown to the public.
Being that my dad is from Senegal, I appreciate you talking about the intricacies of slavery as well as acknowledging established African empires, and focused on the actions of people as individuals rather than the actions of a collective race, which happens far too often on every side. There were brutal rulers out there as well as empires with forms of slavery that most wouldn’t associate with the word, if described, given the Western portrayal and connotations. Slavery ,like many things, is a spectrum, and race doesn’t exclude a humans capability for depravity. The further you look back in history, the more brutal the details get regardless of the ethnicity or the culture holding the sword. Huge props for acknowledging that the British and other nations were using abolition as a justification for colonization too. That’s literally how it played out. They traded straight up slavery with economic slavery to avoid looking like blatant hypocrites. Case in point; in Senegal, my fathers country, their currency is still French (but can’t be used outside of France’s territories), this is while having foreign contractors and their own government slithering around crippling a pre-crippled economy. It’s wild, but everyone plays a part. Proof yet again that nothing happens in a vacuum and a testament to ANY HUMANS capacity for depravity given the right set of circumstances. Conclusion… Treat people like people, because the universe is like a pendulum. It always swings back. Awesome video man!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Mankind is still in the slavery: you are a salve too, to this very day, why do you sound of not know? in childhood you attend to school, where you shall spend up to 8h of your life. Soon you`re adult, serving BAAL from 9 - 5. And you`re home in your tiny box, consuming all these items the prison for your mind produce. Now tell me dear soul, ain`t that also being a slave? cause to my eyes, still unnoticed, where`s the life worthy to be living? The signs and symbols rule the world, yet we complain about the laws. We reject all the opportunity to seek out the truth, to break free from being in the hated slavery. We cry about the past, not getting it that its the present in which we live in. Now, can`t you still not agree, we to be a perfectly obeying BAAL in our daily slavery. Mankind`s destiny is lake of fire if we don´t come to repentance and born again. Mankind wants freedom, then step out from BABYLON, repent form your sins and born again.
and that is in my opinion one of the reasons why there are so much push in "identity" policy where they focus on a certain version of history , they wan't to divide black and white so we don't focus on what is going on in the world today, I only learned about the french currency in some African countries because the Italian PM Georgia Meloni said it, this is extremely unfair and unethical, the good thing is a lot is changing in the world right now
I would argue there's a unfairly implied equivalency in your statement here by likening the british and the french. the british significantly improved their colonies, while the french did much less. so, similar to your comment on intracacies on the levels of slavery, there are also intricacies to the oppression and uplift brought by european colonialism.
@@theyellowmeaning7507 agreed. There’s so many layers to this stuff, yeah? I appreciate the constructive comment. For obvious reasons, I’m not as well informed with the differences between British and French colonialism in regard to their benefits to the areas they occupied. However, as with anything I’m sure there was some good done especially considering the British has always been a beast compared to most other empires. I’ll educate myself further on that blind spot🤙🏾 Happy learning✨
the only problem is that the only modern slavery is through non white countries and 2nd and 3rd world countries where it would be insensitive for us to interfere, we need to colonise the world and whipe out non whites because its obvious now we are the only ones willing to create an equal society and keep it running, everyone else just wants to tear it down and live in mud huts again.
The EU, UK and USA are all still very nicely exploiting the demise of african and middle eastern people who suffer as a result of their foreign policies.Those people drowning in the mediterranean and English channel are being trafficked and exploited by liberal politics, a convenient disguise for hedge fund managers and bankers.
Blackness is still not really a thing in Africa today. Many Africans identify with their tribe rather than their skin. Blackness only becomes a thing outside of Africa or in South Africa
Because Europeans decided to traffic them overseas (rather than release them), enslave them in a new land for centuries, relegate them to the bottom rung of society and still continue to oppress to this day
Technically, the African sellers made a one time profit from the sale. The white European and American buyers had a lifetime profit extending to generations from the initial purchase (in cases where the enslaved had children).
Finally happy this video was made. It’s insane how many people believe/believed slavery was only exclusive to America. And this educated me in many ways in the parts of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade I didn’t know existed
Thank you so much for exposing the truth about African slave trade. It's important for people to have facts instead of half truths. History shows that every great civilizations/countries had slaves...Roman's, Egyptians, Japan, China, Russia, Germany and the slaves come from many ethnicities. It's a shame our society chooses blissful ignorance over factual, historical events. Keep up the great work. The research you do is the missing link in American primary/secondary schools.
Bound and shackled in chains and whipped like a beast, for 400 years the gory trade of slave trade carried on while the world watched. Uprooted from their families and transported to strange lands and cultures to adapt; We mustn’t forget that it is for slavery that black folks are in the Caribbean, United States and other parts of the world. No other continent in world history has been treated the way Africa has. All Black people wherever they be in the world are one. You do not need any other identity. You are an African.
what do you know about the Etruscans over there where "civilization" was brewing ... you decide what history is. right? PS/ you think having a box you call your own is the epitome of any civilization?
This is one of the most sensible documentary on slavery I have ever seen! Not just a bunch of white bashing and black victimization and self righteousness! Yes we were treated HORRIBLY by Europeans but Africans also are to blame as well and in many cases Africans were WORSE!
Yes indeed including how black people are behind all civilizations in the world. We can’t be hypocrites and just want history to be told when it benefits us but not when it shows black people are the father and mother of all civilizations and humanity ❤😘
@@arananation my ancestors were SS nazi soldiers in ww2 should i have solidarity for them too? why not just be part of the country you live in? instead of pretending some ancient ancestor of yours somehow determines how you should live or think.
@@knabdank i would hope you don't have solidarity with them but if you do that is your own issue. My ancestors were not murderous, nazi, subhuman cunts like yours so i show solidarity with them with ease while ALSO being a patriot of my country with ease! I won't be told by someone who's ancestors were nazi subhuman killers to forget about my history and not show solidarity. YES some "ancient ancestor" is going to determine how i think because his or hers struggle is my struggle! My ancestors kicked your ancestors asses to the grave and the pits of hell!
I think a lot of non black people see this and go “SEE slavery shouldn’t be a big deal because they were doing it too!” And like that’s also insane… slavery is bad like that’s all there is to it. I also think people of African descent should know this too. Even people straight from Africa have this sort of superiority complex over other black people (ie african Americans and Afro caribbeans) because they “weren’t sold” which is also insane! There’s just so much that can be changed for the better by having the correct history in tow. Thanks for informing others who thought otherwise. I’m from the Caribbean
No they would not think "see its not a big deal" they think "See, YOU sold eachother to us and WE fought and died to put an end to slavery. So look in the mirror."
No, they idea is all humans - every race, nation, and religion, has had some form of evil and crime. It is our responsibility to judge fairly so that we can make the world a better place rather than perpetuating the sins of the past. The very people who claim to be victims of racism are actually teaching racism. If you are against slavery- good. No European, no white American, is enslaving anybody today. So why is the history of it being used as weapon? What does it solve? Is it not a form of manipulation ?
In Swedish schools we also learn a bit about the natives that made the slave trade possible. And i think many places does this. Don't know if exposing is the right word
Thank you for exposing this important part of the truth about slavery White people imported the slaves but most of the time they didn't go around with nets or guns capturing but that work was fellow Africans more than willing to make business with the slave dealers
Too bad that a certain segment of the population that needs to be made aware of this information will either ignore it, dismiss it, or never come across it. They'll continue to embrace the popular notion that they were brazenly kidnapped from their supposedly free and happy continent and enslaved by evil Europeans and Americans.
Bruh that almost too much stupid cause this is just “reliving” the guilt of slavery, is like saying it’s not your fault to buy something if there was someone selling and there’s only people selling it cause there is people buying
Nothing was "exposed" this history has been known for a very long time. Its just that Americans are stupid and America's blacks are willfully ignorant of these facts.
@@danilopolar6476 buyers and sellers have equal blame. and black people had slaves also. they have them to this day. you should check out child slave labour in the congo today. black congolese forcing children to work on mines.
No matter if my ancestors came from Africa, America, or wherever… their fate was to be enslaved. Every race has been or still is enslaved, there is no escape unless we uphold EVERYONE of EVERY COLOR to not be racist and to see all human beings for who they are - human beings! Schools around the world need to teach us the full history of slavery instead of bits and pieces.
True, African slaves were often castrated and certainly not allowed to have families. Slaves in America have descendants that are better off now than anyone in Africa.
Well said. That threw some shade on this "historically accurate" view of slavery. Yes, Africans were involved in slavery but it was totally different from what the Europeans were doing. For example, in Africa slavery wasn't inherited, people were born free. Also slaves were absorbed into society and they had rights in some cultures. But slaves were not generally seen as property. The main difference between Africa and European slavery is the chattle part of it and that's a major difference! Many comments here are white people trying to make themselves feel better about their ancestors actions. Own it! We have our skeletons too and we have to own it.
@bolajiakerele03 my ancestors never owned slaves. We were just as poor. Which means I don't owe anything to anyone. I'm just here for the comments like you
@@bolajiakerele03you don’t have to own anything and neither do the whites because none of are connected to the slave trade 😂just accept the people from back then all enslaved each other
There was no slavery intrinsic to Africans. There were foreigners in Africa who practiced slavery. The Romans about 1700 years ago. And the Arabs about 800 years ago. NOT EVERYONE WHO IS OR WAS IN AFRIKA WAS OR IS AN AFRICAN Get that in your head before you start spreading the nonsense of "Africans practiced slavery" Islam and Roman Empire are not intrinsically African entities, and their values are not African values. African values center around familyhood (Ubuntu/Ujamaa), values which are incompatible with slavery. Employment of Africans (real Africans) by fellow real Africans to produce crops and salt is not slavery.
Some people really thought some white men landed in Africa and started terrorising and kidnapping people without resistance. Africa was a land of battle-hardened warriors who constantly fought each other, it would've taken more than armed explorers to take them down. It was more reasonable to trade with the African kings for slaves rather than sail all the way to Africa and getting killed because they tried to invade a continent 😅
Africa still has the largest amount of slaves in the world today. ' The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty but to have a slave of his own.' -Richard Francis Burton.
@@flyingtoaster1427 America is what? Do elaborate. Sanju stated a fact. You asked for the source. I gave the source & added the numbers. I'm actually appalled people are more upset about historical slavery vs current slavery, and those that are upset about historical slavery WERE NEVER ENSLAVED THEMSELVES 🤪
When I was 8, I was spending my time on the Internet when I came across the picture of a Zanzibar child slave. I was surprised that Africa also had slavery, as I was only taught in school about the slavery that happened in America.
And…don’t forget that slavery or a kind of it is still practiced in some African and Middle Eastern countries today. I’m not speaking of human trafficking that is in every country of the world but open slavery or even hereditary slavery. The best way for our children to understand this topic is to tell the truth. That slavery was in wide use throughout history. That most of us black or white could very well have slavery in our backgrounds.
Its literally in europe aswell a bbc news report states the percentage of slave crimes in the UK has increased, Dont try and make it just a global south issue.
@@KingNoTail Just do a simple search. There is estimated 49.6 million people that currently live in slavery. Countries that its most prominent in are North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. Most of it is forced labour. Also my guess is they don't make Labour factories in prominent areas where tourists can see. Slavery also doesint always involve a guy walking behind people with a whip making it obvious.
The us only received about 400k slaves out of 20 million exported. Less than 2%. The us didn't castrate. Most of the trans Atlantic slaves ended up in Portugal and the Spanish colonies.
Correct, alot of them were sent to Brazil, and the other five Caribbean islands. I myself am a descendant of some of those slaves the first being the Taino from my mother's side and African slaves from my father's line.
@@justastan2869who didn’t? It’s all awful buts it’s the truth. I might even say American slaves might have had it better than free ones in other countries? But who knows 😉
The only issue I have is when this information is used to try to “absolve” the guilt of others. Chinuwa Achebe even spoke on the difference between being a slave in Africa versus the difference between being a slave in America or under a different race… there was a sense of acting as an indentured servant, and there was a little to know abuse and once time was served, you were free, very different from being beaten and raped and being put in the field if you were darker with courser hair, but being put in the house if you were closer to the masters color and what was considered “finer” hair and using that difference as a beauty standard to make darker Africans feel uglier than lighter or mixed race Africans.
7 million What is the extent and nature of modern slavery in the region? On any given day in 2021, an estimated 7 million men, women, and children were living in modern slavery in Africa, a prevalence of 5.2 people in modern slavery for every thousand people.
just because the slaves were black doesn’t mean they were the same people. That’s like assuming the Japanese are the same as the Chinese people or the Turks enslaving the Slavs…Africans are not the same and they were not selling their own people
Great historical work. Without any bias or hate filled finger pointing, just facts from the pages of history. Really hits home thinking of all the lives ruined and or lost over over wealth and power.
Thank you for a genuine and fact base informational video about the history of slavery throughout the world. This should be used for students in High School.
@@popermen694im 25 and can tell you that in public school this isnt part of the curriculum. You can actually find the curriculum for any state you want and youll see this isnt part of any standard for teaching at all.
As a black male, when I was in High School, it was only taught that white people enslaved blacks. What we didn’t learn was that Africans captured and sold our ancestors into slavery for their own gain. It’s a dark side of history that seems to have been hidden.
@@zauncesimmons7761 powerful? Maybe when terrorizing neighboring tribes but then again y’all got swept by people who couldn’t handle the sun and you never recovered from that 😂
This is why I tell people I'm not African American. I am American. I was born here. My ancestors have been here for hundreds of years. My ancestors were both the colonizers, the indigenous and the enslaved. Me and Africans are not the same. We just share a skin tone. I don't even like the term black because my skin is very much so not black but I still prefer it over African American. We will never know who's ancestors were ripped from Africa or who's ancestors were sold from Africa but considering there was only one area where they were being sold and most were ripped from Africa along the rest of the coast. I would love to get a DNA test done to figure out which part of Africa my ancestors could have come from. My pain for Africa is that they were taking advantage of by the Europeans resources and land stolen, but there is still slight disappointment knowing that some of their ancestors sold my ancestors for nothing. They gave up their land to the Europeans for nothing. What guns? It's just disappointing and the same issues that plagued Africa then that allowed them to get taken advantage of is plaguing Africa and it still keeps them from rising to the levels of the European or Western nations today. Granted now I am a part of the western nations because this is my home, but after learning about world affairs I couldn't imagine being born anywhere else. So I guess it's like a thank you old Africans that sold us. We may have it have endured enslavement and bigotry but overall it could be worse. I would be okay with being called African American if we called white people European Americans but I don't ever hear anybody say European american anywhere. So it just sounds like intentional language to "other" us as Americans. When I think of an African American, I think of an African who was born in africa who moved to the United States and got citizenship. Their children will be American first generation. Or they are heavily a part of African culture but are American. I am not trying to be disrespectful to my ancestors, but if they start designating us as different kinds of Americans, I feel like they could open up laws and rhetoric that will allow them to separate us legally as a different kind of American
Much much worse. Africa in the late 20th century alone was the world's showroom of tribal genocides (example: Rwanda 1994), civil wars, coups, revolutions, more genocides, strange worm parasites (Onchocerciasis), cannibal dictators (Idi Amin), tribal wars, epidemics of killer diseases (Ebola), famines, anarchy (South Africa), etc.
If u r black nobody needs u to tell them in europe or america who you are .. they already know who u are and where u came from. The cops dont choke an innocent white man with knee on his neck to death or shoot white teenagers for smoking a joint on the corner of the street do they ? Whites dont have to take to the streets ib the thousands to let other know that their lives matter.
its just the nature of power. As soon as one kingdom had access to european guns others needed to arm up or be conquered, so slavery became a necessity to maintain soverignity. There is no need for you to feel self pity and denounce your african ancestors. Europeans fought, massacres, enslaved other europeans since the beginning of history that doesnt mean white americans whine around and denounce their european roots. You seem to have a infantile view of history and life in general. In the US black gangs kill other black gangmembers with guns of the white man, sell drugs to other blacks made by white people to satisfy their lust for power and dominance. This is even worst since they are not even differen ethnic groups or empires with ancient rivalry. By that logic you should denounce being a black american too.
Mauritania became the last country in the world to abolish slavery in 1981, but no criminal laws were passed to enforce the ban, until 2007, due to international pressure.... Despite that, the number of slaves in Mauritania was estimated at 2.1% of the population in 2018, by Global Slavery Index organization.
@@Alexander-Kurtz Mauritania's population isn't mailly Black though. And you will see that most slaves are people of Sub-Saharan descent, "owned" by people of North African descent...
Much respect for you putting this video out there, even though we all know what some will say! Facts don’t care about your feelings or personal beliefs! Already knew about this history, but I think it’s important work you’re doing. Keep it up.
Source? Trust me bro...I guess making a distinction between slavery and chattel slavery which the europeans practiced is not relevant, and also how do u explain colonialism, because now all of a sudden it was all black people that caused their own people to suffer right?
Don't be so quick to get carried away this does not give anyone white and living the right to cast stones in their own favor because of this two wrongs does not make it right
Bound and shackled in chains and whipped like a beast, for 400 years the gory trade of slave trade carried on while the world watched. Uprooted from their families and transported to strange lands and cultures to adapt; We mustn’t forget that it is for slavery that black folks are in the Caribbean, United States and other parts of the world. No other continent in world history has been treated the way Africa has. All Black people wherever they be in the world are one. You do not need any other identity. You are an African.
@@godofthisshit For those that push the message that Africa was a utopia where everyone sat around the campfire roasting smores until the white man showed up.
@@janrdohthis a common truth and most of the time it’s white Europeans who push the idea that Africa was one unified state attempting to fight off Europe together under one banner still will never change the evil Europeans did before and after they brought the slaves over the Atlantic can’t be a market without the buyer
Just because a parent sells their child to a KNOWN predator doesn’t make it legal. The torment that happens to the child afterwards is even more disgusting. Who would the blame be on? Just he mother ? 😅😅
Google "Cannibalism in Europe" and "Europeans ate their own children." Especially the part about eating children- that's a doozy and was pretty common. Then get back to me. I'll wait.
@@combos7 Just setting the facts. Europeans like to say Africans were cannibals when the overwhelming evidence proves human flesh was a European delicacy.
It's not about blame, it's just that white people were able to develop their nationstates to become global powerhouses thanks to slavery and colonisation.
If I agree to purchase a human from a human trafficking organisation would I be able to dodge responsibility by respond with "I am just the purchaser, he's the one who shipped them" 😂😂😂
Lmao, you think that this just completely relieves all wrong doing of the Europeans part in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade? Because it doesn’t in any way, shape, or form. Two things can be evil,, one does not make the other any less terrible lmfao. That’s not how things work.
Slavery was invented in Africa and ended in the United States of America if anyone wants to be mad at white people, know this : We were also enslaved. My ancestors were owned by the Arabs, but you won't ever see me demanding reparations or blaming my inadequacies on racism or colonialism.
One prominent slave from Africa, who was sold to Indian master was Malik Amber of Ahmednagar. That man became slave to knight of a prosperous kingdom in his lifetime in 1500. African slaves were common practice in Islamic regimes in India, even way before European powers presence.
Bantu colonization is always called slavery. Iraq.syadi Arabia. India .. always we was slaves but they don't die. They kill and take over and suffer racism
No but it takes off the blame partially Plus it doesnt really matte. I bet some of your ancestors killed someone or enslaved etc. But today is today and we grow and evolve constantly. You will never grow if you cant let go of baby crying.
There was no slavery intrinsic to Africans. There were foreigners in Africa who practiced slavery. The Romans about 1700 years ago. And the Arabs about 800 years ago. NOT EVERYONE WHO IS OR WAS IN AFRIKA WAS OR IS AN AFRICAN Get that in your head before you start spreading the nonsense of "Africans practiced slavery" Islam and Roman Empire are not intrinsically African entities, and their values are not African values. African values center around familyhood (Ubuntu/Ujamaa), values which are incompatible with slavery. Employment of Africans (real Africans) by fellow real Africans to produce crops and salt is not slavery.
The US and the UK are not comparable. The southern states split into an entire separate nation and started a civil war just to keep slavery. That does not deserve praise.
@@paulmusani1442we’ll to be fair there were large amounts of Christian and moralist abolitionists who were against slavery for centuries, but you are right the main reason for the abolishment of slavery was the economic factors in the industrial revolution. Additionally although the British empire did help abolish slavery worldwide at a large economic loss, it wasn’t entirely selfless because one of the main motives behind it was to display British naval power and how far the British empire can reach.
Youre drooling on yourself and have a hamster running on a wheel in your skull if you think Africans didnt enslave each other more than anyone else @iamnormal8648
It's vital that we strive to know the complete history surrounding this deeply painful period in human history. Understanding the roles played by different regions and parties, including Africa, helps us paint a more accurate picture of the past. Thank you for tuning in.
I appreciate your work thank you
I learnt more about history here than I ever did in school
Important to bring light to this reality of "African complicity and origination" in slavery. Though, it should be noted that white racists will use this as an excuse to (1) justify slavery and (2) racism. I doubt that even the kings and rulers who procured slaves in Africa would ever agree to the kind of denigration and oppression that whites inflicted on blacks in the colonies. Also, I doubt these African sovereigns who developed the slave trade ever drafted, wrote, or created documents waxing on about the "liberties and freedoms" of man. They did not hide who they were - just powerful warlords and dynastic authorities who had the ability to enslave people. Show us constitutions and edicts written by these very same black enslavers if you are ever going to play the whole "Africa bad like Europe" card. Hypocrisy and deep-rooted contradictions in civilizational values play fundamental roles in the particular crimes that euros have committed against humanity.
Real Students of History & Historians have been saying this story for decades, yet every modern day college & university campus across the USA will say your video is a lie.
what a channel
Finally,OMG. Finally someone put Africa's responsibility. As someone who is biracial and have seen African's evil up close,i totally agree with you .
Enough hypocrisy and white men's burthen, black people are just as evil,racist and psychopaths.
Hilariously, when Hollywood made a big-budget film about the Dahomey a few years ago (The Woman King), it portrayed them as anti-slavery crusaders and fighters. This was the historical equivalent of a WWII movie where the Nazis fought against antisemitism. It just illustrates how the movies are a terrible place for people to get their history.
you brought up stupidity to support your argument (and hollywood a glom of something we know nothing about)
Slave trade was carried out by evil Caucasian Europeans in complicity with Arab Slave Traders. Do not blame the victims for being the victims. The British empire and America is built on slavery. Evil empires. It is a racially inspired vlog with nothing to contribute but miss-information.
Bound and shackled in chains and whipped like a beast, for 400 years the gory trade of slave trade carried on while the world watched. Uprooted from their families and transported to strange lands and cultures to adapt; We mustn’t forget that it is for slavery that black folks are in the Caribbean, United States and other parts of the world. No other continent in world history has been treated the way Africa has. All Black people wherever they be in the world are one. You do not need any other identity. You are an African.
@@ring-tone278are you talking about the way africa tribes treated each other? Im not good with history
So true. Africa still has the largest amount of slaves in the world today. ' The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty but to have a slave of his own.' -Richard Francis Burton.
One thing that many non-Africans (especially blacks in the Americas) don’t realise is that, there was never an “African” identity. There were countless individual city states, kingdoms and empires that did not see themselves as one, most of them were bitter adversaries for centuries. Europeans were very successful in colonialism because they were able to conquer each city state one by one, at times with the help of the vanquished’s local enemies. They then amalgamated the conquered tribes into colonies and these colonies went on to become sovereign countries after independence. The problem now is that, as a result of these countries being formed by multiple ethnic empires that were bitter rivals for centuries, they still harbour resentment towards each other and a house with opposing foundations cannot stand. This has lead to countless civil wars and skirmishes in almost all the modern countries on the continent.
A truly accurate comment
thanks for that and many of us Africans in America do knoe this. I am questioning though the phrase "non Africans especially Blacks..." Are we no longer African because some greedy bastards of many tribes decided to make money by selling our ancestors to Europeans? This is why the African peoples of the world continue to be divided in ways no other major group is. Please don't separate us further from where we came by excepting us from "Africa". If a Nigerians chikdren and grandchildren are born in the US are they not still Nigerian if also American by birth on that soil?
So the same thing that happened in the Middle East in terms of nations built for very different cultures/tribes explaining all the wars we see to this day
I agree with most of you're comment. I disagree with the first part of you're comment. I'm a so called black American and most of us are aware there was no such thing as Afrocentrism or Pan-Africanism in Africa prior to Transatlantic slave trade. We have a long tradition of black studies and African studies in our Colleges and universities. In fact, everything in this video, I learned 20 years ago in College So please don't assume we don't know our history.
If your from this country you would know Many blacks in America don’t know this because of the education system put in place they never taught that part of history in a lot of schools.
Big shoutout to the school system for never even mentioning these things
Brother u have a big point
I learnt this in school.
@@GIOVANI-PERRY 🙄🙄🙄
@@GIOVANI-PERRYme too in my african america studies class
@@GIOVANI-PERRYI learned a surface level version of this in Highschool AP US history
Black Americans need to watch this. As an African, I find it bikarious when they act like they are the only slave descendants in the world😢. Even today in my country Cameroon, there are tribes still considered as slave tribes. Although they are not enslaved I the old way, they still occupy lower ranks in their villages. When they get to towns, if faced with a non slave tribe from the same region, the gap is immediately évident. They don't look at superiors in the eyes and occult certain local govt positions in their tribe. So, slavery has just shape shifted. Human trafficking IS slavery. It never stopped
Name one other group where people ate the children of slaves, hung them from trees, made clothes from their skin, shared status for hundreds of years, enslaved by race and were raped to form castes.. I will wait
Finn here. Our people were captured and sold all the way to turkey and Persia. It is what it is...
The difference is Africans are descendants of Ham while the so-called Negroes are descendants of Shem or Abraham, Isaac and Jacob later renamed by GOD as Israel.
This just means african need to pay reparations too.
@rosejames5172 exactly, while he sits here talking about AA act like they were only people enslaved- no, this discussion is about how the white man wasn't the only slave trader because Africans were too so they can pay up too!!! The nerve!!
Too many people think Europeans showed up with nets and just started going to town.
Huh? So what Africans sold slaves. PEOPLE STILL CONTINUED THE PRACTICE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
Exactly
They did once they figured out what was going on within the network of tribes in Africa and after they learned how to navigate Africans shores.
They knew of their " human chatels", for the benefits of ancient civilizations! Go figure. 😮
@@user-rl5hr7xl2d Exactly! He mentioned that very briefly and left it alone lol
Historians don't get enough credit for how vital their roles really are in society.
what roles are that?
@@flyingtoaster1427Education.
People prefer propagandists over historians. Truth is called, "whitewashing."
@@Korksbebig Big part of America thinks Knowledge is bad. example- "I love stupid people" - Donald J. Trump , "I love Donald Trump" - Stupid People.
@@EattheApple666lol DAT SALT
Funny thing is you have people here saying Africa had slavery! Bruh there is still countries in Africa that have slavery
7 million
What is the extent and nature of modern slavery in the region? On any given day in 2021, an estimated 7 million men, women, and children were living in modern slavery in Africa, a prevalence of 5.2 people in modern slavery for every thousand people.
@@NobodydefinitelynotsomebodySlavery still exist in Europe , asia and america.
@@rosejames5172 it doesn't exist in Europe, America. It is illegal.
@@rosejames5172 in Asia there are places that have what I would call slaves.
@@Nobodydefinitelynotsomebody Lol, so because drugs are illegal in america it doesn't exist? There are thousands of slaves in europe and america , Google is your friend.
Funny thing, I was taking with a Senegalese woman about slavery, and she told me that they took pride in that because that made them rich. She was proud of Muslim colonialism.
Yeah, her nationality doesn't matter many people in Europe and America say the same... And just like that many people from Africa, Europa and America talk against that
@@mcmerry2846I don’t normally hear of Americans bragging about their part in slave trading- we would be pitted so quick! But if you’re a certain color, or ethnicity,or religion- THEN you can say these things and no one bats an eye. And this lady ticked all the right boxes in our disgusting descent into experiments of Identity Politics..
"it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to go to heaven" Jesus , so true
Something that utterly disgusted me was Dahomey being portrayed as freedom fighters in The Woman King.
Welcome to America brain washing everyone, everywhere you look.
You did not watch the movie because no where in the movie those it imply that. If you actually watched the movie you would see that they acknowledged their part in the slave trade with europeans and were looking for another means then enslaving their enemies.
@@EPUEPUEPUEPU aight hotep american yikes stop your denial
@@EPUEPUEPUEPUExactly,this people are dangerous,stay away from them.
@@EPUEPUEPUEPUIf you actually watched the video, you would have heard that king Ghezo of the Dahomey point blank refused to stop enslaving their enemies because slavery was 'the ruling principle of my people ' . They then sought an alliance with the French so they could use french ports instead. So they weren't trying to look for other means at all were they? Haven't seen the film myself, but if what you say is correct, it's still a lie, just a different one.
As an African, this story is often overlooked! Our so-called kings were involved in the slave trade
Yeah you're not an African
Yeah because they were getting rich af 🤑
Not in zimbabwe its not, the role of Africans in the slave trade is taught in schools. Stop generalisation
@@user-ks8kt2ck1d they're probably talking about America
African sold into slavery the Israelites who fled there to escape persecution, captivities of Assyrian and Babylonian. Furthermore, Spain Inquisition (Nebuchadnezzar put Israelites in Spain), French UK had expelled all black Jews to Portugal and Africa. The Pope gave permission to King of Portugal to send them into slavery.
the irony of "dahomey" being the biggest slave traders sounds like homie enslaved yall
mostly other tribe and criminal were slaves
Fun fact: EVERY CULTURE THAT HAS EVER EXISTED has had slavery.
The Zulus never had Slaves, nor did the Bemba.
@@silusmkhwananzi3121 that’s easily provably untrue
@@silusmkhwananzi3121 WE WUZ KANGZ N SHEET
Is that your way of saying slavory is ok? Cuz yall made laws to make life harder for blacks out of pure hatred
@@silusmkhwananzi3121 John Wright pointed to trade in ivory and slaves as the impetus for social and political change within northern Nguni societies and argued that evidence exists for the Mthethwa, Ndwandwe, and Zulu trading slaves to the Portuguese.
I bet this won’t ever be played in any classroom
They already do I believe it’s white Americans that’s trying to take slavery out of the school books altogether so that they can sleep better at night or whatever
So is knowing supposed to make what happened to black people more acceptable or something? I understand Knowing the full story but people use this like it's supposed to change something?
@@tallmidget1395similar to why Japanese need to know what they did in the past. Not like can they change it or smt
The biggest reason why is it enables whites to TRY TO excuse their role..
@@tallmidget1395 it's supposed to enlighten those who choose ignorance over facts because they love being short sighted and self centered. Some people just want someone to blame for their woes and the idea of sharing blame with your own ancestors for any of it is just beyond comprehension for them. Slavery has always spanned countries and creeds, still does. But some are just too selfish to even acknowledge those still suffering today. Sad.
6:59 The Akan tribe is modern day Asante Kingdom in Ghana. I’m Ghanaian and we know our history well and how our royals were an integral part of the slave trade. This is quite accurate and very informative. Great video
No wonder Africa's children in the US don't like to work they've ancestors beancestors been slaved working everyday 10 hours a day plus
I did a DNA test, and found out I'm 2% African of Senegal and Nigeria origin. I feel horrible my African ancestors were slaves 500 years ago, and taken from their motherland. I am so grateful the same ancestors were strong enough to survive, and marry my Indigenous and European ancestors.i would not want to live in Africa.
@@TrueMcSunshine your ancestors sold you to the whites for slavery. Never forget
@@TrueMcSunshine My 2 percentage 🤦
i came from the moon and i saw allens allens told me dont belive anything and ask for prove
*which slave trade tho? Cus Arabs were our first colonisers and in fact they’ve never stopped taking Africans as slaves even TILL THIS DAY!*
The transatlantic slave trade.
@@ChristianMatos-hb5ik nah that’s the one done by Europeans
Yup, the Middle East still conducts in highly illegal slave trades today among its people and Africans.
Stop playing victim
@@chasedownblocks1736 No victim here, just stating historic facts. if we gonna recognize slavery done to africans, we should recognize all, which incudes the arab muslims, the first colonizers and slave traders of african people.
As a Nigerian these are things we're taught as children in Primary School, we even had excursions to the routes that the slaves passed through, it's our history so everyone knows here, no matter how bad it's taught
Finally, someone not placing all the blame on Europe. People need to realize slavery wasn’t just one or two parts of the world, it was many different parts enslaving each other
Lol... This is common knowledge and he didn't 'expose' anything. also.. how a slave became enslaved and by who or how... is totally irrelevant.
@@lenudan What are you on about? Its completely relevant. Lumping slavery as a whole entirely on the West paints an overly simplified, and incorrect picture of the world at that time. Like the OP said, slavery was common across many societies, not just Europeans. This same bias narrative is still push to this day by dictators like Putin and Xi in order to portray the west as some evil group of nations, when in fact the very nations that are pushing this bias trash are responsible for the exact same acts, if not worse ones.
@@lenudan- You wouldn’t believe that this common knowledge if you heard most of our dialogue on slavery. I don’t think I’ve heard very many advocates, politicians or professors admit that slavery was a common part of human society from the first civilizations to the late 19th Century.
You’re making it sound like this guy said something new. You’re giving him way too much credit
@@lenudanso this is the first time you've ever been on yt? That's literally the only excuse you could possibly have, seeing as 3/4 of the videos on this subject get it completely wrong.
The truth hurts. I've been telling folks this for years and have lost friends because they wanted to blame European folks for this evil deed. African Kings sold their enemies from different tribes to them for gold and modern weaponry the time.
Ok here cultural context is VERY important. Let's not forget that the meaning of slavery in African context and European contexts are different. In many West African societies, rulers and ruling kingdoms/empires had slaves yes. But slaves within African societies had better living conditions than slaves in the Americas. Not only that but European countries like Portugal, France and England were very active in African politics during the slave trade. They would actively work for the removing of African leaders that were against the slave trade and support both financially and militarily leaders who would be ready to export slaves. This historical fact is major to show that no matter how you want to look at it, African were more victims than authors of this tragedy. The ones in favor of the slave trade were just a minority of elites motivated by their own self-interest.
@Kasson2 the history lesson literally puts that to lie, by demonstrating that the lot of skave entirely depended on which African kingdom enslaved him, and to whom these kingdoms sold their slaves too.
Why are you lying?
Europeans were deeply involved in African politics. Europeans would die from disease within month of being in sub-saharan Africa and you didn't see heavy meddling in African politics till after the development of Quinine in 1820, by which point both Britain and England had outlawed the slave trade. And as Napoleon was still running wild, the Europeans wouldn't be making any major advances into Africa for a whole, and when they did, it was mostly to stop the international slave trade.
So you're lying here too.
Does that gives Europeans the right to do what they did ?
There were few cannibalistic subsaharan tribes that literally fed on other minority tribes to project horror, fear and superiority over their neighboring rivals. Previously the Arabs and later Europeans just had better defenses and equipment to deal with the savagery. Now, Africans accuse Europeans only to get leverage in illegal migration and to ensure that first of the month money transfer.
dah fuck? slavery is slavery regardless who does it. Go to the mines nowdays and see if its any different than the europeans@@Kasson2
As a black American I took a west African studies class in college so none of this is new to me lol it was a business. I will say I think the reason the trans Atlantic slave trade gets a lot of attention is because it ultimately reshaped the whole western world to what it is today. This whole side of the world between the indigenous population almost becoming extinct the black and mixed race ppl here etc. just my take. And great video.
I totally agree.
And I can see how it can feel like you're somehow dismissing the entire suffering of black Americans by saying that their ancestors supported it.
Remember who is responsible for creating the great slave machine. This is all hand waving and a red herring. Makes people sleep better at night
it is better to read a book made by an african itself called : THE SECRET RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND BLACK PEOPLE
generally talking about how jews use blacks as weapons/guardian dogs against jewish competitors such as whites!!
All education is extremely valuable. It’s good that you learned that stuff because not everyone is interested in these important periods of history.
Well said. It’s a sign that life in general has gotten so easy for so many that it’s easier to blame other people for your position in life rather than to do the hard work that is needed to elevate that position.
Slavery was cruel and unforgivable, however I’m baffled as to why African history is never addressed.
During Ottoman empire, many Europeans had to face persecution and slavery as well.
Exactly...
Yup, and the Irish were actually the first slaves taken to the Americas by Jewish slavers
The eastern Europeans were enslaved 6 centuries earlier before trans atlantic slave trade
to be fair, back in the day people actually wanted to be slaves for Ottomans, because of how dignified that position was compared to other empires treating their slaves.
they were driven to death like in Alabama .. right? oh. maybe they were not as expendable
This isn't talked about enough. The transatlantic slave trade was horrendous. But nowadays people act like Europeans invented slavery when the transatlantic slave trade began. Never any mention of the Indian Ocean slave trade, never any mention of how normal slavery had been for centuries. Context matters. The full story, which is to say, the full *truth* matters. It's possible to tell the full story without justifying the horrors of the only thing people want us to remember or care about.
Exactly. It was not only presence but really important part of every empire and nation before the Industrial Revolution. The transatlantic slave trade was a lucrative business for both Europeans and some African nations who sold their captives as slaves.
What was going after in the US is a different and awful scenario, but in American is you say slavery that automatically means white on black slavery, and the educational system must be blamed. And the agenda that most of the teachers bring into the classrooms.
and the biggest gripe i have with the awful shite was what happened after slavery in America... to ALL poc here. Residential schools, jim crow laws, redlining, sundown towns, the Chinese exclusion act... and they had the factor of race to rely upon during the 17th century. I like don't need to say more cause i'm guessing you know.
Europeans invented racism not slavery.
@@donq2957yep, it was their means to justify it when folks questioned chattel slavery, and the treatment of those people. I'm aware it's deffo not unique to America.
*People just need to face facts. Slavery was a normal part in human history at one point - Europeans and their descendants benefitted the most from slavery. That's why they always get the so called "blame" and will continue to do so. Crying about it, isn't going to do anything. It's not going to fix the damage that was caused by European slavery either.*
Why isn’t this in our education system/curriculum?!? Why does our government and many others treat history with the upmost secrecy and choose deception rather than truth? Can someone please answer me, it’s truly baffling to my mind.
because they simply want to point the blame on the white demographic as a distraction from the oligarchy old masters that rule the shadow government
That Europeans perpetuate the suffering of mankind and created a new world and displaced Native Americans to supply their needs?
Why would they. Look deeper
Because it won’t make the government money to teach you this
It's in higher forms of education. If you take African American studies in college. You will be taught this. It's the same reason why neo slavery isn't taught in schools. It's just not part of the curriculum.
@@luv83 such bullshit
💙💙I'm from Algeria (a Mediterranean country) and my country in the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries was a big slave market under the Ottoman Empire's rule back then, where we (so-called "the Berber Pirates") trafficked Africans across the Mediterranean. That market was famous for castrating Black males. As he mentioned, this trade was way back in ancient Carthage. ✊🏻
Glorious days, moroccan brother here👌🏼
Maybe the true ancients of Peru and Bolvia and all of Meso-America, and the Polynesians and that damn desert so un-perfect yet it holds Gobekli Tepe. These are the ancients.. Carthage is relatively is a new kid on the block...
Americans are far more interested in promoting their self-esteem... The proof is in the thumbs-up you received in comparison to the number of thumbs-up for jollygoodgordon5580. Nothing personal. It's just how we get through these awful times on planet Earth, a view from the cul-de-sac. Esteem is all we got, and you might even say that this society will do anything to keep it.
it wasnt under ottomans it was under the regency of algiers aka algeria, which enslaved millions of whites and blacks
@@lerownigalerowanisto3014you are a shame. So you think slavery of black people is a good thing. 😠 😡
I've always found it amusing that lots of people (American's in particular) are so uninformed that they believe Europeans showed up, jumped off their ships, walked through half of Africa, found a village, grabbed some people, got back on their boats and left. The British abolishing what was a hugely profitable business simply on the basis of ethics and then enforcing that in every place they could is one of the most shocking moments in world history for me, they actually decided that it was so bad they had to go out of their way to stop it.
The British abolished it after they took a vantage of it. .
Here we go with the godly Europeans who abolished slavery cause it was so bad..I don't know why everyone has a fascination with slavery..slavery in Africa wasn't the same in America or other European countries..slavery was happening all over the place..everyone takes bits amd pieces to fit their narrative which is silly and laughable..
@@johnrambo6314 you don't think they could have kept taking advantage of it if they wanted to? Like you know, everyone else did? That line of thinking makes no logical sense.
It wasn't for moral reasons slavery just isn't that good for the state as it creates power structures that are not reliant on it. If some guy controls a large group of people and you need them for something, you basically have to deal with an evil middleman to get it. Think of it as a logistic system you start seeing how slavery just creates lazy idiots.
@@johnrambo6314 Of course they took advantage of it, but the entire world was also taking advantage of it. The British deserve some credit for abolishing slavery decades before the vast majority of the world. Their abolitionist movement inspired abolitionist movements throughout the world. It is highly unlikely that abolition would have occurred as early as it did in the Americas without the British paving a path forwards
All history MUST be told in its entirety, the good and the bad, if we don't record our actions accurately we cannot learn from them.
Have you actually tried telling people truth, especially in matters that they had been lied by media? People really don;t like when yo show them they were cheated.typically don;t care about truth.
People will not learn from them anyway.
@@Uttam_Kumar_Jana a small group didn’t matter, the masses have and will continue to embody the definition of insanity.
@@IAteTheAntiChrist A small group is aften all that's needed. As most progress was originally caused by th few, not the majority
Something not done here
Moral of the story: life is VERY complicated.
A Ghanaian here! I always had debates with friends on this, and for sure, you are so true!
Humans are terrible to each other and we need to learn! I grew up in a household where we talked about these things. I was very young when I was informed that slavery was also very prominent on the continent of Africa and as an adult, I'm grateful for the knowledge. It's very easy to skew a narrative to "Them versus Us" when knowledge is missing or ignored. In truth it is "Us versus Us" and we're too stupid to realize and accept we're just destroying ourselves!
Best comment so far
@@hsmd4533 Thank you!
Pls don’t let this fool you. I’m African and if we were engaged heavily in slavery like this video is portrayed why then did we kick European slavers out of Africa for emancipation? That’s because they wanted to enslave all black people. They introduced commercial slavery of the black people.
Yes the more I learn about history, the more I realize humans are capable of great evil, on every corner of the globe.
They lied to you. Read my long comment.
I learned about Africa's role in slavery in college. Man that was a tough pill. A year ago I read Zora Neal Hurston's book Barracoon. Heartbreaking.
Africa had no role in slavery.
The West Africans kidnapped, raped and sold. We're not wilful, cheering participants.
Everything the occurred during those 400 years, both to those taken and left behind, was a devastating, disastrous, life and death situation, they never should have been subjected to to begin with
Surprising they actually told you about it. Most Colleges just say white man bad and did all bad things that ever happened.
Sister, it was not "Africa!" There were many states that were not victims or participants in the transatlantic slavery. To blanketly says "Africans" is to accuse the Zimbabweans and Zambians and and other many nations of something they had no part in!
It is well documented. Let us not jump to emotional generalizations.
No one denied africas part. We live in America so we only learn the American part if we lived in Africa we would learn this part
@@obiyanko2019 Well we know it's blanketed, not to imply everyone had a role in it, but to acknowledge that Africans did participate in the enslavement within the continent and the export of their own. Yes this only applies to specific countries.
It makes the issue of Reparations real complex. Might as well call it quits and move on in life...
Not at all. Simply pay reparations to Foundational Black Americans.
Your head was heavily influenced by the concept of an oppressor and oppressed if you think about this in the first place
Nah buddy we want those checks.
@thermologo3451 Native Americans owned Black slaves and some Black families had their own Black slaves. Some AAs are only 10%;Black, 90% White. So who pays who? Reparations will NEVER happen. The whole world experienced slavery. Move on.
Not complex at all. Africa should pay reparations.
This video was very informative and interesting. Thank you. As an African-American woman I knew that there were various African tribes that participated in slavery. I will admit that I was not aware that the level of cruelty for some of these tribes and or kingdoms were this severe. Again, I thank you for this information.
Why is this not taught in American schools. This is significant, and I personally learned a lot, which says a lot about how the public school systems are here.
Exactly! I questioned who sold the slaves because, obviously, the Europeand didn't just invade and kidnap the locals, but wasn't given any answer because it wasn't part of the lesson plan, until I read about them as an adult when reading a book about pirates, which is a lot more exciting than any of the legends, and how Africans profited from slavery as much as the slave traders did. If schools taught REAL history, kids would actually want to go to school (and our society would be more stable), instead of feeding them fictional (and hateful) nonsense like "critical race theory," among whatever kool-aid they "teach" in school these days.
This was taught in my school, and was literally part of the AP world history exam back then, so I doubt it was unique to my school either
I didn’t learn it into I was a adult! Seems like they won’t to keep was separate and fight! I am a black woman and this makes you rethink things a little!
@@jlow3777 most kids are not in AP classes. Clown shoes 🤡 if you don’t know most of this is ignored throughout public schools in America..
It’s not taught in American schools because it will be damn near impossible to make kids think that white people are to blame for slavery if it was taught.
I’m a German living in Benin and I experience anti-white and anti-europeans resentments on a daily basis. In discussions I would often been told I have to bear this anti-white racism because of slavery in the past. I have tried to argue to many that slavery was not introduced to Westafrica by the Europeans but they found a flourishing slavetrade and participated. This changing of the narrative is really unfortunate because it holds back many African nations to move forward. However, thanks for this great video. I wished this was available in French, but will definitely share it.
No you white oeople LLOOOOVEEEEE this narrative cause it helps ya sweep American slavery under the rug but slavery in Africa was indentured servitude. American slaves were slaves for life as well as their children. 2 different systems. Transatlantic slave trade was the most brutal and had the longest lasting effects you cannot compare the 2. Ya love the fact the Africans sold the slaves but y’all negate the fact that the Europeans had a DEMAND for AFRICAN BODIES after MURDERING ALL THE NATIVE AMERICANS!!
U live in Nigeria?
弱肉强食
丛林法则
中国人本来比欧洲人更强
欧洲人吸收了中国儒家的人本主义
放弃了以宗教为主的中世纪
发生了文艺复兴
欧洲从此开始蓬勃发展
在现代欧洲才超过中国
Why live in Africa?
lol please, how does it hold Africa back? Most Africans don’t talk about slavery. They talk about colonialism.
My Girlfriend is Dominican. In the mid-1800s, While North America was fighting for emancipation from slavery, the Africans in Hispanola enslaved the Dominicans for ten years, leading to a war in which the Dominicans won their independence. This contrast, alongside the one in this video, that of Africans not only being the victims but the perpetrators of Slavery, is an integral part of history. It goes to show that, unfortunately, every race and color has partaken in slavery. Focusing on the 100-year history of Slavery in North America vs the 4000 years of Slavery worldwide is extremely narrow-sighted
Is that why Haiti and DR kind of have a conflict today ?
African? You mean Haitian?
Well the reason we look at the 100 years more in my opinion is because it continued based on the fact that our skin was darker than the other man. People calling out their right to own their slave. Being labeled as 3/5s of a human. Myself knows that the African tribes were involved but American slavery became a race thing after awhile.
How are Dominican and dont know ur own history Haitians are the only type of blacks that defeated European colonization at its peak of the slave trade after haiti defeated France Santo Domingo at the time was fighting among each other for leadership and in 1821 they decided to overthrow the Spanish government and declared independence from Spain, Jean-Pierre Boyer of Haiti offered his support and allow him in the city of Santo Domingo with 10,000 soldiers which led to occupation . haiti ruled D.R for 22 yrs .. smh. You know nothing about nothing you must be young AF. 🤦🤦🤣
@@carlitoclout65no D.R had a racist dictator named Rafael Trujillo that started that nonsense until he was assassinated in 1961
One individual’s sin doesn’t excuse another person’s sin. Everyone needs to repent.
Why obsessed over one of the cases? Slavery was a part of human history since the dawn of times
Including you
Truth is all cultures, colours and creeds have been enslaved at some point in history. In all cases though, there is one common theme, the 'elite' or rich enslaving the poor and vulnerable. Thanks for a well put together account of history!
You know European slavery was one of the worst forms though right? You seem prettymisinformed and I can tell.
European fought to abolish slavery while african fought to uphold it. A total bruh moment for humanity
Bruh they gave incentive for other slaves to fight for them so they could overpower and take over territory just like in the civil war they didn’t fight for us because they liked us. Lol
The civil war was never fought over slaves, it wasn't even brought up in a meaningful way until the war had already been happening for two and a half years. It was always about power. Nobody cared then, nobody cares now.@@33thousand55
bullshit comment
@@33thousand55
The british fleet that enforced ban on slave trade around the coasts of Africa operated at a net economical loss for England. It brought no benefits to the Empire. It probably was the only truly selfless act of the British Empire at the time.
@@33thousand55 There is no "us", you were never a slave and never lived through a day those people did; whether they be your ancestors or not, you did not inherit the debt that the slave owners owed to all the people they treated like property, reparations are a logical fallacy only conjured up by deluded entitled people, and YOU need to stop playing the victim card as if slavery has in any way directly influenced your life- it hasn't, and it's time to wake up from your victim mentality and your (presumably) racist worldviews.
I could go on forever on this topic, but I think you would be better off reading several history books on your own so you can form actual opinions on your own. gl
I seen a preview of the new Gladiator movie, and there’s a black Roman senator. 😂😂, Hollywood is out of touch.
If this is true that is absolutely crazy. Representation shouldn’t be an issue in a historical movie.
dont think he is a senator, but a wealthy noble from somewhere close to roman africa (axum, maybe?)
1:06 I’ve always believed that slavery couldn’t have lasted as long as it did without some Africans being involved and conspiring with the Europeans and Arabs and financing from some Jews…
As an African I can confirm that this is true. It's shameful that we treated our own people like this, but it's the truth nonetheless.
The most important, and most painful part of healing is the acknowledgement and acceptance of the truth.
And don’t forget all the African slaves that were sent to the Middle East. As we see in the video!
I think what is important for everyone to understand is that *Europe* was not united. Portugal and Spain and France were never friends to each other; they competed against each other. Africa is even larger than Europe. Why should anyone expect Africa to be more united than Europe?
@@zimrielSee, this video is not made to compare africa’s part in the slave trade with Europe. It just highlights that African ethnic groups did have a part. Most leftists in the states don't acknowledge this. It takes two to tango (enslave).
But they werent "your own people". Your pan-African mindset is a new age invention. You are projecting that mentality on them. The different African tribes / kingdoms / empires had about as much in common with each other as medieval England and France. They did not see all Africans as "their people".
When the Vikings enslaved the Irish, were they enslaving "their own people" just because they were all white? Of course not.
You speak as if it's a past tense practice. It's still alive and well in central N Africa and sporadically done over most of the continent.
It's so strange. We learnt about this in school here in Norway, but by reading the comments, it seems like schools in many countries only teaches about slavery from one pov. Aka the "EvIl WiThE mAn" bringing Africans to the new World. Or in other words, they teach that the massive and world wide slavery is only done by the very same people who abolishes it just a short time after the Atlantic slave trade
As a so called black person from America, I posted a comment correcting that perception. This news is nothing new and is taught in many African studies programs in both Historically Black Colleges and major Universities.
That's because US culture is so hegemonic. They often simplify everything to their own "pumpkin" vision, both blacks and whites alike.
Said that, the Atlantic slave trade was outrageous, particularly because of the horrible conditions in the plantations and the cramped and deadly ones in profit-maximizing slaver ships. Other comparable slavery realities should not be overlooked much less hidden or whitewashed however.
It's true. You summarized it well.
@@LuisAldamizits no more outrageous than slave trade ever was. The atlantic gets all the focus for one reason only and that reason should be obvious by now.
There is misunderstanding here.. the people who benefited from the slave trade are: the MINORITY LOCAL ELITES IN AFRICAN STATES; THE ELITE EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS; and THE LOCAL EUROPEAN / AMERICANS. The local Africans in the states of Africa DO NOT. The slave trade is part of capitalism. The non Elite Americans / Europeans benefited from the long chain of exploitation of the slaves
Everybody knows you're not allowed to talk about this.
I had a friend who's family owned thousands of acres of land in the Dominican Republic. His great, great grandfather was a slave broker there, and became very wealthy. Being black, it wasn't something he talked about with just anyone. He eventually inherited most of the land in the Dominican, and was able to quit his job!
so you're saying the Dominican Republic owes reparations too?
And now Haiti is going to overcome with illegal immigration
While people venerate Mansa Musa as the richest man in history that he gained his riches off gold and salt it is a fact he was a devout Muslim that exported millions of Congolese Africans to India and other caliphates around the world more than the entirety of the later 200 year long Atlantic Slave trade his predecessors are almost exclusively the single greatest exporter in the entirity of the African Slave trade from the 14th-17th century.
We captured excellent women for ransom. We decided to have sex with them but by observing 'azl (Withdrawing the male sexual organ before emission of semen to avoid-conception). We asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and he said: It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born.
Sahih Muslim 1438a
AND ALL THE EUROPEAN ROYAL FAMILIES DID TOO SO STFU
AND THE ROMANS SOLD AND HELD THEIR ONE PEOPLE INTO SLAVERY TOO
Send citation we just can't assume you are saying the truth
@xahani1287 i was taught that in school.. i was taught africa was rich off its gold and salt alone and not slavery.
It's a shame real history gets edited and buried
Thats because the people in power want us at each others throats, if we're focused on each other then were not focused on them, and in that way they maintain their control over us and the world.
Who's editing what? I understand it happens frequently, but not regarding this topic whatsoever.
Always has been.
@@jdb9129It's pretty obvious who is doing the editing -- those that stand to gain from racial hatred
@@lucid227 The Republican party? Lol, seriously though, I feel like I'm missing something crucial in this discussion. The original comment is acting like "real history" (I'm assuming they mean that Africans owned slaves) is a part of history that is being "edited and buried". Which is simply not true as I've seen this information for years and we're literally in a comment thread about this exact topic being shown to the public.
Great video… A real eye-opener! Thanks for all the detailed information. 👍🏼👍🏼
As a black man, this is what we call black privilege and excellent
yes white privilege doesnt exist, it only did for a bit, now its only ethnic or minority privilege
How was that black privilege not know your own history in the truth of it. Here is a conservational topic, let’s not justify slave.
your the same man to scream "WHITE PRIVILEGE" whenever you can.
Being that my dad is from Senegal, I appreciate you talking about the intricacies of slavery as well as acknowledging established African empires, and focused on the actions of people as individuals rather than the actions of a collective race, which happens far too often on every side.
There were brutal rulers out there as well as empires with forms of slavery that most wouldn’t associate with the word, if described, given the Western portrayal and connotations.
Slavery ,like many things, is a spectrum, and race doesn’t exclude a humans capability for depravity. The further you look back in history, the more brutal the details get regardless of the ethnicity or the culture holding the sword.
Huge props for acknowledging that the British and other nations were using abolition as a justification for colonization too. That’s literally how it played out. They traded straight up slavery with economic slavery to avoid looking like blatant hypocrites. Case in point; in Senegal, my fathers country, their currency is still French (but can’t be used outside of France’s territories), this is while having foreign contractors and their own government slithering around crippling a pre-crippled economy. It’s wild, but everyone plays a part.
Proof yet again that nothing happens in a vacuum and a testament to ANY HUMANS capacity for depravity given the right set of circumstances.
Conclusion… Treat people like people, because the universe is like a pendulum. It always swings back.
Awesome video man!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Mankind is still in the slavery:
you are a salve too, to this very day, why do you sound of not know?
in childhood you attend to school, where you shall spend up to 8h of your life.
Soon you`re adult, serving BAAL from 9 - 5.
And you`re home in your tiny box,
consuming all these items the prison for your mind produce.
Now tell me dear soul, ain`t that also being a slave? cause to my eyes, still unnoticed, where`s the life worthy to be living?
The signs and symbols rule the world, yet we complain about the laws.
We reject all the opportunity to seek out the truth, to break free from being in the hated slavery.
We cry about the past, not getting it that its the present in which we live in.
Now, can`t you still not agree, we to be a perfectly obeying BAAL in our daily slavery.
Mankind`s destiny is lake of fire if we don´t come to repentance and born again.
Mankind wants freedom, then step out from BABYLON, repent form your sins and born again.
@@theharshtruthoutthere Is this like a Warhammer quote or something?
and that is in my opinion one of the reasons why there are so much push in "identity" policy where they focus on a certain version of history , they wan't to divide black and white so we don't focus on what is going on in the world today, I only learned about the french currency in some African countries because the Italian PM Georgia Meloni said it, this is extremely unfair and unethical, the good thing is a lot is changing in the world right now
I would argue there's a unfairly implied equivalency in your statement here by likening the british and the french. the british significantly improved their colonies, while the french did much less. so, similar to your comment on intracacies on the levels of slavery, there are also intricacies to the oppression and uplift brought by european colonialism.
@@theyellowmeaning7507 agreed. There’s so many layers to this stuff, yeah? I appreciate the constructive comment. For obvious reasons, I’m not as well informed with the differences between British and French colonialism in regard to their benefits to the areas they occupied. However, as with anything I’m sure there was some good done especially considering the British has always been a beast compared to most other empires.
I’ll educate myself further on that blind spot🤙🏾
Happy learning✨
A very brave channel to take on unpopular this topic.
I’m Ghanaian and Ashanti and even my grandpa said my tribe helped with selling slaves
Sounds like West Africa needs to be paying reparations...
Because Africa is poor.
So after America pays reparations to Foundational Black Americans, you think West Africa should be next?
@@DjTIMEJD Yes. To the Caribbean, Black Latinos, and American Descendants of Slavery.
They are they are given african americans citizenship.
@@paulsheppard1108 That’s not reparations but it’s good. They need to remove the business aspect from the process.
It’s all agree that slavery is a disgrace on our species history, and that together we must fight modern slavery(human trafficking) today❤
the only problem is that the only modern slavery is through non white countries and 2nd and 3rd world countries where it would be insensitive for us to interfere, we need to colonise the world and whipe out non whites because its obvious now we are the only ones willing to create an equal society and keep it running, everyone else just wants to tear it down and live in mud huts again.
Exactly, but that is being funded for money… a new economic crisis for new govt funds and money. Order out of chaos
But still remember not to permit public viewing of "Sound of Freedom", that would be "Trumpy".
No
The EU, UK and USA are all still very nicely exploiting the demise of african and middle eastern people who suffer as a result of their foreign policies.Those people drowning in the mediterranean and English channel are being trafficked and exploited by liberal politics, a convenient disguise for hedge fund managers and bankers.
I sometimes appreciate my phone listening to my conversations. Amazing video.
Blackness is still not really a thing in Africa today. Many Africans identify with their tribe rather than their skin. Blackness only becomes a thing outside of Africa or in South Africa
Yes because of socialization with European descendents...which is the true culprit for woes of racism.
@@bruhvibes5941Racism existed before Europeans and Africans came into contact with each other.
@@tb1235 the concept of race was literally started by the Portuguese. Do you even know what racism is? lol
@@liya5082 so you mean there was no racism before that ? 💀
There was Tribalism. There's no need for color discrimination if we are all the danger color.
Wait, so why don't they seek reparations from Africa....
They are not as gullible as Europeans, and they haven't been brow beaten like Euros have.
@@carlinthomas9482 Wait, you're on the side of the enslaves or the enslaved and their descendants?
Because Europeans decided to traffic them overseas (rather than release them), enslave them in a new land for centuries, relegate them to the bottom rung of society and still continue to oppress to this day
The Africans would laugh them away and point with their index finger to their forehead.
Technically, the African sellers made a one time profit from the sale. The white European and American buyers had a lifetime profit extending to generations from the initial purchase (in cases where the enslaved had children).
I told a white woman this *fact* and she called me racist and blocked me lol
Finally happy this video was made. It’s insane how many people believe/believed slavery was only exclusive to America. And this educated me in many ways in the parts of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade I didn’t know existed
Thank you so much for exposing the truth about African slave trade. It's important for people to have facts instead of half truths. History shows that every great civilizations/countries had slaves...Roman's, Egyptians, Japan, China, Russia, Germany and the slaves come from many ethnicities. It's a shame our society chooses blissful ignorance over factual, historical events. Keep up the great work. The research you do is the missing link in American primary/secondary schools.
wait a minute. Only because you do not question, you call it truth. That's pretty good bar talk, but quite a cold mantel you have to wear...
Bound and shackled in chains and whipped like a beast, for 400 years the gory trade of slave trade carried on while the world watched. Uprooted from their families and transported to strange lands and cultures to adapt; We mustn’t forget that it is for slavery that black folks are in the Caribbean, United States and other parts of the world. No other continent in world history has been treated the way Africa has. All Black people wherever they be in the world are one. You do not need any other identity. You are an African.
what do you know about the Etruscans over there where "civilization" was brewing ... you decide what history is. right? PS/ you think having a box you call your own is the epitome of any civilization?
@@flyingtoaster1427 cry
Lol you have no idea how education works in schools
This is one of the most sensible documentary on slavery I have ever seen! Not just a bunch of white bashing and black victimization and self righteousness! Yes we were treated HORRIBLY by Europeans but Africans also are to blame as well and in many cases Africans were WORSE!
Yes indeed including how black people are behind all civilizations in the world. We can’t be hypocrites and just want history to be told when it benefits us but not when it shows black people are the father and mother of all civilizations and humanity ❤😘
We? You weren't there mate.
@@WhoDaresWinso7 we as a people solidarity with my ancestors!
@@arananation my ancestors were SS nazi soldiers in ww2 should i have solidarity for them too? why not just be part of the country you live in? instead of pretending some ancient ancestor of yours somehow determines how you should live or think.
@@knabdank i would hope you don't have solidarity with them but if you do that is your own issue. My ancestors were not murderous, nazi, subhuman cunts like yours so i show solidarity with them with ease while ALSO being a patriot of my country with ease! I won't be told by someone who's ancestors were nazi subhuman killers to forget about my history and not show solidarity. YES some "ancient ancestor" is going to determine how i think because his or hers struggle is my struggle! My ancestors kicked your ancestors asses to the grave and the pits of hell!
I think a lot of non black people see this and go “SEE slavery shouldn’t be a big deal because they were doing it too!” And like that’s also insane… slavery is bad like that’s all there is to it. I also think people of African descent should know this too. Even people straight from Africa have this sort of superiority complex over other black people (ie african Americans and Afro caribbeans) because they “weren’t sold” which is also insane! There’s just so much that can be changed for the better by having the correct history in tow. Thanks for informing others who thought otherwise.
I’m from the Caribbean
realest comment in this section
No they would not think "see its not a big deal" they think "See, YOU sold eachother to us and WE fought and died to put an end to slavery. So look in the mirror."
No, they idea is all humans - every race, nation, and religion, has had some form of evil and crime. It is our responsibility to judge fairly so that we can make the world a better place rather than perpetuating the sins of the past. The very people who claim to be victims of racism are actually teaching racism. If you are against slavery- good. No European, no white American, is enslaving anybody today. So why is the history of it being used as weapon? What does it solve? Is it not a form of manipulation ?
@@brednbudr2406”They” but it’s just you.
@@brednbudr2406this comment is hilarious 😂😂😂
In Swedish schools we also learn a bit about the natives that made the slave trade possible. And i think many places does this. Don't know if exposing is the right word
Some corrections:
• The Akan & the Gold Coast are not from modern Nigeria. The are from modern Ghana.
Thank you for exposing this important part of the truth about slavery
White people imported the slaves but most of the time they didn't go around with nets or guns capturing but that work was fellow Africans more than willing to make business with the slave dealers
Too bad that a certain segment of the population that needs to be made aware of this information will either ignore it, dismiss it, or never come across it. They'll continue to embrace the popular notion that they were brazenly kidnapped from their supposedly free and happy continent and enslaved by evil Europeans and Americans.
Bruh that almost too much stupid cause this is just “reliving” the guilt of slavery, is like saying it’s not your fault to buy something if there was someone selling and there’s only people selling it cause there is people buying
Nothing was "exposed" this history has been known for a very long time. Its just that Americans are stupid and America's blacks are willfully ignorant of these facts.
@@danilopolar6476 buyers and sellers have equal blame. and black people had slaves also. they have them to this day. you should check out child slave labour in the congo today. black congolese forcing children to work on mines.
@@danilopolar6476 nah blacks been slavers for most of history. Ancient Africa was built by blacks enslaved by blacks
No matter if my ancestors came from Africa, America, or wherever… their fate was to be enslaved. Every race has been or still is enslaved, there is no escape unless we uphold EVERYONE of EVERY COLOR to not be racist and to see all human beings for who they are - human beings! Schools around the world need to teach us the full history of slavery instead of bits and pieces.
African slavery was much different from slavery by Europeans
True, African slaves were often castrated and certainly not allowed to have families. Slaves in America have descendants that are better off now than anyone in Africa.
Points of correction, if you don't mind, Akan is in Ghana. Dahomey is in Benin Republic. Not Nigeria.
Akan are also in Ivory Coast
@@Kasson2yes but nowhere in Nigeria.
Well said. That threw some shade on this "historically accurate" view of slavery. Yes, Africans were involved in slavery but it was totally different from what the Europeans were doing. For example, in Africa slavery wasn't inherited, people were born free. Also slaves were absorbed into society and they had rights in some cultures. But slaves were not generally seen as property. The main difference between Africa and European slavery is the chattle part of it and that's a major difference! Many comments here are white people trying to make themselves feel better about their ancestors actions. Own it! We have our skeletons too and we have to own it.
@bolajiakerele03 my ancestors never owned slaves. We were just as poor. Which means I don't owe anything to anyone. I'm just here for the comments like you
@@bolajiakerele03you don’t have to own anything and neither do the whites because none of are connected to the slave trade 😂just accept the people from back then all enslaved each other
This video earned you my sub! Mainstream will try to block this information or reject it. Ignorance is their bliss.
There was no slavery intrinsic to Africans. There were foreigners in Africa who practiced slavery. The Romans about 1700 years ago. And the Arabs about 800 years ago.
NOT EVERYONE WHO IS OR WAS IN AFRIKA WAS OR IS AN AFRICAN
Get that in your head before you start spreading the nonsense of "Africans practiced slavery"
Islam and Roman Empire are not intrinsically African entities, and their values are not African values. African values center around familyhood (Ubuntu/Ujamaa), values which are incompatible with slavery.
Employment of Africans (real Africans) by fellow real Africans to produce crops and salt is not slavery.
@@iamnormal8648You do realize African’s history spans by several millennia right?
@@iamnormal8648bruh african natives had african native slaves, end of the story. They sold their own people
Remember who is responsible for creating the great slave machine. This is all hand waving and a red herring. Makes people sleep better at night
@@iamnormal8648lmao what nonsense
American slavery was paradise compared to what went on in Africa. Those slaves were probably desperate to get on that ship.
Some people really thought some white men landed in Africa and started terrorising and kidnapping people without resistance. Africa was a land of battle-hardened warriors who constantly fought each other, it would've taken more than armed explorers to take them down. It was more reasonable to trade with the African kings for slaves rather than sail all the way to Africa and getting killed because they tried to invade a continent 😅
Africa still has the largest amount of slaves in the world today. ' The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty but to have a slave of his own.' -Richard Francis Burton.
and the source is...
Nobody wants to touch on that tho..bc people grow up with the poor me mentality. More people are enslaved today than all in history.
@@flyingtoaster1427 7 million Africans of the 50 million worldwide. Google is a useful source ✌🏻
@@CrystalHotSauce1 what do you know about that? we all know what America is.
@@flyingtoaster1427 America is what? Do elaborate. Sanju stated a fact. You asked for the source. I gave the source & added the numbers. I'm actually appalled people are more upset about historical slavery vs current slavery, and those that are upset about historical slavery WERE NEVER ENSLAVED THEMSELVES 🤪
So Kanye West was right
Always has been
When I was 8, I was spending my time on the Internet when I came across the picture of a Zanzibar child slave. I was surprised that Africa also had slavery, as I was only taught in school about the slavery that happened in America.
And…don’t forget that slavery or a kind of it is still practiced in some African and Middle Eastern countries today. I’m not speaking of human trafficking that is in every country of the world but open slavery or even hereditary slavery. The best way for our children to understand this topic is to tell the truth. That slavery was in wide use throughout history. That most of us black or white could very well have slavery in our backgrounds.
there have been slave markets as recently as five years ago in libya. its legal in islamic law to this day.
@@harry.flashman Libya, Mauritania, and rich Gulf countries still practise it
Its literally in europe aswell a bbc news report states the percentage of slave crimes in the UK has increased, Dont try and make it just a global south issue.
@@KingNoTail Just do a simple search. There is estimated 49.6 million people that currently live in slavery. Countries that its most prominent in are North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. Most of it is forced labour. Also my guess is they don't make Labour factories in prominent areas where tourists can see. Slavery also doesint always involve a guy walking behind people with a whip making it obvious.
You mean Israel when you talk about Middle East
The us only received about 400k slaves out of 20 million exported. Less than 2%. The us didn't castrate. Most of the trans Atlantic slaves ended up in Portugal and the Spanish colonies.
Correct, alot of them were sent to Brazil, and the other five Caribbean islands. I myself am a descendant of some of those slaves the first being the Taino from my mother's side and African slaves from my father's line.
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Okay and? They still participated
lies
@@justastan2869who didn’t? It’s all awful buts it’s the truth. I might even say American slaves might have had it better than free ones in other countries? But who knows 😉
And this is why reparations should never be given
The only issue I have is when this information is used to try to “absolve” the guilt of others. Chinuwa Achebe even spoke on the difference between being a slave in Africa versus the difference between being a slave in America or under a different race… there was a sense of acting as an indentured servant, and there was a little to know abuse and once time was served, you were free, very different from being beaten and raped and being put in the field if you were darker with courser hair, but being put in the house if you were closer to the masters color and what was considered “finer” hair and using that difference as a beauty standard to make darker Africans feel uglier than lighter or mixed race Africans.
Did you even watched the video?
White people don't rape.
7 million
What is the extent and nature of modern slavery in the region? On any given day in 2021, an estimated 7 million men, women, and children were living in modern slavery in Africa, a prevalence of 5.2 people in modern slavery for every thousand people.
just because the slaves were black doesn’t mean they were the same people. That’s like assuming the Japanese are the same as the Chinese people or the Turks enslaving the Slavs…Africans are not the same and they were not selling their own people
Great historical work. Without any bias or hate filled finger pointing, just facts from the pages of history. Really hits home thinking of all the lives ruined and or lost over over wealth and power.
Now lets look at the j**ish role in slavery shall we.
Thank you for a genuine and fact base informational video about the history of slavery throughout the world. This should be used for students in High School.
High schools do teach this stuff. I learned it in high school and so did my daughter.
@@popermen694im 25 and can tell you that in public school this isnt part of the curriculum. You can actually find the curriculum for any state you want and youll see this isnt part of any standard for teaching at all.
As a black male, when I was in High School, it was only taught that white people enslaved blacks. What we didn’t learn was that Africans captured and sold our ancestors into slavery for their own gain. It’s a dark side of history that seems to have been hidden.
But this would imply we where some of the most powerful people in the world with countless wealthy empires They can’t have that lol 😅
@@zauncesimmons7761 powerful? Maybe when terrorizing neighboring tribes but then again y’all got swept by people who couldn’t handle the sun and you never recovered from that 😂
Diddy is the biggest slave owner of our time
This is why I tell people I'm not African American. I am American. I was born here. My ancestors have been here for hundreds of years. My ancestors were both the colonizers, the indigenous and the enslaved. Me and Africans are not the same. We just share a skin tone.
I don't even like the term black because my skin is very much so not black but I still prefer it over African American. We will never know who's ancestors were ripped from Africa or who's ancestors were sold from Africa but considering there was only one area where they were being sold and most were ripped from Africa along the rest of the coast. I would love to get a DNA test done to figure out which part of Africa my ancestors could have come from.
My pain for Africa is that they were taking advantage of by the Europeans resources and land stolen, but there is still slight disappointment knowing that some of their ancestors sold my ancestors for nothing. They gave up their land to the Europeans for nothing. What guns? It's just disappointing and the same issues that plagued Africa then that allowed them to get taken advantage of is plaguing Africa and it still keeps them from rising to the levels of the European or Western nations today. Granted now I am a part of the western nations because this is my home, but after learning about world affairs I couldn't imagine being born anywhere else. So I guess it's like a thank you old Africans that sold us. We may have it have endured enslavement and bigotry but overall it could be worse.
I would be okay with being called African American if we called white people European Americans but I don't ever hear anybody say European american anywhere. So it just sounds like intentional language to "other" us as Americans. When I think of an African American, I think of an African who was born in africa who moved to the United States and got citizenship. Their children will be American first generation. Or they are heavily a part of African culture but are American.
I am not trying to be disrespectful to my ancestors, but if they start designating us as different kinds of Americans, I feel like they could open up laws and rhetoric that will allow them to separate us legally as a different kind of American
Much much worse. Africa in the late 20th century alone was the world's showroom of tribal genocides (example: Rwanda 1994), civil wars, coups, revolutions, more genocides, strange worm parasites (Onchocerciasis), cannibal dictators (Idi Amin), tribal wars, epidemics of killer diseases (Ebola), famines, anarchy (South Africa), etc.
If u r black nobody needs u to tell them in europe or america who you are .. they already know who u are and where u came from.
The cops dont choke an innocent white man with knee on his neck to death or shoot white teenagers for smoking a joint on the corner of the street do they ?
Whites dont have to take to the streets ib the thousands to let other know that their lives matter.
Amen, from a fellow American
your african american
its just the nature of power. As soon as one kingdom had access to european guns others needed to arm up or be conquered, so slavery became a necessity to maintain soverignity. There is no need for you to feel self pity and denounce your african ancestors. Europeans fought, massacres, enslaved other europeans since the beginning of history that doesnt mean white americans whine around and denounce their european roots. You seem to have a infantile view of history and life in general. In the US black gangs kill other black gangmembers with guns of the white man, sell drugs to other blacks made by white people to satisfy their lust for power and dominance. This is even worst since they are not even differen ethnic groups or empires with ancient rivalry. By that logic you should denounce being a black american too.
Can you do more on the Arabian (eastward) slave trade?
Yes, also the slave trade as it existed in India would be interesting as well.
I didn't know about this before it was very informative, it does shed light on why Africa is where it is today.
Too many people have genuinely 0 clue of what actually went on. Great video
Mauritania became the last country in the world to abolish slavery in 1981, but no criminal laws were passed to enforce the ban, until 2007, due to international pressure.... Despite that, the number of slaves in Mauritania was estimated at 2.1% of the population in 2018, by Global Slavery Index organization.
this is true mauritania still had a few slaves
@@cichlid9626 Please do not tell that to the Afrocentrists who believe that a Back man is incapable of predatory behavior upon another Black man...
@@Alexander-Kurtz Mauritania's population isn't mailly Black though. And you will see that most slaves are people of Sub-Saharan descent, "owned" by people of North African descent...
Much respect for you putting this video out there, even though we all know what some will say! Facts don’t care about your feelings or personal beliefs! Already knew about this history, but I think it’s important work you’re doing. Keep it up.
Dr Umar needs to do a reaction video to this.
Yeah, and it wouldn’t work in your favor, random white guy, because this video is still not telling the full story.
He won’t do it.
Source? Trust me bro...I guess making a distinction between slavery and chattel slavery which the europeans practiced is not relevant, and also how do u explain colonialism, because now all of a sudden it was all black people that caused their own people to suffer right?
it’s literally well documented and nobody is saying europeans didn’t have a part in it it’s saying that africans also contributed to it
THANK YOU. FINALLY SOMEONE HAD THE STONES TO SAY IT.
Don't be so quick to get carried away this does not give anyone white and living the right to cast stones in their own favor because of this two wrongs does not make it right
When did they say or imply anything like that? Stop projecting.@@Loafin2010
@@Loafin2010
If you have two males, both are child molesters, do you really care if one has red hair and the other is blonde??
No, people with boulders have been saying it for decades.
Lol... This is common knowledge and he didn't 'expose' anything. also.. how a slave became enslaved and by who or how... is totally irrelevant.
This is what you call an inconvenient truth.
Bound and shackled in chains and whipped like a beast, for 400 years the gory trade of slave trade carried on while the world watched. Uprooted from their families and transported to strange lands and cultures to adapt; We mustn’t forget that it is for slavery that black folks are in the Caribbean, United States and other parts of the world. No other continent in world history has been treated the way Africa has. All Black people wherever they be in the world are one. You do not need any other identity. You are an African.
@janrdoh For?
@@godofthisshit For those that push the message that Africa was a utopia where everyone sat around the campfire roasting smores until the white man showed up.
@@janrdohFriend as a White Man Did White People live in Africa Peacefully at some point prior?
@@janrdohthis a common truth and most of the time it’s white Europeans who push the idea that Africa was one unified state attempting to fight off Europe together under one banner still will never change the evil Europeans did before and after they brought the slaves over the Atlantic can’t be a market without the buyer
Great content. I'll be following for more.
Just because a parent sells their child to a KNOWN predator doesn’t make it legal. The torment that happens to the child afterwards is even more disgusting. Who would the blame be on? Just he mother ? 😅😅
The mother isn't the only one blamed but blame needs to be put on her aswell
They never talk about all the cannibalism that went on in the African tribes in that day.
Google "Cannibalism in Europe" and "Europeans ate their own children." Especially the part about eating children- that's a doozy and was pretty common. Then get back to me. I'll wait.
@@DaMann-zm6kt they eat even mummies, feeding children to alligators, flooding towns sunken beneath lakes, and there are numerous.
They still eating their own
@@DaMann-zm6kt so you turn it into a cannibal contest??
@@combos7 Just setting the facts. Europeans like to say Africans were cannibals when the overwhelming evidence proves human flesh was a European delicacy.
Thank you for showing the actual history of slavery in Africa and not the typical blame the white people for all slavery that happened.
It's not about blame, it's just that white people were able to develop their nationstates to become global powerhouses thanks to slavery and colonisation.
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If I agree to purchase a human from a human trafficking organisation would I be able to dodge responsibility by respond with "I am just the purchaser, he's the one who shipped them" 😂😂😂
Lmao, you think that this just completely relieves all wrong doing of the Europeans part in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade? Because it doesn’t in any way, shape, or form. Two things can be evil,, one does not make the other any less terrible lmfao. That’s not how things work.
Nice vid now do a vid on our greatest ally’s role please!
Necessary. Enlightening. Crucial info.
However we both know that's a channel nuke.
Slavery was invented in Africa and ended in the United States of America if anyone wants to be mad at white people, know this : We were also enslaved. My ancestors were owned by the Arabs, but you won't ever see me demanding reparations or blaming my inadequacies on racism or colonialism.
One prominent slave from Africa, who was sold to Indian master was Malik Amber of Ahmednagar. That man became slave to knight of a prosperous kingdom in his lifetime in 1500.
African slaves were common practice in Islamic regimes in India, even way before European powers presence.
so does that minimize Americas slave trade
Bantu colonization is always called slavery. Iraq.syadi Arabia. India .. always we was slaves but they don't die. They kill and take over and suffer racism
@@user-my2yb3yj7wdoes it matter?
No but it takes off the blame partially
Plus it doesnt really matte. I bet some of your ancestors killed someone or enslaved etc.
But today is today and we grow and evolve constantly. You will never grow if you cant let go of baby crying.
Yeahhh everyone been stealing people from Africa
I learned more about history from this video than I did in school
What I find ironic is that the countries most blamed for slavery (the US and the UK) were also the first nations *ever* to end it completely.
Not out of morality but because of industrialisation
There was no slavery intrinsic to Africans. There were foreigners in Africa who practiced slavery. The Romans about 1700 years ago. And the Arabs about 800 years ago.
NOT EVERYONE WHO IS OR WAS IN AFRIKA WAS OR IS AN AFRICAN
Get that in your head before you start spreading the nonsense of "Africans practiced slavery"
Islam and Roman Empire are not intrinsically African entities, and their values are not African values. African values center around familyhood (Ubuntu/Ujamaa), values which are incompatible with slavery.
Employment of Africans (real Africans) by fellow real Africans to produce crops and salt is not slavery.
The US and the UK are not comparable. The southern states split into an entire separate nation and started a civil war just to keep slavery. That does not deserve praise.
@@paulmusani1442we’ll to be fair there were large amounts of Christian and moralist abolitionists who were against slavery for centuries, but you are right the main reason for the abolishment of slavery was the economic factors in the industrial revolution.
Additionally although the British empire did help abolish slavery worldwide at a large economic loss, it wasn’t entirely selfless because one of the main motives behind it was to display British naval power and how far the British empire can reach.
Youre drooling on yourself and have a hamster running on a wheel in your skull if you think Africans didnt enslave each other more than anyone else @iamnormal8648