Thanks for making this video. They were a truly impressive African kingdom and had great warriors but one thing I absolutely appreciate is how you didn't gloss over the fact that they were heavily involved in the slave trade and were pretty brutal about it. As a Nigerian, it always feels good to hear an objective analysis of African history. Most current "historians" just ignore that fact that many African kingdoms played a huge role in the institution of slavery and they try to make it into a one-sided European affair. Thanks for not being like those people.

@scottabc72

2 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? The African role in the slave trade is widely discussed, especially regarding the slave forts in West Africa, several of which are now museums. Obama visited one during an official visit while he was President.

@loke6664

2 жыл бұрын

It is always a mistake to paint past kingdoms as innocent victims, if you go back a couple of hundred years, every nation in the world have skeletons in their closets. Few of them were truly evil but not really good either. I do think it is a shame that people tend to gloss over African history though, the continent have a lot of fascinating history from north to south. Great Zimbabwe, Mali, Ethiopia, Carthage, Nubia and many others. Some were local powers, others had a far away influence. I mean, the richest man in history was from Africa (Mansa Musa, he made Elon Musk seem like a beggar in comparison). There is just so much history and we are finding a lot new every year with archaeology. :)

@orboakin8074

2 жыл бұрын

@@loke6664 well said. All most of us want is more objective discourse and analysis of history.

@orboakin8074

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottabc72 It may be getting widely discussed in Africa but sadly not in the west. Heck! When I tell people that the British actually played a huge role in ending slavery in many parts of Africa (my country included) they automatically assume I am lying even when I present them with historical facts. Sadly, a good portion of western education tends to be dominated by ideologues who don't care for objective coverage of history.

@bluecollar58

2 жыл бұрын

Yes , we all suck

AS ALWAYS THE HISTORY GUY, AN EXCELLENT VIDEO!! Back in the dark ages of when I was in school, I NEVER, EVER saw any history like this. I learned more in about 15 minutes than in about 8 years of schooling (fourth grade through twelfth). MR. LANCE, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!👌👌👌🏆🏆🏆✌✌✌✌

@finddeniro

2 жыл бұрын

Many Dimensions..of History...H G WELLS .Outline of History after the Large Lost of WW 1. ..Biographies..are Excellent.. Many ancient texts.. And many chapters of the Bible..are omitted..

@nosdamnamur9126

Жыл бұрын

I wonder why?

@donotneed2250

Жыл бұрын

What do you consider "the dark ages?" I graduated high school in 1974 and one of my favorite classes was Black History. We didn't have to memorize a bunch of names and dates, we just had history.

@CamsPurpleCorner

Жыл бұрын

​@DoNot Need Born in '74 & Class of '93, but NEVER had or learned Black History. Then again, I'm from Tulsa, OK and DIDN'T know ANYTHING about the Race Massacres until I became an Adult.....smh.🤦🏾‍♀️😔

@nosdamnamur9126

Жыл бұрын

@@donotneed2250 The Dark Ages began with the fall if the Songhai Empire and continue to the present day. I am still waiting for a rennaisance, but every time my people begin to dream they are choked to death or have their brains beaten out.

I was just talking to a friend about Dahomeys involvement in the slave trade, his response was "which one"

Love the narration and storytelling…thank you!

Thanks for this great coverage of an important subject.

This is always an excellent channel to watch. Always. Thank you.

Wow, great research, thanks for your dedication to History. Great video.

Thanks THG, another interesting episode

In an actual battle where they weren't simply ambushing their future slaves to sale they were all but killed, while the opposition had maybe 6-8 casualties.

@tonybaloney8401

Жыл бұрын

That was one of the battles near the village of Adégon, 417 dahomeys killed, with 6 french casualties

@matthewatwood8641

Жыл бұрын

That was pretty much every battle they fought with the French.

@JP-br4mx

Жыл бұрын

wha wha someone call the whambulance

@matthewatwood8641

Жыл бұрын

@@JP-br4mx Incongruous. The post isn't whining. The Dahomey were losers. Plain & simple.

@JP-br4mx

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewatwood8641 ooh an army full of black women. Every racist white men nightmares

Fascinating! I knew about these women, but not in as much detail. Thank you.

@lavenderlover5549

Жыл бұрын

They’re burning in hell

Thanks for the awesome content!!

Your content is very appreciated, I home school 5 kids & we watch every episode, thank you. 🖖

@davidnewland2461

Жыл бұрын

That'sa chorevits it's good you're teaching them real history not the watered down version faithless politicians want taught. I home echooledvtwo and they're doing okay.

Thanks for the video, History Guy! One of my brothers-in-law is from Bennin, Nigeria. When he saw the trailer for The Woman King, his reaction was “Yeah, it’s not like that.”

@zumaanandrade3961

Жыл бұрын

He is right. There was never a woman king. There are several stories about several warrior queens in Africa.

@daniellescott477

Жыл бұрын

So anytime Hollywood or anyone says " Based off of..." we can be sure it's not the actual or true story. It's unfortunately humans have a habit of allowing our "entertainment"(media) to give us history! A lot of things were in different books it all depends on where you grew up at. But I will agree after meeting several friends from several different countries I found a lot of knowledge and creditable information. Unfortunately, a lot of Africa had a habit of passing history down through oral "griots" and most of the libraries were destroyed that had the history written down. But I like the history guys Style

@user-rp7bi7mk9x

7 ай бұрын

Benin in Nigeria is not Benin Republic

@joye5761

29 күн бұрын

Benin (Edo people/tribe) in Nigeria 🇳🇬 is NOT the same as Benin 🇧🇯 (Dahomey) we DO NOT share the same ethnicity. We are different people and different country.

Packed full of history! Great episode! 🙏

@lordschild673

Жыл бұрын

Actually they leave out the most important part… They try and make these evil selfish women out to be hero’s…

Dear THG, thank you for some insight into the history and origin of the Amazons.

Bless your heart, this is the most sympathetic and positive spin I have ever heard on these poor souls. A collection of tribal hostages and slaves forged into a ceremonial unit thatbused women because the Male rulers knew they couldn't seize power if they tried to deposed them. Qaddafis "Blue nuns" served a similar purpose.

Thanks for another great video!!!

What a great topic to teach us about, THG, in the month of February. Nice work.

That soldiers of the French Foreign Legion gave them praise, say a lot.

Sir Harry Flashman wrote a small bit about the Amazon Warriors of the Slave Coast of Africa. He remarks on the Queen of Madagascar are much more extensive.

@chascain1

2 жыл бұрын

Flashman!

@pauldeakin3511

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that episode! I believe one of the Amazons fancied his whiskers?

@jeffbybee5207

2 жыл бұрын

Flash for freedom!

@ladedk

2 жыл бұрын

And accurate, I may add!

@eggedon6112

Жыл бұрын

@@pauldeakin3511 Did the warrior cut off his beard? Tf?

The adolescent in me keeps hearing “King of the Homies” Imagining a Living Color sketch.

@standurround589

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you,scrolled down 'tiI I found it!

@shawngilliland243

Жыл бұрын

@Robert Pierce That would be hilarious!

@sheilatruax6172

Жыл бұрын

Or Python. Giggle!

@Loophole23742

Жыл бұрын

Or the Boondocks

@cavebabybeserkers2763

Жыл бұрын

Nah they aint homies. They sold homies

Please....they were involved in the Slave trade and now Hollywood wants to portray them as heroes as if they are a real life. Dora Milaje ( black panther female guards) Not to mention the mass human scrafice ceromonies they held annually for captured slaves.

@andrewjames954

Жыл бұрын

You should watch the movie. The main antagonist in the movie was not white. it was actually another tribe. The Oyo. Second, Large elements were fiction, sine most of the main characters weren’t historical,but they didn’t shy away from the practice of selling war captives as slaves. That is a central part of the movie.

@heirplanez8620

Жыл бұрын

The movie did a good job showing how involved other African tribes were involved in the slave trade. You should actually watch it.

@robertsettle2590

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewjames954 just keep stretching the truth da homie!

@bondson0094

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewjames954 Sorry no need to see black women portrayed as men.

@bondson0094

Жыл бұрын

@@heirplanez8620 The tribe/people responsible for 20% of the slaves captured in the Trans Atlantic Slave trade were the Dehomey.

Thanks again for a peek at history. Obomey !

I love the History Guy why he makes it so rememerable

I remember reading about these women. Wiped out in a matter of hours by a French bayonet charge.

@Raximus3000

Жыл бұрын

By the french... If we go by stereotypes that makes them quite weak.

@unc1589

Жыл бұрын

@@Raximus3000 Really. Is that what you heard?

@Raximus3000

Жыл бұрын

@@unc1589 That is the french stereotype in war.

@jonathanburmeister1946

Жыл бұрын

In their begining they were compétant warriors. In their twilight they were à privalaged class of untouchable bullies who didn't know how to fight.

@Mrk3lly

Жыл бұрын

Facts

Dahomey has either the best flag or the worst flag, depending on how you look at it.

I absolutely love your channel! ❤

Thanks for the video… I learned something I didn’t knew🖤

You forgot their taking slaves from vanquished tribes in Africa, selling those slaves for profit, keeping some for themselves, and even maintaining that practice today "in principle" those who call themselves the children of this tribe. Forgotten history is the history you forgot to tell because it was an uncomfortable truth.

@MrSivram28

Жыл бұрын

European tribes did the same

11:15 this really highlights how quickly firearm technology was changing in the late 19th century. 50 years earlier the Dahomey were equipped with comparable weaponry to their European counterparts. By the 1890's, they were hopelessly outclassed in terms of effective range, rate of fire, and accuracy.

Thanks for doing this I requested it and am lpleasantly surprised.

That's must be why the Black Panther had the Dora Milage for his personal guard. I hope that that's spelled right because that's what what talk to text gave me lol

@shawngilliland243

Жыл бұрын

@Virginia Thomas Aka Ice Dragon - That spelling is quite close: Dora Milaje

Awesome video!!

Thank you for the lesson.

My ex is a blood relative to two of the last Kings of Dahomey. In rural areas of Benin, she is recognized and treated with the utmost respect.

@deep-fried-zombie699

Жыл бұрын

They were brutal slave traders you should be embarrassed you dated that person.. 🤮 The king used to sacrifice 800 people to himself every year..

@DDan1967

Жыл бұрын

@@deep-fried-zombie699 why should I be embarrassed that an ancestor of another person did bad things? I played no part in that history and neither did she.

@lonew2657

Жыл бұрын

Why would you care about the lineage of your ex-wife unless you thought she was going to do the same thing to you then? Normal people don't talk about the criminal , sub -human behavior of others with a sense of pride or respect unless... There's something wrong with you?

@danielaguirre8286

Жыл бұрын

@@lonew2657 Because it’s interesting duh.

@dGuthrie1-hc2rx

4 ай бұрын

Yuck she married you of course they were weak traders

This is a wonderful story! Thank you🐝🤗❤️

@msrubie11

Жыл бұрын

It's a wonderful story for who, your slave selling Family??

@deborahdanhauer8525

Жыл бұрын

@@msrubie11 That was hateful troll.

If Afghan women were in charge of Afghan security, the Taliban wouldn't be there... 🤔

@buzztp5119

2 жыл бұрын

That is who we should have armed.

@paull2166

2 жыл бұрын

@@buzztp5119 Exactly! The men are weak, the women are strong.

@paulsouth4794

2 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't the USA sell guns to the woman? They have sold them to everyone else

@petuniasevan

2 жыл бұрын

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier. - Rudyard Kipling, "The Young British Soldier"

Excellent and fascinating!

Great content

"The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor, significant international trade with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military."

@admirekashiri6651

2 жыл бұрын

Huge misconception read up on the History s bit deeper. Their wealth was not reliant on conquest and slaves they lost most of the wars they faught and were usually on the defense from bigger powers who.were their overlords like the Oyo Empire.

@phishENchimps

2 жыл бұрын

@@admirekashiri6651 no. That is their history. They sold slaves

@admirekashiri6651

2 жыл бұрын

@@phishENchimps No shit they sold slaves but that was not the driving factor to their conflicts! They were again usually on the defensive! Their army was weak.and got beaten all.the time they didn't go to war to get slaves they bought slaves from further North. Again read into the History! This is what one of the kings said! king kpengla (r. 1774-89) was informed of the debates about abolition and Dahomey's centrality in them, he replied that Dahomey was in the middle of a continent and was surrounded by other people, and that it was “obliged, by the sharpness of our swords, to defend ourselves from their incursions, and to punish the depredations they make on us . . . your countrymen, therefore, who allege that we go to war for the purpose of supplying your ships with slaves, are grossly mistaken". Dahomean leaders usually saw their wars as meeting primarily strategic and defensive aims in which the capture of slaves was secondary, King Agonglo’s statement “in the name of my ancestors and myself I aver, that no Dahoman man ever embarked in war merely for the sake of procuring wherewithal to purchase your commodities.” but also in letters written by many Dahomean kings to the Portuguese describing several defensive wars where slavery was never the reason for waging war. Again take my advise research this yourself.

@phishENchimps

2 жыл бұрын

@@admirekashiri6651 those evil POS slave traders. That's all you need to know

@koudousmoutairou6074

2 жыл бұрын

@@phishENchimps like he said research this part of history instead being an impetuous child. Before arguing consider that i was born and raised in Bénin

... in effect, "tribute" from one Kingdom to another in the form of slaves. Slave trade being endemic in that part of the World. I've heard similar stories about various parts of what is now Europe during what is sometimes called the Dark Ages.

A very interesting piece of history.

First heard of this from badass of the week but I'm sure this will be great

Who's here after the Woman King cinema debacle?

@robertortiz-wilson1588

Жыл бұрын

Hehehe

@GoooPreacherGooo

Жыл бұрын

What debacle?

About 1:46 Whydah is mentioned as one of the kingdoms. I wonder if that is what the pirate ship off the coast of Massachusetts is named for? Because don't all good stories involve Pirates?🏴‍☠️🚢😺

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

It is. The ship was named after the port of Wyhdah. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZHuOychqmpTUZ5s.html

@shawngilliland243

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and the vessel has originally been used as a slave ship!

I have been subscribed for a long time time and you and your wife are excellent at doing proper history. Just recently this movie the woman king has been released released too much disastrous criticism. How Hollywood has Glossed over many details. Of the black community is it an uproar. So I came back to your channel to see what you had said. I discovered again that you are excellent are excellent in storytelling and and detail and that you had not glossed over anything. My appreciation for the efforts of you and your wife have only deepened. You're even handedness and attention to detail Would stand up to scrutiny in any age. I wish to thank both of you.

@antmagor

Жыл бұрын

Oh please. The woman King didn’t do anything wrong. And I couldn’t help but notice how the trolls were more critical of that movie then they were literally any movie or miniseries that glossed over the American founding fathers role in the slave trade. The implication being that it’s less evil when white people do it.

@donphilp7511

Жыл бұрын

@@antmagor Hilarious. 2 white women in Hollywood write a movie about boat a black culture Riddled with lies. Portraying thugs as heroes. Who were actually part of the homegrown a slave trade. And the warriors were defeated in one battle by a few french troops. And you're defending it. At first it was a true story, Then it was based on a true story, Then dramatic license was taken, Then it proved to be all lies. Then the lead actress accused the audience of being racist and not supporting black cinema. Then it all died off because nobody in hollywood wanted to talk about it. I can see your point. To blazes with the truth. But the most hilarious part of this is too white hollywood women wrote it. You couldn't make this up if you had to. Nobody needed to troll this movie. It trolled itself from the start. And the one actress who was supposed to start in this thing refused and turned away from the project. At least someone had integrity.

Am I seriously the only one here because of the Woman King movie?

@niesta8843

Жыл бұрын

No

@RoniForeva

Жыл бұрын

No

@tombanks8012

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@bonnieamof7033

Жыл бұрын

nope

@scorpzgca

Жыл бұрын

No

thank you!

Nancy Ward Fivekiller. Beloved woman of the Cherokee. Her story needs a History Guy program.

@928dawson6

2 жыл бұрын

Can we live! Geesh!

Amazing. So educational

Neat… thanks for the info!

...and when chivalry is killed by women and men freely let loose their fury with no holding back, men will wipe them out. This is one of the FACTS of this story.

@Carlton_Wilson

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Ultimately, they were women. The mythology aside, a force of men equal in number would have been too much for them.

@bloodybones63

2 жыл бұрын

@@Carlton_Wilson Why, why, you, you, nonparticipant in the false narrative of the left, PC, sjw, crowd. How dare you speak truth! You (insert negative misnomer here)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍💯🔥 great job THG!

Sorry, I can't hear "Dahomey" and not think of "Homey the Clown". Yes, I am both old and childish.

@Zebred2001

2 жыл бұрын

Dahomey Don't Play Dat!

@jackielinde7568

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zebred2001 I see that I'm not the only one who's old and childish. ;)

@Zebred2001

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackielinde7568 Every chance I get!

History should always be remembered good, bad and ugly.

Remembered ?? This is the first time I'm ever hearing about them

@layna-heyhey

2 жыл бұрын

and now you'll remember? better late than never anyway

@jedidiahpavlik6260

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I think that's the point of the channel

@yourhuckleberry6757

Жыл бұрын

1930s german anthropology and African history are not well known for geopolitical manipulation.

I was about to say, this reminds me of something I saw in a movie once.

Interesting stuff. Had never heard of these Amazons. Thanks.

Love to see an episode where you cover the Kosmos nuclear disaster.

Fascinating stuff. Interesting gender perspectives as well. Thanks as always for another amaing and educational history lesson

@hannahdrake628

Жыл бұрын

At

Unfortunately, it is impossible to listen to the History Guy tell Dahomey's story without cracking up everytime he talks about Da Homey.

@virginiathomasakaicedragon6579

2 жыл бұрын

IKR lol

@Augfordpdoggie

2 жыл бұрын

hahaahha because he pronounces it wrong Dah ho may

@virginiathomasakaicedragon6579

2 жыл бұрын

@@Augfordpdoggie I just giggled pretty much through the whole thing like a teenage boy

@elfpimp1

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I'm not the only one! 🤣👍

@OmarApps1

2 жыл бұрын

History guy has love for Da Homey!

I come here hearing their reputations and I am not disappointed

Thank you

More African history please! Talk about history that deserves to be remembered and is not, there is a treasure trove of history there willfully ignored by western history. Would love to hear more history like this!

@deerinheadlights100

Жыл бұрын

You need a written language, archeology etc to documeny history. There is no "wilfulness" in one culture documenting their own history and another not.

Amazing!!🙏🥰💯

See this is the history lesson I should have been learning...I would've payed much more attention😏

A movie is coming out this year about the warrior women of King Dahomey. I remember reading about them in college for my African studies class. I was so impressed and fascinated by them.

@aaronm1483

2 жыл бұрын

Just another movie to encourage and inspire more senseless random acts of violence against white people, by lying and stating the Dahomey tribe were oppressed by whites. They hunted, enslaved and sold blacks by blacks. They actually had a chance to tell the truth about history and instead they make another pile of woke garbage shit.

@msrubie11

Жыл бұрын

Ivonne Herrera It is now being boycotted. Always the missionaries came in before the ENSLAVERS followed. We are not falling for this movie. This man knew it was coming this is why he did this PROPAGANDA DOCUMENTARY! Black Americans are not falling for this B.S., it's being BOYCOTTED and will never make a profit! IT'S SICKENING!

@lookoutforchris

Жыл бұрын

The movie is pure propaganda that rewrites history.

@robertortiz-wilson1588

Жыл бұрын

What impressed you?

@antmagor

Жыл бұрын

@@lookoutforchrisNo it isn’t. The movie is a movie. Nothing more nothing less. And notice how these allegations are never made, or dismissed out right when they’re made against movies about the founding fathers that completely shy away from the fact they were involved in the slave trade. So, just to recap. Movies that shy away from the founders role in slavery are all regarded as brilliant one middle of the road. One movie, ONE MOVIE about the worlds only known all female militia (Which unlike the founder films did acknowledge the slave trade) and it’s propaganda trying to rewrite history.

Weren't they the warrior ladies that were beaten within an hour and only felled around 20 French soldiers?

@tapangasky

Жыл бұрын

^Another imbecile = Übermensch Mexa

@maxmccullough8548

Жыл бұрын

Yep

@Raximus3000

Жыл бұрын

Sounds about right. They were since their conception a mirage a balloon all hot air and no substance.

@MrSivram28

Жыл бұрын

That's not true. Propaganda

@Raximus3000

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSivram28 So, did they win?

I understand everything is relative and all nations are cruel to their populations and their neighbours but Dahomey seems a little more bloodthirsty and cruel than most. The old adage "live by the sword die by the sword" seems to really apply to Dahomey.

@franckgoudjo6611

Жыл бұрын

Dahomey did not die

@second2none914

Жыл бұрын

Have you ever read a history book? Dahomey was far from the worst. The French boiled slaves in oil and Brazil had a life expectancy so short they imported more people than the entire population of dahomey. Britain also enslaved more people than the entire dahomey population. The Viking’s was more brutal than dahomey and so were Sparta.

@idruvak

Жыл бұрын

Really? And what do you think all the European powers were doing? Sacrificing hundreds of thousands of soldiers in meaningless wars against one another and fighting peoples in all corners of the world... Imagine being one of those pointless pawns dying on the killing fields for elites who had only contempt for em. As someone whos British & African ancestors fought the dahomeans too, I asure you they werent worse than any other african or european kingdom

@cavebabybeserkers2763

Жыл бұрын

As a black American. Im extremely glad the french destroyed them. Thats wtf they get on god. Peace to that

@samuelgordino

Жыл бұрын

​@@second2none914 Were do you think all those slaves came from? No European power did any expedition far from the sea during the transatlantic slave trade.

Response to the Nigerian, true African history is very powerful. I appreciate the objective and factual account followed with newspaper clippings. However, always remember that our African Ancestors NEVER knew of the brutality and the institution of the Trans Atlantic slave trade. It was a Social Institution in American Society. I forgave Africans for selling my African ancestor into slavery, because they really didn’t know about the Trans Atlantic brutality, and how African Americans are still dealing with this in every aspect of our lives today.

just saw an image of someone holding a severed head. there is a clan house around where I stayed previously in Tema,Ghana, with very similar paintings on the wall. the clan is is called Amui Tse We, not sure if there is any distance relation but really interesting.

thanks

wow! wat a story. They are LEGEND, a true IRON MAIDEN!

They did it for "Da homie"

I Love History!

Fascinating

Love from DeKalb Mississippi USA 🇺🇸

Slavery and human sacrifice always being part of may big and prosperous civilizations across the globe throughout history, that’s why sanitized and revisionnism of history in this times is worrisome. As usual, thanks for the equanimity and informative videos.

The custom of killing wives, concubines, servants, etc. upon the death of a ruler is horrific. I suppose the stated purpose was for those who were sacrificed to serve the ruler in the afterlife. But I think it was more likely it was because there was no one to provide for them.

@blank557

Жыл бұрын

And prevent upstarts to claim rule from the new king.

@GloBoyLoLo

Жыл бұрын

Yea I always feel like that's so crazy & unfair honestly

Anyone knows how good they performed against the french bayonet charges? The casualty numbers and the french reports highlighting their tenacity and skill seem contradictory.

@eggedon6112

Жыл бұрын

A lot is contradictory and quite fanciful. The imagination of the European artists and writers seems out of touch with reality.

@user-wl1uz5sb9f

Жыл бұрын

@@eggedon6112 Do you have any sources?

@leftifornian2066

Жыл бұрын

@@user-wl1uz5sb9f they got blasted

@eggedon6112

Жыл бұрын

@@user-wl1uz5sb9f Watch the video. It discusses how the French ended the Dahomey Kingdom and the warriors.

@user-wl1uz5sb9f

Жыл бұрын

@@eggedon6112 ahh... I was looking for academic literature

I first read about the Fon in the girl with the dragon tattoo.

Vietnamese women also participate in fighting wars. My theory is the Vietnamese army was often outnumbered by our traditional enemy, the Chinese. We needed their help to overcome the disadvantage in Man power.

@grahamstrouse1165

Жыл бұрын

Any time your country is under constant pressure from enemies bent on conquest it's good to make sure everyone can fight if necessary. Vietnam is a good example. Israel is another. In Israel women & men are both required to put in service.

what is painting at 1:36

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

Жыл бұрын

The Slave Trade by François-Auguste Biard

Heard about a group of Dahomeys were seen at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

I tried to tell da homies that you said they were Amazon women and they beat me up. ...Thanks History Guy.

I do want to call you to task, I admit it's been weeks since I saw this, but I don't recall you commenting on the fact that they were a major part of the initial leg of the slave trade. If that is mistaken, please point it out to be with a rough time stamp.

I visited Sao Tome, Ghana, Benin and Senegal in 1993 during West Africa Training Cruise when I was stationed on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41. I circumnavigated South America during the same deployment. Made the Pamama Canal and Straits of Magellan transits during the UNITAS deployment.

@monp.4903

Жыл бұрын

I went backpacking in Panama and Tierra del Fuego on different trips. Don't need deployment to travel!

The Dahomey Amazon's power was mainly political. They were essentially bodyguards with bodyguards as disrespecting an "Amazon" could cost you your life. While they were indeed brave in battle, there is little evidence they were effective and served more in terms of morale than anything else.

@Raximus3000

Жыл бұрын

So, they were given authority while offering little in return?

@mecurian485

Жыл бұрын

@@Raximus3000 Oh no. They did their part, especially when it came to slavery and would take part in raids of neighboring tribes slaughtering and torturing many while dragging the young and strong away to either be sold to the Americas or to work in the royal plantations, or even worse... to be a human sacrifice The Dahomey kingdom became immensely rich on their efforts.

@Raximus3000

Жыл бұрын

@@mecurian485 Though they were destroyed by the french.

Was this video made in part for the upcoming movie or just coincidence?

One of the better historical telling of the Dahomey tribe. Unfortunately slavery still existed after it was outlawed and exist today in Africa and Middle East due to Islam.

@wa-bu3ke

Жыл бұрын

It still exists in the USA

@dwighthaas1771

Жыл бұрын

@@wa-bu3ke where, with the exception of Mexican or Middle East or Asian communities. Otherwise it is outlawed.

@wa-bu3ke

Жыл бұрын

@@dwighthaas1771 In the US. Look up World Slavery Report. US has like 30,000 slaves. And Mexico outlawed Slavery before the US, btw. US slaves would run away to Mexico..

Such a nice story of killiers

We know the evil that was brought on slaves who were captured as we look back on everything as the grand sum of matters have unfolded. But the Dahomey people were looking for immediate sustenance and were probably lied to by the traders. Regardless we know the French brought many of these slaves from Benin to Haiti and some Brazil. In fact there were 3 times as many slaves brought to Haiti as the entire North American continent and so there was something personal about that act, I think. We also know there was a Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century with the Jewish (and Arab) people as many Jews were looking for a home but extorted many Europeans in business for profit and I suspect the same happened in the trans Atlantic African slave trade as Jews were heavily involved. I think Dr Gates from Harvard or Mahmoud El Kati or any African history specialist like my dad could expound on this. But I was at the Slave Castles in Ghana and been to the birthplace of Yasantewa (a female warrior in the late 19th century) from Ghana and hearing the other side of the story is equally as captivating too. Who is to blame now is not so simple and thank you for this video. God Bless…

12:03)France's Legion of Strangers. One source stated that the Amazons all died soon after the king

We need more on African history

@TheBLACKboard65

Жыл бұрын

The Hometeam is an African history channel.

Sort of reminded me of my alternative education back in the sixties via Nat Geo, if ya know what I mean. 8-p

They should have called it dahomegirls, lol

Great information that mostly glorified a kingdom that fought viciously to keep the African Slave Trade alive-while the West African Squadron of Britain was attempting to defeat it. More ‘inconvenient truth’ some historians attempt to overshadow.

Makes you wonder how all these "talk shows" don't question the filmmakers about this? Hmmm. I don't trust most talk shows anyhow. 😥😟

I suspect these warriors were part of the inspiration of using female warriors in black panther they weren't in the credits

@mlynettepinky595

Жыл бұрын

Black Panther is based on a comic book and the warriors in Black Panther where not beheading people and taken their genitals, like Dahomey tribe did. This tribe is not the only Black or Africa tribe that had female warriors. Queen Nzinga Mbande was monarch to the Mbundu people who fought against the Portuguese and their expanding slave trade in the 17th century. Queen Amanirenas ruled the Kingdom of Kush from 40 B.C. to 10 B.C., in the Nubian region, now modern-day Sudan. When Roman emperor Augustus conquered neighboring Egypt in 30 B.C.-with plans to next invade Kush-Amanirenas launched a surprise attack on the Romans.

@leftifornian2066

Жыл бұрын

wankanda aint real

@davidnewland2461

Жыл бұрын

@@leftifornian2066 theyusrd female warriors in that work of fiction why couldn't the story of the Fon be an inspiration for those female warriors depicted on screen?

I just watched the Woman king whatever movie, it was an interesting movie i will say that much.