The practice of slavery is as old as humankind.

the word "Slave" comes from "Slavic" who was taken from Slovakia and sold to other European countries in the early 1200's.

@andrewvolf2916

11 күн бұрын

My middle name and my son's name is Mirek. Short for Miroslav. Can't be named after Russians due to their alphabet.

@matthewmcclure5218

11 күн бұрын

Mussy grubs sold you poor fellows out .

Slavery was typically the result of war. One village would attack another one because they had more resources, like food and water. The winner would take all of the resources plus the survivors as The spoils of war. Eventually, those slaves would have children and their population would increase and their owners realized it cost more to keep them and feed them than they were able to produce. So they decided to sell them to outsiders. That way they could profit off of them and not have to care for them in the future. This is the basic premise of the slave trade wherever and whenever it happened.

You should check out the Barbary Pirate Slave trade in Nothern Africa.

“Sounds more like a class thing than a race thing” -hang on to that thought and keep going……. You’re really onto something.

Eye opener! Cheers bro🖖

The first Africans enslaved by Europeans was by the Portuguese whose navy came across an African ship. The first slaves bought by Europeans was again by the Portuguese who arrived in Africa looking to trade food, spices, technology etc. but were met with a people that would only trade if you also bought people they had enslaved. The same thing happened with every other country that went to west Africa. What this video doesn't tell you is that the first country/empire to stop trading slaves in the 1800s was the British in the early 1800s where they then proceeded to buy every slave within the Empire from their owners and free them all at the same. While this didn't actually stop the slavery in the Empire entirely, slavery was still illegal. Also in 1833 the UK Parliament passed a law stating that no slave shall breathe the air in the UK, this effectively meant that any slave brought to the UK would be instantly freed, which led to visiting slave owners lying about their slaves "status".

@bobprivate8575

8 күн бұрын

"... the first country/empire to stop trading slaves in the 1800s was the British..." Not quite correct. Both British Parliament and US Congress passed acts to forbid the trade of slaves in the same year, 1807. It's one of the great ironies, that both countries had naval vessels dedicated to hunting down slave traders, decades before they outlawed slavery themselves.

Australia's use of slavery was definitely driven by racism. After slavery was abolished in the states, there was a mass migration of sugar plantation owners to islands in the South Pacific through to Queensland, who then practiced slavery here, made a lot of money, that is still intergenerational wealth at the expense of our indigenous mobs, and were still able to get away with it. Indigenous peoples jested they were classified under the flora and fauna act, because they were treated like animals, and worse. People in this country think the Brits built this country for the better, but the simple fact is, that it was built on the backs of the blackfullahs and tidas, but the term slavery wasn't used, rather "indentured labour".

@Vyperus69

9 күн бұрын

well Australia wasn't "built" as a country, it was a giant prison also known as a penal colony, it was the Australians who turned it into a country. I would however be interested in hearing how they got around the British Empires law banning slavery across the entire empire that had, at the time slavery was abolished in the states, existed for decades.

@nedesnikderpherder7529

9 күн бұрын

@@Vyperus69 no one was an Australian until 1901, before that they were states of the British Empire, and it's stupidly obvious that not everywhere around the globe fell into line, there are photographs online of chain gangs in irons being marched to to "indentured labour" of sort. You just think this type of shirt didn't happen here? Dude..... I'm guessing your farts smell like roses too

@nedesnikderpherder7529

9 күн бұрын

@@Vyperus69 we had 100 years of invasion in Australia before the British began to stamp out slavery, and we weren't Australia as we know it until 1901

Thank you for doing Sowell Learned a lot huh?

The african american experience is definitely different. African slavery to the americas created a chattel slavery like attitude towards africans where they were dehumanized, they werent seen as human and this has old attitude doesnt seem to have completely died out yet in the usa unfortunately. Other countries had an easier time progressing attitudes towards 'black' people, because they just didnt have african slaves in the same way the usa did. But other countries have issues with race americans dont really get, you might think a bunch of groups of people are all 'white' (white is kinda ameircan btw) where as in europe these people could all see themselves as racially different than other 'white' people and have issues with racism because of that.

@patrickpendergast898

8 күн бұрын

That’s where racism came from. Racism came from slavery not the other way around

There are more slaves in America today than in 1850. Over 1 million prisoner slaves, working for 25 cents an hour. Locked in cages, subject to extortion and rape. No medical, fed dog food. The massage parlor and nail salon girls. Inda Africa Indonesia. Clothing , electronic and mining plantations. Arranged marriages. Bonded labor Child labor. Its a color-blind slave world.

@Neerdowellofyesteryear

8 күн бұрын

I seriously do not understand how people like you become brainwashed and can't use common sense. (1) We all pay taxes (2) Taxes pay for things like roads, schools, and those incarcerated. (3) People in the system got there because they hurt someone else. There is no such thing as a victimless crime. (4) Slavery is illegal. Work should be compensated which is why they are paid what they are. (5) They don't need a living wage because everything is literally paid for by us taxpayers...and slavery is illegal and nothing is free. (6) People in jail have medical, education, housing, clothes, food, etc paid for by us. You are being dishonest. I hope you realize that you support those who hurt others. The less 1 million population out of 335 million. Wow. Shame on you.

@Neerdowellofyesteryear

8 күн бұрын

I seriously do not understand how people can't use common sense. (1) We all pay taxes (2) Taxes pay for things like roads, schools, and those incarcerated. (3) People in the system got there because they hurt someone else. There is no such thing as a victimless crime. (4) Slavery is illegal. Work should be compensated which is why they are paid what they are. (5) They don't need a living wage because everything is literally paid for by us taxpayers...and slavery is illegal and nothing is free. (6) People in jail have medical, education, housing, clothes, food, etc paid for by us. You are being dishonest. I hope you realize that you support those who hurt others. The less 1 million population out of 335 million. Wow. Shame on you.

Yes, it makes sense. Love your channel. Wait, is that person @ 12:59 wearing blue jeans?

A Very Happy 4th July 🎉🎉🎉

@jeanlongsden1696

11 күн бұрын

enjoy your independence from Free British Healthcare. lol

@matthewmcclure5218

11 күн бұрын

​@jeanlongsden1696 that was yesterday Mate. 😅 Cheers from Australia brother 5th here . Time zones are crazy.

Happy 4th July 🎉

Moors. Enslaved Africans Moors helped ever European against African

No one will disagree that slavery is as old as time and was universal. But before you listen and think you've learnt something from this man. You need to realise that Sowell conservative libertarian capitalist economist not historian and his views are used to minimise the seriousness and impacts of the transatlantic slave trade. Without writing an essay there are significant differences between bonded labour for example the Irish and chattle slavery. Why the enslavement of African people was different was due to the quantity and the racial ideology used to justify the practice (which still impacts people today). Out of the 12 million transport only about 10% were transported to North America. In addition, religious, scientific and structural ideologies were created to justify the practice. For balance, look up the Derby Dose to see how brutal the practice or Captalism and Slavery by Williams.