Slavery - Summary on a Map

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  • The history of slavery, from the Neolithic Revolution until today.
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    English translation & voiceover: Matthew Bates www.epicvoiceover.com/
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    Original French version: • L'histoire de l'esclav...
    Russian version: • Рабство - история на к...
    Arabic version: • العبودية
    Spanish version: • Historia de la esclavi...
    Portuguese version (Brazil): • História da Escravidão...
    Japanese version: • 奴隷の歴史
    Korean version: • 노예 제도 - 지도로 알아보는 노예 제도...
    German version: • Sklaverei - Zusammenfa...
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    Music: Warzone - Anno Domini Beats
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    Software: Adobe After Effects
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    Chapters
    00:00 Origins
    01:25 The slave trade
    02:50 The Muslim conquests
    04:17 The Abbasid Caliphate
    05:53 The Arab slave trade
    07:10 Portugal
    09:06 The triangular trade
    10:23 Consequences of the triangular trade
    11:31 First abolitionist movements
    13:00 Saint-Domingue
    14:22 Abolitions
    16:51 New forms of slavery
    18:48 Modern slavery
    #geohistory #slavery #history

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  • @carcarjinks1430
    @carcarjinks1430 Před rokem +5920

    you'd be surprised at how many people believe that slavery didn't exist before america

    • @stefanschleps8758
      @stefanschleps8758 Před rokem +1

      Demonetizing is demonizing. Same thing, and you are, sadly, correct. I'm fed up with the mental midgets in the world who point to the US as the source of all the worlds evil. Slavery goes further back than recorded history does. And every culture is an experiment in flux.
      All the best to you.

    • @serserrano1
      @serserrano1 Před rokem

      You’d be surprised to know how many muslims deny the Arab slave trade Africans, Europeans and Asians and to the extent they did.

    • @emkay4960
      @emkay4960 Před rokem +773

      It's convenient to them to believe that.

    • @aenima1
      @aenima1 Před rokem +506

      Just saw some muppet the other day "teaching" how USA invented it

    • @miketyson9540
      @miketyson9540 Před rokem +4

      A professor at Penn state questioned his kids every year on their Knowledge of slavery for an american history course. He found that SEVENTY SIX percent of incoming 2018 students believed ONLY white people and america had slaves. Its done by design. You cant genocide a people without demonizing them first.

  • @lazy7566
    @lazy7566 Před rokem +4452

    It’s very rare to see someone talk about slavery like this. A totally unbiased perspective with facts rather than opinions makes this so enjoyable to watch. I just learned 10 times more about the horror of slave trade than I did throughout the entirety of the education system.

    • @ricolsport97
      @ricolsport97 Před rokem +52

      Agreed this video was so in depth I’m fascinated. I learn more here than a year in history class

    • @degustablegerbil
      @degustablegerbil Před rokem +215

      There is no such thing as an unbiased perspective. The information included and/or left out undoubtedly affects the conclusions someone would walk away from this video with. Even if when you are talking about facts, those facts are rarely completely subjective in history and thus you cannot be entirely objective. Apart from that, the video also makes historical claims of its own. Not making any judgements on the video, but just because it gives a narrative of Atlantic slavery different from the brief overview presented in schools doesn’t make it unbiased! Be a good consumer of historical knowledge!

    • @degustablegerbil
      @degustablegerbil Před rokem +47

      @@latenightcake1147 if you watched this whole video you probably care about history. Everything I said will make you a better consumer of history. Chill out dude!

    • @Diego-nb7ly
      @Diego-nb7ly Před rokem +5

      @@degustablegerbil XD

    • @austintomlinson7863
      @austintomlinson7863 Před rokem +68

      Just to provide some examples of what @DegustableGerbil is getting at:
      Including 1:15 seemed pretty aggro against Abrahamic Religions there. Trying to disprove the book of Exodus is probably not something you leave as, effectively, a footnote on the end of a section.
      EDIT: I keep receiving replies about only this example I would like to attempt to settle some themes I'm seeing in them. Feel free to skip this edit if you don't have any problems with what I said.
      a. First off, I'm not in any way actually upset that they included this information. I was simply saying that potentially some Islamic, Christian, or Jewish viewers (of which I am none of the above) might find its inclusion unsavory.
      b. I was also not, at all, talking about the trueness of the section. I was only talking about the benefits and drawbacks of its inclusion.
      c. The point of this statement was to demonstrate bias. I think we can all agree that it would be understandable to infer that people with the power of deciding what does and doesn't go into this video likely doesn't belong to any of the religious mentioned in my earlier point. This example was to show bias in that the inclusion of this information is variable on their background.
      His numbers for modern slavery (20:15) seemed a *little* bloated (I mean, arranged marriages do suck --> a lot

  • @RobinDunbar-gj5ly
    @RobinDunbar-gj5ly Před rokem +140

    This is probably the best informed summary of slavery I have ever read or listened to. A properly global perspective, and very succinctly done.

    • @mjones4083
      @mjones4083 Před 5 měsíci

      I agree .

    • @AdelaeR
      @AdelaeR Před 2 měsíci +8

      Then again: this is only an account of a small portion of slavery. Humans could have had slaves hundreds of thousands of years ago. We don't know that. The video also leaves out many parts of the world, like slavery in ancient China.

    • @milo8425
      @milo8425 Před měsícem +1

      It misses a LOT and is still absurdly focused on Europe.

    • @SomeGuy-lw2po
      @SomeGuy-lw2po Před měsícem

      ​@milo8425 credit deserved though. Just the slavery covered in this video is a huge subject and would have required a huge amount of historical research

    • @user-cr1bs4lm9j
      @user-cr1bs4lm9j Před měsícem

      @@milo8425wish we could turn back time … to the good old days

  • @wherezdz9278
    @wherezdz9278 Před 11 měsíci +118

    Not to downplay American slavery at all, or slavery in general, but this just goes to show that slavery occurred almost everywhere in the world, and is still going on today. Yet I see so many people acting as if the American slave trade was some type of uniquely vile thing. Just opens up your perspective a little, which is always a good thing.

    • @punklover99
      @punklover99 Před 11 měsíci

      Because idiots want an excuse

    • @petercross3984
      @petercross3984 Před 9 měsíci +27

      A certain group of people like to think they were the only slaves and the world owes them an apology

    • @sparks1792
      @sparks1792 Před 8 měsíci +15

      This is so weird. Nobody is downplaying anyone’s slavery.Just because a group is outspoken that doesn’t mean they disregard others.What is with this weird obsession of getting Black Americans to ignore slavery. If others don’t feel the need that’s ok but why should another group be silent. If the Irish wanted to talk about what Britain did them everyday I wouldn’t mind.Same for Haiti,Yemen, and anyone else. Imagine being upset because people stand for something. I love my country but I won’t ignore it’s history.

    • @JakeFromKushFarm
      @JakeFromKushFarm Před 7 měsíci +6

      As a haitian american.. i wont forget what my ancestors went through.. and what my people still fo through… and how dare you gaslight both current slaves and descendants of slaves with this comment.. as if current slavery or black slaves are in compétition with each other. No, we just wont forget when ppl (very unique and vile) plotted to make blacks slaves because they saw we had abundant healthy population that didnt die off when coming into contact with white devils, and were strong and could endure hard labor .. then after abolition of this slavery from various places, confusing ppl of where they come from , enslaving natives and indegenous too and killing them off, classifying the rest as negro… then have the nerve to segregate these disenfranchised ppl from equality and legally being able to kidnap rape murder and jail these ppl well into the 21st century… but we trippin when we call it out… just hold the L.. cause you brought this up.. trying to continue this « just forget it happen « rhetoric and agenda… you need to watch this video again and take note what he says toward the end of his lecture on the end of slavery in haiti and the u.s. And the lasting effects of it on generations afterwards

    • @scottmad8563
      @scottmad8563 Před 7 měsíci +6

      ​​@@JakeFromKushFarmbet you believe all white people are to blame as well when many white people moved here long afterwards it was ended. Like my ancestors are polish and were slaves in Russia till they finally fled to the US

  • @robertellis8670
    @robertellis8670 Před rokem +4035

    Thank you for covering modern slavery. It’s an absolute tragedy people will deny it and demonize slavery as something just one country did, and refuse to acknowledge that it continues to this day.

    • @GabagoolEnjoyer863
      @GabagoolEnjoyer863 Před rokem +110

      No one does this.

    • @thatsaboat2882
      @thatsaboat2882 Před rokem +196

      @@GabagoolEnjoyer863 some people do although rarely

    • @vetabeta9890
      @vetabeta9890 Před rokem +87

      the difference is the atlantic slave trade was heavily commercialized, more brutal and that form of chattel slavery's brutality and dehumanization wasn't seen in anywhere else prior

    • @vvv5892
      @vvv5892 Před rokem +245

      @@GabagoolEnjoyer863 iv seen many do this, and when you mention africas slavery today they go silent

    • @silcodon
      @silcodon Před rokem +241

      @@vetabeta9890 That's because there are almost no records of prior times of slavery because the enlightnment era did not come to that time, nor paper or printing machines, so you can't really be totally confident on that statement, unless you only trust the bible and see how slaves were as badly treated in egypt in BC times

  • @darrylh547
    @darrylh547 Před rokem +1032

    This should be taught in grade school, too many people are not aware of the real history of slavery. Brief but accurate and to the point.

    • @r.o.c_3
      @r.o.c_3 Před rokem +29

      also, should be taught that Juws were involved every step of the way

    • @kentuckyfriededgar
      @kentuckyfriededgar Před rokem

      @@r.o.c_3 juws?

    • @CestuiQueTrustBeneficiary-KING
      @CestuiQueTrustBeneficiary-KING Před rokem

      Search Definition For These Words Pledge, Chattel, Allegiance, Flag, It Means Bond Servant, As A Slave, Under A Monarchy, With A Mark.

    • @jasoncarper4531
      @jasoncarper4531 Před rokem

      So you think in elementary school it should be taught?

    • @CestuiQueTrustBeneficiary-KING
      @CestuiQueTrustBeneficiary-KING Před rokem +1

      @@jasoncarper4531 Webster's Dictionary Pledge, Chattel... Look Allegiance, Flag

  • @diannegooding8733
    @diannegooding8733 Před rokem +29

    Best synopsis of slavery and its prohibition that I have ever seen ! In such a short piece there were omissions and mistakes but it was still the best and should be made obligatory viewing for all. Thanks.

  • @spinach4892
    @spinach4892 Před měsícem +13

    Focused way too much on the european slave trade neglecting other slave trades, though still a gem of a video

    • @FrVitoBe
      @FrVitoBe Před 8 dny

      true feels like it was all eu for all those years an other places nothing happend which clearly didnt

    • @jboi6398
      @jboi6398 Před 6 dny

      People love to blame whites for everything when in reality we advanced the world beyond mud huts and cannibalism.

  • @Klonduke
    @Klonduke Před rokem +1101

    I'm glad someone is pointing out modern slavery during one of these videos. The cold fact of there being more slaves than ever before is lost as we "abolished" slavery across the world. Even though something is illegal and frowned upon, doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Thank you for being brave enough to point this fact out, as we believe we are more civilized than we actually are as a species. Slavery will never end, we can only hope to limit it as much as possible.

    • @AK-hi7mg
      @AK-hi7mg Před rokem

      Only white people abolished slavery. And see how the puplic opinion thanks us for that

    • @sandeegrey5977
      @sandeegrey5977 Před rokem +11

      Thank you! Some people think that because this is the modern world we are a bunch of saints...

    • @thefool1086
      @thefool1086 Před rokem +14

      @@sandeegrey5977 or that we aren't violent animals simply because we can buy food at the grocery store

    • @DimesAndNichols
      @DimesAndNichols Před rokem +56

      While there are more slaves now as an absolute number (which is still terrible), it is also important to note that the global population is dramatically higher. The percentage of people in forced labor/bondage is still low relative to most of human history.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast Před rokem +30

      There are more slaves because there are FAR more people in the world. As a percentage of the world's population, the number of slaves is much lower than in past centuries.

  • @commonomics
    @commonomics Před rokem +386

    What this tells me is that almost every major civilization practiced slavery

    • @donalain69
      @donalain69 Před rokem +62

      what it tells me is that people in the US are trying to make themself look less guilty for their crimes by pointing at others. regarding slavery their past happens to be way worse then of all other modern nations combined, but that video just ignores that

    • @harrybaals2549
      @harrybaals2549 Před rokem

      @@donalain69 after everyone made themselves look less guilty by pointing at the US. hypocrites

    • @larsrademakers6070
      @larsrademakers6070 Před rokem +203

      @@donalain69 i think you would have a hard time proving the usa was that much worse then what then was the "status quo"

    • @larsrademakers6070
      @larsrademakers6070 Před rokem +5

      @@TobiasRieperGood that was the price of abolishing conventional slavery, cant have a society when the basic jobs arent fulfilled

    • @Wimpymind
      @Wimpymind Před rokem +181

      @@donalain69 thats nonsense. If anything the video downplays the severity of the arab/north african trade, as well as the scale. They also leave out that it was mostly jewish traders organizing the atlantic trade, and africans doing the capturing of their own.

  • @thinkingahead6750
    @thinkingahead6750 Před rokem +18

    A good introduction, well done, I kept thinking you should have added this or that important element. It is such a complicated history and not at all as portrayed by many.

  • @wonderwiseS2
    @wonderwiseS2 Před 9 měsíci +11

    So rare to find a video that actually portraits reality without a political agenda, thank you Geo History. We still have letters conserved to this between the King of Kongo and Portugal, stating a good relationship between them and his son went to study in Portugal and became a Bishop. Yet some people, mostly Americans, say that the white European started slavery in Africa. We did not start it, we started business with African slavers.

  • @ShubhamMishrabro
    @ShubhamMishrabro Před rokem +793

    You briefly mentioned berber slave trade but a description of barbary wars would have been great too.

    • @faysalals1
      @faysalals1 Před rokem +30

      this is not about barbar slavery, its about history of slavery as a whole

    • @jakubpociecha8819
      @jakubpociecha8819 Před rokem +56

      Yeah, they even raided Iceland once

    • @TheLoki7281
      @TheLoki7281 Před rokem +92

      @@faysalals1 then india, china and russia are missing as well as most of the european slave trade. also, the slavery in (native) america is missing. they attempt to be quite neutral, i give them that. but the strong focus on europa, be it in the antike or in more modern times, does create the illusion that slavery mainly happened in european controlled areas when in reality, it was everywhere.

    • @xenotypos
      @xenotypos Před rokem +10

      @@ShubhamMishrabro I agree that it should have been briefly mentioned, but remember that most of the trade stopped before the US intervened, so the impact is shared really. And even if after that the slave trade will be ridiculously small, it's only after France invaded Algeria that it was entirely stopped.

    • @faysalals1
      @faysalals1 Před rokem

      @@TheLoki7281 Not true, they did mention it in detail, watch the video again

  • @deonallen923
    @deonallen923 Před rokem +474

    Thank you so much for this. I teach Middle School American History and this video is an absolute blessing for covering the background of slavery outside of our borders.

    • @Rob-iy2rt
      @Rob-iy2rt Před rokem +2

      Hope you teach real history and not the revisionist history of the radical left.

    • @RhondaSanchez.
      @RhondaSanchez. Před rokem +9

      Something You don't teach I'm sure

    • @Essamelafifi
      @Essamelafifi Před 11 měsíci

      (Not accurate) It is well documented in the Quran 1400 years ago that Muslims are FORBIDDEN to buy ANY slave regardless of religion or ethnic background.

    • @GhostSal
      @GhostSal Před 11 měsíci +17

      If you teach, teach that it happened all over the globe and throughout history. In other words, point out what this video left out.
      Let’s clear up some things about słavery, yes the post is long but for this subject it’s short. Słavery across the globe and throughout time wasn’t because someone had a certain skín color and if those people weren’t there słavery wouldn’t exist.
      Many people seemingly only want to díscuss North America or put more an emphasis on it saying it was far worse than anywhere else. So let’s clear up some things. we often hear people say 400 years but actually Błack people didn’t become the majority of słaves in Notth America till the mid 1700s. Which lasted until 1865, just over 100 years. Still horrific, still clearly an injustice and críme against humanity but certainly not an isolated event. Before that the majority of słaves in Ameríca were the índigenous tríbes/First Nations people. In fact 400 years really doesn’t even scratch the surface, słavery existed for tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands. Słaves and índentured servànts were used for labor and/or s3x.
      Here is the thing about mísconceptions regarding índentured servantš, índentured servànts weren’t always treated better, nor did they always agree to be índentured servànts (that’s right there were iídentured servànts that were forced into servítude, just like słaves). Sometimes they would sell the contract of the índentured servànt to someone else without their consent, thereby extending the contract (so 20 years could become 40). Another thing they would do is førce the wømen to get pregnant, which would also extend their contracts and keep them pregnant till old age (by then owing more years, than they had years of life left and I’ll let you figure out how they førced them to get pregnant). Also, not only were their wíves rap3d but at times their chíldren taken and sold.
      How about słavery, so many people make arguments it was only horrifíc in Ameríca and that it wasn’t that bad here or there but is that true? Słavery as already mentioned existed for thousands and thousands of years, all across the globe. Chattel słavery did in fact also exist in Afríca and it wasn’t a kinder gentler form of słavery; unless you consider mass human sacrifíce and canníbalísm kinder and gentler. Słavery existed in Afríca well before Eurøpeans showed up and Afrícan rulers fought the Eurøpeans in order to keep it going. In the Middle East the słave market was huge, the słaves brought in were often castràted (so no, that wasn’t a kinder gentler form either). Słavery existed in Asia and Asía is still infamous for having sweatshops. The Vikíngs often raided Eurøpe and took słaves back with them. The wømen they took served the Viking men, both work and s3x. When the słave øwner díed, the wøman he had as a słave would often be gàng ràpéd by the men in the village and kīlled to serve the owner in the afterlife. Ancient Romans brutałły ensłaved other Europeans and people around the Mediterranean. In the Amerícas the Natíves enslaved others Natíves and also had human sacrifíce. The point is słavery was and is horrifíc, all over the world it’s horrifíc and has been for a very very long time (that’s not minimizing it for one group to say that, in fact it’s minimizing everywhere else to not recognize it was horrific all over).
      How about chattel slavery? Here is the thing, you can’t ensłave descendànts if there aren’t any. The Barbary słaves often had a much shorter lífe span and had no hope of procreatíon. Many díed chaíned in the ínterior of the ship sitting in their own excrèment covered in open wøunds or díed chaíned to a sínking ship that lost a battle. There was no fèmale companíonship, no livíng to an old age, no sunshíne, no høpe … Just the incredibly harsh realitíes of the shíp for the rest of their short míserable líves. In the Middle East the vast majoríty of słaves were castratèd and agian never had the opportuníty to reprøduce. Many of which didn’t even survíve being castrated. Does anyone really think that’s any “better”? Also, this idea many people have that chíldren of słaves were born free across the globe or słaves weren’t sold as property (except in Ameríca) is absurd.
      When people say that in North Ameríca it was wørse or Eurøpeans have the most to be błamed for (which is said a lot lately), that isn’t intellectually honest and is blatantly ígnoring the atrocitíes commítted around the globe. When people blame only group over everyone else, it is in fact minimizing the atrocitíes everywhere else, and those people are doing precisely what they blame others for doing (i.e., “minimizíng” the atrocitíes of słavery around the world).

    • @mjh5437
      @mjh5437 Před 10 měsíci +7

      If you`re a History teacher I would have thought you would know all this already?...Shows how useless schools are nowadays.

  • @ibarny2588
    @ibarny2588 Před 5 měsíci +31

    As a black American, this video helped me escape the matrix and stop being so touchy about this topic. Popular culture makes it seem like our people are the ones ones that had to go through it, when that's not true at all. I am now much less vulnerable to the antics of the left when it comes to things like this, thank you.

    • @drowningpooralice5505
      @drowningpooralice5505 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Good man, yourself.

    • @thisaintart
      @thisaintart Před 4 měsíci +1

      Props!

    • @blazer9547
      @blazer9547 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Much respect

    • @Nekudza
      @Nekudza Před 23 dny

      In fact english word "slave" actually comes from Slav - eastern european pagan people who were often enslaved by both christians from Europe and Muslims from Asia 1000+ years ago

    • @oluwafisayoadekoya1042
      @oluwafisayoadekoya1042 Před 20 dny

      You’re right we don’t have to remain victims. The key point I will make is there is that the color of your skin makes you identifiable. Whereas other ppl can easily assimilate and don’t have a stigma. Look up black ppl in India Iraq, and other Arab countries. They are still very much treated like slaves. Can you go to Norway and pick out a former Irish slave? How would Jim Crow be enforced without easy identification. Even Jewish ppl had to carry passes to be identified and many escaped the holocaust by just changing their names. If the holocaust was again black ppl, how many of your family members would escape?
      I agree we should be victims but there are some differences I could elaborate on that weren’t in this video. In other worlds the Irish, Italians, Jewish and Germans can somewhat assimilate literally unrecognizable in a general once their accents changed.

  • @Tom-pr3yh
    @Tom-pr3yh Před 9 měsíci +98

    There is a dangerously fine line between imagined history and actual history. Unfortunately, the former is becoming so entrenched in the UK these days that it’s creating a highly politicised narrative of self hate - and slavery is at its core. Thank you for addressing the issue in an open, neutral and big picture context. Highly valuable.

    • @miguelnascimento2847
      @miguelnascimento2847 Před 9 měsíci +16

      If anything people should be proud of their ancestors that decided to end it. Unfortunately slavery was always the norm

    • @rixille
      @rixille Před 9 měsíci +25

      "Hey you commoner a part of the middle or lower class.. Slavery! Yea.. Feel bad even though "your" empire was dominated by a clique of rich and powerful people who did all of that with or without your consent or that of your ancestors. Give me money!"

    • @jamesroseblad
      @jamesroseblad Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@rixillelmao

    • @lks11
      @lks11 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@maxtest they abolished it due to it competing with the proletariat that worked factories/artisans that provided goods/services that slaves undermined.

    • @eaglewarrior8707
      @eaglewarrior8707 Před 8 měsíci

      I argue that slavery used for profit or nefarious means is inhumane. While slavery can be a charitable. While slavery has it's ugly side. You cannot just give handouts to people in need. Or everyone in need. Owning a slave is not exactly cheap either. But humans are not the only ones that practice slavery. But we can have a more refined version of it.@@maxtest

  • @sherylannnarvasa6922
    @sherylannnarvasa6922 Před rokem +588

    It would have been helpful if pre-Columbian slavery in the Americas was addressed, as well as sub-Saharan African slavery, which existed before the Arab slave traders arrived in that region of the world. Also, a look into slavery in East and Southeast Asia from the last few thousands years would also help to show the ubiquitous nature of slavery.

    • @AfricanMaverick
      @AfricanMaverick Před rokem

      sub-Alp Europeans created 2 world wars causing the world destruction

    • @miketyson9540
      @miketyson9540 Před rokem +154

      That would mean implying that blacks and natives had slaves which is NOT allowed. They are two of the most protected classes of people in the world.

    • @GoodBoi1503
      @GoodBoi1503 Před rokem +33

      The video did mention that the trade routes already existed before the Arabs arrived.

    • @CHMichael
      @CHMichael Před rokem +9

      It's not about slavery but the global trade of it. Took me a second to adjust my expectations too.

    • @NickMachado
      @NickMachado Před rokem +24

      For some reason, they only include slaves that were used for work and not the ones used for ritualistic sacrifice.

  • @richrumble
    @richrumble Před rokem +408

    Seriously, I appreciate the accuracy of the video. The attention to detail is very good. For instance, the map is updated to reflect Louis XIV's expansion into the Low Countries; Avignon is shown as a papal enclave in pre-Revolutionary France; the British Union of 1707 is shown; the Mosquito Coast settlements are represented, etc.

    • @Yataro79
      @Yataro79 Před rokem +3

      That impressed me very much, too.

    • @MrYort13
      @MrYort13 Před rokem +1

      It made way to many mistakes and falsehoods. Louisiana was bought by USA 15 million.

    • @MegaMaxiepad
      @MegaMaxiepad Před rokem +4

      I noticed that too. Rarely does one see that degree of accuracy in a youtube video.

    • @ReachingHigher001
      @ReachingHigher001 Před rokem +2

      Excellent.

    • @joostprins3381
      @joostprins3381 Před rokem +5

      It totally misses the Asian and South American and African internal slavery.

  • @LibertarianGal
    @LibertarianGal Před 9 měsíci +7

    Great video. I usually check out on videos like this, but it held my attention for the entire time.

  • @mertceylan9099
    @mertceylan9099 Před 2 měsíci +10

    incredible accuracy, details and visuals. thank you!

  • @Willcaballero
    @Willcaballero Před rokem +282

    Man... I was feeling so confident for humanity as major countries started to outlaw slavery one-by-one, only to have the video end with by mentioning that there are now more slaves on earth than at any previous moment. Really puts things in perspective. Humanity can be so incredibly cruel.

    • @PetroBeherha
      @PetroBeherha Před rokem

      By absolute numbers, yes. Percentage-wise, it's less than 1% of the global population. Either way, it remains an abomination and a stain on the human spirit that needs to be wiped as soon as possible.

    • @j.p.vanbolhuis8678
      @j.p.vanbolhuis8678 Před rokem +41

      At the same time, do realise that without all these actions the number of slaves in the world would easily surpass 1 billion, possibly going so high as 3 billion.
      For example in Imperial rome, 30-50% of the inhabitants of italy were slaves.

    • @gengis737
      @gengis737 Před rokem +47

      The absolute number is at a peak, because the world population increased 8 times. But the proportion of slaves in the world population as dived, even if we still have progress to do.

    • @beastminer147
      @beastminer147 Před rokem +43

      You don't understand how empty the Earth used to be. Only reached 1 billion in 1804, 2 billion in 1927, and 3 billion in the 60's.

    • @yaelz6043
      @yaelz6043 Před rokem +3

      The western major nations you mentioned have been responsible for like 90% of all slavery in the past 500 years. Humanity is mostly fine, it's your ability to do something bad and blame the humans you do it to that's the problem.

  • @santigamerprogamer6493
    @santigamerprogamer6493 Před rokem +261

    I love how you made the frontiers change while the years pass. Those frontier changes were so pleasant to see!

    • @seang3019
      @seang3019 Před rokem +17

      As an unapologetic map nerd, I concur.

    • @VIRGONOMICS
      @VIRGONOMICS Před rokem +5

      I was paying attention to the ships making their ( feeding ) patterns, like Carnivorous Bugs devouring lives.

    • @Uahmedtahaalnady
      @Uahmedtahaalnady Před rokem

      in gulf state .. there's a disguised law for slavery called the sponsorship (Kafala) laws ... they offer several legalized slaves to every rich man (Kafeel=sponsor) .. he could do whatever he want to them even making them work again for others & get what they gain ... with the least & worst living & working conditions (they literally buying glucose powder to survive rather than eating food)

    • @willemvanvliet3493
      @willemvanvliet3493 Před rokem

      When ''Suriname,, is done,..with the Netherlands,..with complaining,..about slavery and waiting for an apology,..speech ect ect,..
      and BEGGING money.,..costs NL billions and,...150 years ago they ALSO GO ALONG..???????????????????? AT,.........these countries ?????
      or will they be kicked out
      England,..France,..Portugal,..and Spain and USA ????
      lazy people that Aruba Bonaire .Curasou ISLANDS
      PROFITERS thieves mess there.........@@seang3019

    • @sch10tzsky
      @sch10tzsky Před rokem +1

      I noticed that the Louisiana Purchase was omitted - this video says it was Spanish territory in the early 1800's.

  • @harambe9461
    @harambe9461 Před 10 měsíci +12

    This needs to be educated more in school. Such an important topic in human history.

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yes Hammurabi a Mesopotamian king started slavery

    • @estrafalario5612
      @estrafalario5612 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@daviroza4700he didn't started it. His code is the first preserved to our knowledge and that's the reason it is the first to have laws on slavery, because we don't have previous written laws.
      But archeology shows that most probably there were slaves before, as soon as there was the possibility of using slaves to create "surplus".
      For the hunter gatherers it doesn't make sense to have another mouth to feed

  • @priztucker
    @priztucker Před 6 měsíci +11

    Imagine watching this for 20+ minutes only to find that slavery is bigger than ever before.

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Před 6 měsíci +1

      It's false though

    • @Liam-2345
      @Liam-2345 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@curtisthomas2670Explain? 🙄 it’s so easy to just say it’s false…..

    • @Yanxve
      @Yanxve Před 2 měsíci

      @@Liam-2345 There are two ways to define the "size" of slavery. That would be "amount of people enslaved" and "institutional incentive and acceptance of slavery worldwide". The video uses the first definition, whilst @curtisthomas2670 uses the second definition.

    • @KToll5784
      @KToll5784 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Yanxvein other words, literal truth versus figurative interpretation.
      Nobody cares about fruitless navel-gazing. By the numbers, slavery is more widespread.

    • @Yanxve
      @Yanxve Před 2 měsíci

      @@KToll5784 I'm factually explaining the interpretations given by other people here, not taking sides. Also, the measurement of the size of slavery can be done in different methodologies, and thus, there is no "literal truth versus figurative interpretation."

  • @Horizon3165
    @Horizon3165 Před rokem +142

    And you would think “slavery” only ends in the history books!!!!!
    Thank you for such an informative documentary.

    • @wolfgangkranek376
      @wolfgangkranek376 Před rokem +2

      Mauritania made slavery a criminal offense as late as 2007.
      Before that it was just prohibited by law without any consequence.

    • @aishasamsam
      @aishasamsam Před rokem

      Horn of Africa as well they used to trade slaves from south east Africa

    • @singlechickprepping5013
      @singlechickprepping5013 Před 4 měsíci

      Doesnt end even today between arabs and china, they still keep slavery o going

    • @lonewolfe5960
      @lonewolfe5960 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I mean the sex slave trade exists in America... But since you can't talk about the southern border without being labeled racist... We don't bring any attention to it

  • @kjron1548
    @kjron1548 Před rokem +177

    The slavs suffered worse slavery historic events then what was depicted in this break down but still A+. I learned more in 10 mins then I did in my entire life in school about this topic.

    • @agitatorjr
      @agitatorjr Před rokem +49

      They were so often enslaved that the word Slav came to be synonymous with the practice. That's the origin of the modern word slave.

    • @alansharp307
      @alansharp307 Před rokem +17

      The term slave is derived from the Slavic people

    • @GhostSal
      @GhostSal Před 11 měsíci +19

      Let’s clear up some things about słavery, yes the post is long but for this subject it’s short. Słavery across the globe and throughout time wasn’t because someone had a certain skín color and if those people weren’t there słavery wouldn’t exist.
      Many people seemingly only want to díscuss North America or put more an emphasis on it saying it was far worse than anywhere else. So let’s clear up some things. we often hear people say 400 years but actually Błack people didn’t become the majority of słaves in Notth America till the mid 1700s. Which lasted until 1865, just over 100 years. Still horrific, still clearly an injustice and críme against humanity but certainly not an isolated event. Before that the majority of słaves in Ameríca were the índigenous tríbes/First Nations people. In fact 400 years really doesn’t even scratch the surface, słavery existed for tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands. Słaves and índentured servànts were used for labor and/or s3x.
      Here is the thing about mísconceptions regarding índentured servantš, índentured servànts weren’t always treated better, nor did they always agree to be índentured servànts (that’s right there were iídentured servànts that were forced into servítude, just like słaves). Sometimes they would sell the contract of the índentured servànt to someone else without their consent, thereby extending the contract (so 20 years could become 40). Another thing they would do is førce the wømen to get pregnant, which would also extend their contracts and keep them pregnant till old age (by then owing more years, than they had years of life left and I’ll let you figure out how they førced them to get pregnant). Also, not only were their wíves rap3d but at times their chíldren taken and sold.
      How about słavery, so many people make arguments it was only horrifíc in Ameríca and that it wasn’t that bad here or there but is that true? Słavery as already mentioned existed for thousands and thousands of years, all across the globe. Chattel słavery did in fact also exist in Afríca and it wasn’t a kinder gentler form of słavery; unless you consider mass human sacrifíce and canníbalísm kinder and gentler. Słavery existed in Afríca well before Eurøpeans showed up and Afrícan rulers fought the Eurøpeans in order to keep it going. In the Middle East the słave market was huge, the słaves brought in were often castràted (so no, that wasn’t a kinder gentler form either). Słavery existed in Asia and Asía is still infamous for having sweatshops. The Vikíngs often raided Eurøpe and took słaves back with them. The wømen they took served the Viking men, both work and s3x. When the słave øwner díed, the wøman he had as a słave would often be gàng ràpéd by the men in the village and kīlled to serve the owner in the afterlife. Ancient Romans brutałły ensłaved other Europeans and people around the Mediterranean. In the Amerícas the Natíves enslaved others Natíves and also had human sacrifíce. The point is słavery was and is horrifíc, all over the world it’s horrifíc and has been for a very very long time (that’s not minimizing it for one group to say that, in fact it’s minimizing everywhere else to not recognize it was horrific all over).
      How about chattel slavery? Here is the thing, you can’t ensłave descendànts if there aren’t any. The Barbary słaves often had a much shorter lífe span and had no hope of procreatíon. Many díed chaíned in the ínterior of the ship sitting in their own excrèment covered in open wøunds or díed chaíned to a sínking ship that lost a battle. There was no fèmale companíonship, no livíng to an old age, no sunshíne, no høpe … Just the incredibly harsh realitíes of the shíp for the rest of their short míserable líves. In the Middle East the vast majoríty of słaves were castratèd and agian never had the opportuníty to reprøduce. Many of which didn’t even survíve being castrated. Does anyone really think that’s any “better”? Also, this idea many people have that chíldren of słaves were born free across the globe or słaves weren’t sold as property (except in Ameríca) is absurd.
      When people say that in North Ameríca it was wørse or Eurøpeans have the most to be błamed for (which is said a lot lately), that isn’t intellectually honest and is blatantly ígnoring the atrocitíes commítted around the globe. When people blame only group over everyone else, it is in fact minimizing the atrocitíes everywhere else, and those people are doing precisely what they blame others for doing (i.e., “minimizíng” the atrocitíes of słavery around the world).

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA Před 9 měsíci

      Specifically, early on Christians didn't enslave other Christians so pagan Slavs and Balts were fair game.... Until they baptized. Later, kripatstvo was effectively a chattel slavery. You literally couldn't change the master and your kids would be enslaved for generations.
      They traded "souls" in russian empire. Hence Gogol's "Dead Souls" about money laundering on slaves existing only on paper.
      Most famous Ukrainian poet, Tara's Shevchenko, was born a slave and later became a freeman because he was literally bought by patrons who liked his paintings.
      Cossack meant a free person, a lot of them were runaway slaves. Soviet collectivisation and persecution
      effectively re-enslaved people into kolkhozes, even before Gulag system. You had no passport or rights, my grandma was property of the state... in 50s. She just died this year in Ukraine.

    • @stavrosk.2868
      @stavrosk.2868 Před 9 měsíci

      Read some books.

  • @alexrobbins4566
    @alexrobbins4566 Před rokem +9

    This had me thinking about the different types of labor that slaver were subjected to and how it affects the populations today, and how we observe slavery different. For example most of America thinks of slavery as "picking cotton/farming", but it was very different all around the world.

  • @freethesheepn7400
    @freethesheepn7400 Před 2 měsíci +4

    “No archeological evidence of an exodus of Hebrews from Egypt.” That is very much not the case. I recommend Inspiringphilosophys content on this topic.

    • @stevenshoemaker8326
      @stevenshoemaker8326 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Is he a Jewish creator? That small hat tribe lies too much to be believed

  • @asteroidfox3390
    @asteroidfox3390 Před rokem +129

    As a Nubian from Northern Sudan, thanks for pointing out the baqt conditions, failure to meet the required number of slaves is what brought down Makuria.

    • @mugikuyu9403
      @mugikuyu9403 Před rokem +21

      Are you a Muslim? And how do you feel about the arabisation/Islamisation of your country?

    • @EyeSeeThruYou
      @EyeSeeThruYou Před rokem +1

      I was curious about how the people who would be sent as slaves were obtained/selected?

    • @donnie27brasco
      @donnie27brasco Před rokem +33

      ​@@mugikuyu9403
      (Are you a Muslim? And how do you feel about the arabisation/Islamisation of your country?)
      Northern Sudan is a natural mix between Arab immigrants and the natives, for centuries, besides, with the "Arabisation", they learned the Lingua Franca of the old world, and with "Islamisation", they saved themselves from moral degradation, human sacrifices, tribal class categorizaton, and even from slavery by their own people, not to mention that they (unlike other Africans) always get easy profitable jobs in other Arab countries, because they know the language, the culture, and because Arabs see each one of them and treats them like one of their own.
      Look how NON Arabised, NON Islamised Southern Sudan are living now, despite their huge natural resources.. oh, by the way, how do you feel about the ENGLIZINATION and Christianization of Southern Sudan?
      Why English is THE Official country language there?, are there large English immigrants-settlements there?, and what happened to the original authentic African tribal religious believes there?
      And, how you feel about the Black slaves being enslaved by BLACK EMPERORS, KINGS, PRINCES, and then sold to Arabs, Berber, Europeans, and even the other Black empires for centuries?.
      Also, how you feel about the imperialistic Ethiopian invasion and colonization of the South Western Arabia, murdering countless number of people, and stealing recourse, for centuries?.

    • @user-cq7ec7zf3g
      @user-cq7ec7zf3g Před rokem +2

      @@donnie27brasco
      Couldn't say it better

    • @Uahmedtahaalnady
      @Uahmedtahaalnady Před rokem

      in gulf state .. there's a disguised law for slavery called the sponsorship (Kafala) laws ... they offer several legalized slaves to every rich man (Kafeel=sponsor) .. he could do whatever he want to them even making them work again for others & get what they gain ... with the least & worst living & working conditions (they literally buying glucose powder to survive rather than eating food)

  • @twotrucks5263
    @twotrucks5263 Před rokem +111

    It should be mentioned that the Mamluks did also secure a lot of their mamluks from Central Asia. The ruling classes were either Turkic (Bahri) or Circassian (Burji) depending on the era

    • @Uahmedtahaalnady
      @Uahmedtahaalnady Před rokem +1

      in gulf state .. there's a disguised law for slavery called the sponsorship (Kafala) laws ... they offer several legalized slaves to every rich man (Kafeel=sponsor) .. he could do whatever he want to them even making them work again for others & get what they gain ... with the least & worst living & working conditions (they literally buying glucose powder to survive rather than eating food)

  • @richardmills6669
    @richardmills6669 Před rokem +18

    Great video. Could have used more on the North American and South American native slave systems. They weren’t mentioned at all yet, specifically the Haida and Aztecs

  • @0giwan
    @0giwan Před 2 měsíci +7

    The only omission I see is that there is no mention of the efforts of the American and Royal Navy squadrons to interdict the slave trade.

  • @ignacio1171
    @ignacio1171 Před rokem +369

    Would have been nice to learn about the slave trade of the far east as well. Interesting and informative video!

    • @amitmeena2961
      @amitmeena2961 Před rokem +7

      If he had info on it I'm sure he would have added it

    • @mazachek
      @mazachek Před rokem +2

      Second this

    • @yaelz6043
      @yaelz6043 Před rokem +1

      There isn't a lot to mention. The only slavery east of poland was in central Asia and Japan.
      Iran, Russia and China didn't have any and didn't allow their vassals any either.

    • @kastraskammer5710
      @kastraskammer5710 Před rokem +25

      @@amitmeena2961 I mean just spend 20 seconds to google and you can find a lot of info on it. It would have just doubled or tripled the videos length

    • @amitmeena2961
      @amitmeena2961 Před rokem

      @@kastraskammer5710 Really? Google? You think this guy spends months to prepare the script, narrate and animate it just to sweep it off the first page of the good ol reliable mighty corporation of Google? What do they teach you in school? Ever heard about professionals and experts spending their life to write and publish research papers on various topics? Ever heard about getting your info approved from multiple reliable sources? From reputable colleges and their expert teachers? This Google generation is going to get us all killed one day.

  • @SoberOKMoments
    @SoberOKMoments Před rokem +232

    A fascinating history. And well done on showing today's slave numbers which so many remain ignorant about.

    • @mr.takethingstooseriously
      @mr.takethingstooseriously Před 9 měsíci +3

      Including a lot of conservatives. They want to justify their actions

    • @panzerofthelake506
      @panzerofthelake506 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@mr.takethingstooseriously"if you're right about history, your just being racist"
      We do not regard politics and feelings when talking about facts. Facts are facts, and they don't care about politics.

    • @singlechickprepping5013
      @singlechickprepping5013 Před 4 měsíci

      They totally miss slavery within arabs lands and china even today

    • @theharshtruthoutthere
      @theharshtruthoutthere Před 3 měsíci

      @@panzerofthelake506 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.

    • @KToll5784
      @KToll5784 Před 2 měsíci

      @@mr.takethingstooseriouslyjustify what actions?

  • @virginiamoss7045
    @virginiamoss7045 Před rokem +3

    Incredibly interesting and good perspective. I'm passing this on to others.

  • @thecollierreport
    @thecollierreport Před 2 měsíci +3

    Great presentation overall but I wish there was as much detail on slavery before 1600 as after. Slavery still continues in many forms.

  • @lowellfinn
    @lowellfinn Před rokem +29

    Cant believe my eyes when this is a video not just shorts. Luv ur videos so much. Huge fan!

  • @chigeryelam4061
    @chigeryelam4061 Před rokem +354

    This was well done. We don't need to be talked down to like little children the bare facts say so much more. Horrific that this not only still happens but is getting worse.

    • @wyz9815
      @wyz9815 Před rokem +7

      This CZcamsr not only biased by downplaying the bloody slavery in US, but also mixed up different concepts of slavery, like forced slavery and debt or contracted bases "slavery".
      China ended its slavery around 220 BC, the periods of slavery after that were periods ruled by normades from the North, like Mongles in Yuan and Manchu in Qing dynesty, and Chinese, mostly Han were the slaves.
      The history should be based on facts not lies! So called Xinjiang forced labour, is not only the mass projection of US on to China, a shameless lie, basically a WMD and Nayirah incubator story 2.0, also a mentally retarded one that can be debunked by common logical sense.
      Western people are taught critical thinking in school, but sad is that they through these skills down the drain and become a reciting machine of the US/Western propapanda rethoric.

    • @datofficial6062
      @datofficial6062 Před rokem +3

      @@wyz9815 yeah this misses soooo much information that the video is almost a lie.... almost.

    • @GhostSal
      @GhostSal Před rokem +37

      @@datofficial6062 American education on the subject of słavery is abysmal and leaves out way too much. Słavery throughout the globe wasn’t because someone has a certain skín color and if those people weren’t there słavery wouldn’t exist.
      Some people say North America was the worst and we always hear 400 years, so let’s talk about that. Błack people didn’t become the majority of słaves in Notth America till the mid 1700s. Which lasted until 1865, just over 100 years. That’s stíll horrifíc, still a críme against humaníty but słavery has been going on for a very very long time. Before that the majority of słaves were the índigenous tríbes/First Nations people. Let’s clear some things up about słavery, słavery existed for tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands. Słaves and índentured servànts were used for labor and/or s3x.
      Here is the thing, índentured servànts weren’t always treated better, nor did they always agree to be índentured servànts (that’s right there were iídentured servànts that were forced into servítude, just like słaves). Sometimes they would sell the contract of the índentured servànt to someone else without their consent, thereby extending the contract (so 20 years could become 40). Another thing they would do is førce the wømen to get pregnant, which would also extend their contracts and keep them pregnant till old age (by then owing more years, than they had years of life left and I’ll let you figure out how they førced them to get pregnant).
      How about słavery? Słavery as already mentioned existed for thousands and thousands of years, all across the globe. Chattel słavery did in fact also exist in Afríca and it wasn’t a kinder gentler form of słavery; unless you consider mass human sacrifíce and canníbalísm kinder and gentler. Słavery existed in Afríca well before Eurøpeans showed up and Afrícan rulers fought the Eurøpeans in order to keep it going. In the Middle East the słave market was huge, the słaves brought in were often castràted (so no, that wasn’t a kinder gentler form either). Słavery existed in Asia and is still infamous for having sweatshops. The Vikíngs often raided Eurøpe and took słaves back with them. The wømen they took served the Viking men, both work and s3x. When the słave øwner díed, the wøman he had as a słave would often be gàng ràpéd by the men in the village and kīlled to serve the owner in the afterlife. Ancient Romans ensłaved other Europeans and people around the Mediterranean. In the Amerícas the Natíves enslaved others Natíves. Słavery was and is horrifíc, all over the world it’s horrifíc.
      How about chattel slavery? Here is the thing, you can’t ensłave descendànts if there aren’t any. The Barbary słaves often had a much shorter lífe span and had no hope of procreatíon. They díed chaíned in the ínterior of the ship sitting in their own excrèment covered in open wøunds or díed chaíned to a sínking ship that lost a battle. There was no fèmale companíonship, no livíng to an old age, no sunshíne, no høpe … Just the incredibly harsh realitíes of the shíp for the rest of their short míserable líves. In the Middle East the vast majoríty of słaves were castratèd and agian never had the opportuníty to reprøduce. Many of which didn’t even survíve being castrated. Does anyone really think that’s any “better”? Also, this idea that chíldren of słaves were born free across the globe or słaves weren’t sold as property (except in Ameríca) is absurd.
      When people say that in North Ameríca it was wørse or Eurøpeans have the most to be błamed for (which is said a lot lately), that isn’t intellectually honest and is blatantly ígnoring the atrocitíes commítted around the globe. When people blame only group over everyone else, it is in fact minimizing the atrocitíes everywhere else, and they are doing precisely what they blame others for (i.e., minimizíng the atrocitíes of słavery).

    • @Yourebeautyfull
      @Yourebeautyfull Před rokem +10

      @@wyz9815 Read some history.

    • @TheMugwump1
      @TheMugwump1 Před rokem

      @@wyz9815 is a bot. China enslaves/reeducates/eliminates entire populations that don't agree with the CCP agenda. The Mongols last decade. Now the Uighur.
      CCP
      Let it rot.

  • @TheAzmountaineer
    @TheAzmountaineer Před rokem +2

    Pretty good video. To cover the subject thoroughly, it would probably take hours of video or a whole series of thick books.

  • @brndnwilks
    @brndnwilks Před rokem +11

    Great video! Really well done. I would have liked to have seen a little more history in Asia before the 20th century but still a lot of ground covered!

  • @31husnucoban
    @31husnucoban Před rokem +310

    By the late 19th century, when much of Islamic Central Asia was conquered by the Russian Empire, the region was home to tens of thousands of slaves. Most of these slaves were Shiʿa Muslims from northern Iran, though the slave trade also ensnared many Russians, Armenians, Kalmyks, and others. Slave labor was especially commonplace in the Sunni Muslim domains of Khwarazm and Bukhara, where enslaved people constituted a substantial proportion of all agricultural workers, domestic servants, and soldiers. Slaves also labored in many other roles, and an individual slave could be tasked with a variety of jobs. Slaves served, for example, as concubines, craftsmen, miners, herdsmen, entertainers, blacksmiths, calligraphers, and even, in rare instances, as government officials.
    Before the 16th century, the majority of the slaves in Central Asia-defined here as the region extending from the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea through Xinjiang, China, and from southern Siberia to northern Iran-seem to have been trafficked to the region from India. This changed in the 16th and 17th centuries, as a significant number of Iranian war-captives were brought north and enslaved during the course of numerous armed conflicts between the Central Asian Uzbeks and Iranian Safavids. Many of these slaves evidently labored on the region’s rapidly expanding agricultural estates.
    In the 18th and 19th centuries, frequent Turkmen raids into northern Iran resulted in tens of thousands of Iranian Shiʿas being captured and funneled into a booming slave trade in Khwarazm and Bukhara. Further north, a much smaller number of Russians were seized and sold into slavery by Kazakh nomads along the steppe frontier.
    Eden, J. Slavery in Islamic Central Asia. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History.

    • @warrenkensington6091
      @warrenkensington6091 Před rokem

      Islam is evil

    • @ezrathegreatconqueror
      @ezrathegreatconqueror Před rokem +15

      Sovietization of Central Asia was a great thing

    • @the3zoooz1
      @the3zoooz1 Před rokem +51

      @@ezrathegreatconqueror millions died because of that

    • @pressftopayrespects6325
      @pressftopayrespects6325 Před rokem +4

      Many Europeans who settled slave owner lands got enslaved? Who could’ve seen this coming?

    • @noaccount4
      @noaccount4 Před rokem +25

      @@pressftopayrespects6325 are you sure you read the same passage? Husnu Coban is talking about the great steppe raiders and their slaving expeditions, which didn't have anything to do with European settler-colonialism. The Russians are guilty of many things but being raided is hardly one of them; they had lived under the Tartar yoke since the Mongols struck west and formed just one source of slaves for the steppe nomads. Kalmyks, Armenians, Iranians, Indians and Chinese slaves were not even European ._.

  • @TheDanMcBending
    @TheDanMcBending Před rokem +381

    Great video, I do think there was a missed opportunity to discuss how the slave trade actually shaped African kingdoms though. Kongo for example became incredibly rich off of the trade and their entire society warped to support it. When the abolitions happened they basically collapsed as a result. There are really interesting youtube videos on it! A recent one by Kraut: "Why Saudi Arabia is doomed" (ignore the name) was really good.

    • @stuart6478
      @stuart6478 Před rokem

      you mean africans love slaves? shocking.

    • @willemvanvliet3493
      @willemvanvliet3493 Před rokem +1

      When ''Suriname,, is done,..with the Netherlands,..with complaining,..about slavery and waiting for an apology,..speech ect ect,..
      and BEGGING money.,..costs NL billions and,...150 years ago they ALSO GO ALONG..???????????????????? AT,.........these countries ?????
      or will they be kicked out
      England,..France,..Portugal,..and Spain and USA ????
      lazy people that Aruba Bonaire .Curasou ISLANDS
      PROFITERS thieves mess there.........

    • @lamartinezola8507
      @lamartinezola8507 Před rokem

      Caucasians trying to change the course of their animalistic and psychopatic behaviour.. too late.. the world just waitng for u to collapse, and u dont wanna to see outcome.. forget about Africa, u know what you did to Indians in America, Indians of India, Jews, Japanese, Chinese, Aboriginals in Australia, Palestinians? it will come out soon. U destroy anything u see on your way to hell. Trust me Jewish did not forget!

    • @barta9342
      @barta9342 Před rokem +28

      The focus on the trans Atlantic slavery is strange knowing that slavery is much bigger story in human history , for example the cast system and the Paria etc etc etc

    • @lucasw501
      @lucasw501 Před rokem +4

      kraut is such a chad

  • @blackadder564
    @blackadder564 Před měsícem +3

    Haiti wasn't declared a republic. It was an Empire and Jean-Jacques Dessalines I was its Emperor.

  • @MsTink2
    @MsTink2 Před 11 měsíci +3

    This blew my mind. Thank you for sharing.

  • @suntzu8499
    @suntzu8499 Před rokem +38

    "an EMPTY BROWSER HISTORY TELLS a lot more than a full one"
    -Sun zu

    • @majaaaaya
      @majaaaaya Před rokem +3

      Sun zu-ckerberg

    • @gebali
      @gebali Před rokem +12

      "Many quotes on the internet are false" - Genghis Khan

    • @notfunny007
      @notfunny007 Před rokem +1

      "Wtf I didn't say that lol"
      - Sun Tzu

    • @lukaslee7380
      @lukaslee7380 Před rokem

      "Bro stop quoting me, I didn't say that shit"
      -Sun Zu

    • @pressftopayrespects6325
      @pressftopayrespects6325 Před rokem

      “Please don’t misquote my brother”
      - Moon Tzu, the Art of Peace

  • @romancandlefight1144
    @romancandlefight1144 Před rokem +24

    This is also missing the enslavement of native Americans by other native Americans, China having the largest slavery market in history, etc

    • @blackloki9
      @blackloki9 Před 3 měsíci +2

      It also ignore the transpacific trade of asians to the america which happen before the trans atlantic slave trade and how they reclassified many of those people as native. Indian was used to describe many groups.

    • @Bister_Mungle
      @Bister_Mungle Před 3 měsíci +2

      ​​@@blackloki9Lemme guess, you think all Native Americans are Asian and everyone else is African.

    • @YukiPyro
      @YukiPyro Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@blackloki9 Indian wasn't used to describe everyone. It was used to describe Native Americans. Now the term Indian in the US could mean Native American or those with family from India. Chinese people don't look like Native Americans.
      The world doesn't evolve around China...

    • @Saufs0ldat
      @Saufs0ldat Před 26 dny

      @@blackloki9 Slaves were transported across the Atlantic to America before any human had even crossed the Pacific ocean (except possibly Polynesians).

  • @oblivion5390
    @oblivion5390 Před 7 měsíci +3

    "in total, women represent about 70% of the world's slaves."
    me: dancing to the sick beats

  • @philipdawes2661
    @philipdawes2661 Před rokem +4

    Nice presentation, thank you. A couple of pieces missing, in my view:-
    1) Serfdom (and it's equivalents, 'untouchables' etc) which is a form of slavery
    2) Internal slavery - espcially china and within africa. (Uigars excepted). Slave 'culturally external trade' is covered but not 'within cultures'.

  • @Yourebeautyfull
    @Yourebeautyfull Před rokem +28

    I wonder why the fuck they can't teach stuff like this at school. Only took 10 minutes, objective and relevant information, very easy to follow and remember. Teachers should seriously take an example from these kind of videos. Thanks for this quality material!

    • @jarrettpeters6225
      @jarrettpeters6225 Před rokem +4

      Teachers don’t care about the kids education they are just looking for a paycheck

    • @HiThereFaceHere
      @HiThereFaceHere Před rokem +6

      Because it doesn't go with their agenda. Which is dumbing down our kids to be able to have a world just like you are seeing in this video

    • @liamsohal-griffiths1094
      @liamsohal-griffiths1094 Před rokem +7

      It's because there's a certain orthodox political narrative to maintain in schools (which is not necessarily the teachers' fault). It's not due to lack of time.

    • @sceerane8662
      @sceerane8662 Před rokem

      @@HiThereFaceHere Schools don't have a worldwide agenda.
      They teach kids useless things, Because it's easier and looks better statistically. That's it.
      More kids graduate, Better scores, Better funding and more prestige to attract more funding and students.

    • @HiThereFaceHere
      @HiThereFaceHere Před rokem

      @@sceerane8662 I would agree except way less kids are graduating in this country and in places like the state I live in only 26% of kids are reading at the level they should be and only 21% are are at the math level they should be. That is beyond awful. Our children are being dumbed down to a ridiculous level. A lot of kids in high school don't even know how many moons the earth has. I didn't just make that up either. That is dead serious. And yes there is a socialist agenda being pushed I literally have proof of it and pulled my son from school because of it and so did a bunch of other parents in the same district

  • @lesussie2237
    @lesussie2237 Před rokem +40

    Amazed to see someone explain about slavery beyond the 1800s
    The term slave and slavery is now gone, but the practice still exists, just with different names

    • @kellydardeen6308
      @kellydardeen6308 Před rokem

      Sorry But NO Slavery is Not Gone !

    • @lesussie2237
      @lesussie2237 Před rokem

      @@kellydardeen6308 exactly

    • @Uahmedtahaalnady
      @Uahmedtahaalnady Před rokem

      in gulf state .. there's a disguised law for slavery called the sponsorship (Kafala) laws ... they offer several legalized slaves to every rich man (Kafeel=sponsor) .. he could do whatever he want to them even making them work again for others & get what they gain ... with the least & worst living & working conditions (they literally buying glucose powder to survive rather than eating food)

  • @ishrendon6435
    @ishrendon6435 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Slavery is something much like war and rape
    We will never get rid of. But we have immensely decreased it. Its as old as humanity. People have been enslaving defeated opponents or innocent people for thousands and thousands of years. In my country in congo we have many work slaves sadly

  • @OneAngrehCat
    @OneAngrehCat Před 2 měsíci +21

    Fails to mention that the islamic world has been not only the biggest user of slavery, its most brutal enforcer (castration, massacres) and is still using it today, both sexual and for work.
    That's the most important information about slavery.

  • @SomasAcademy
    @SomasAcademy Před rokem +73

    A few small but noteworthy things this video doesn't mention:
    1. In the 13th century or so, people of Slavic origin enslaved in Eastern Europe were common enough in the Mediterranean world that the words for "Slave" in a number of languages, including both Spanish and English, are likely derived from the word Slav (both via medieval Latin, a common Lingua Franca across Europe at the time).
    2. Prior to the Portuguese sailing down the coast of Africa and establishing trade relationships, it was fairly common for Portuguese merchants to turn pirate and engage in slave raiding on the North African coast when they deemed ports ill-defended. Slave raiding was also one of the first things they attempted when they reached the area of the Senegal River and further south, but they were largely unsuccessful due to underestimating local warriors. Ultimately they switched to engaging with local kings as politely as possible, which enabled them to establish peaceful trading relationships, including those which would develop into the slave trade.
    3. The trade of slaves to the Gold Coast by the Portuguese actually predates the development of plantation slavery in their own colonies; their main goals in Africa were obtaining gold and spices, so despite their initial attempts at slave raiding (and their limited transport of African slaves to Portugal early on), it was only later that they began to view African slaves as a primary commodity to get from Africa.
    4. In the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies, Native American slaves were for a brief window more common than African ones, though due to a mix of factors African slaves became much more common through the 16th century. It's sometimes assumed that this was simply because Native American slaves were more likely to die of Old World Diseases, but that's not the whole picture; it also related to ideological factors (there was a belief that Christians should not be enslaved, and some people believed that since Native Americans had never had the chance to convert before, they should be allowed to learn about Christianity before enslavement, while pagan and Muslim Africans were believed to have had their chance already, due to the presence of Christians in some parts of Africa). African slaves also didn't totally replace Native ones; in some circumstances (like in the silver mines of South America), African slaves actually died at faster rates than native ones, so Natives remained the majority. In others, Africans became the majority of slaves, but Natives remained a minority. Through the 17th century, Native Americans were often enslaved in British North America, and shipped to the Caribbean to be sold far from their homelands (as keeping them as slaves locally was believed to risk escape or rebellion). As late as the 18th century, native Americans still made up a large share of slaves in some parts of South America, and a small minority in many more.
    5. African slaves made up the majority of people who crossed the Atlantic for much of the early colonial period, often serving as de-facto settlers in the European colonies, as European owners converted them to their own brand of Christianity, taught them European languages, and employed them in tasks such as converting other slaves, growing food, and building settlements, rather than just cash crop production.
    6. The Triangle Trade heavily impacted African value systems between the 16th and 19th centuries. The concept of slavery was common throughout Africa, but it didn't work quite like the system of chattel slavery employed in the America. In Africa, land was plenty due to relatively low population density (except in some regions like the Gold Coast), so land itself had no value. Instead, value was held in having people to work the land. As such, owning lots of slaves was like owning lots of land in Europe (as such, slaves were a bit like European serfs; unfree, but not property on the same level as cattle - they had some rights). The triangular trade changed this in many places (though not all); European goods carried a level of prestige, and so shows of wealth stopped being in owning a lot of slaves, instead shifting to having many European goods, while humans were devalued. In the long run, this gave rise to larger changes, like some societies becoming much more warlike, as warfare was the best way to obtain slaves to sell for European goods. The ramifications were dire, but the shift would have been too gradual for most people to notice how unstable it was making their territories (the Kingdom of Benin (which I have a video about on my channel, if anyone is interested) is one exception; they banned the export of male slaves in the 1520s, likely to avoid depleting their own enslaved population).
    7. The UK did not abolish slavery completely in 1833; they made an exception for domestic slavery in the British East India Company's holdings That form of slavery would only be abolished in 1843. The abolition of slavery in the UK would also go into effect gradually, with the final slaves being freed by 1865.

    • @johnbarkl1700
      @johnbarkl1700 Před rokem +8

      This a long boi

    • @sharwama992
      @sharwama992 Před rokem +7

      @@johnbarkl1700 just read it

    • @MJ-hg1mk
      @MJ-hg1mk Před rokem +2

      They also left out - what makes the Atlantic Slave trade different: 1. The Catholic Church support (Dum Diversas), 2. the creation & rise of Anthropology AKA White Supremacy - aligned with the false science behind skin color based Racial classifications, 3. the "eternal servitude" code from Dum Diversas, 4. English Chattel slavery, and -5. the trans-oceanic & multi- continental size & scope.
      I'm sure I'm missing something. I wonder if these omissions are why so many comments seem to reflect relief or happiness?

    • @SIMO-eb1hw
      @SIMO-eb1hw Před rokem +4

      true the word slave comes from slav

    • @pavolkocis7456
      @pavolkocis7456 Před rokem +2

      @@SIMO-eb1hw It's just a coincidence for English speakers.

  • @TheGundeck
    @TheGundeck Před rokem +161

    Very informative. It's rare to see a historical account of slavery that isn't pushing a political agenda. Very well put together and presented. Everyone should watch this.

    • @Bonhh
      @Bonhh Před rokem +9

      sadly i think he is, at the beginning he says theres no evidence for the hebrew slaves or the exodus, however we found the chariots and horses right there at the bottom of the sea, where we expected them to be. Christian or not, you cant just ignore 1000's of pieces of evidence all in one place.

    • @skurinski
      @skurinski Před rokem +5

      but it is cause it doesnt talk about slavery in Africa before the arabs arrive, and doesnt mention slavery in Asia until the modern times

    • @barta9342
      @barta9342 Před rokem

      Durban pact 2001 UN , excuses and repair/payments demanded for trans-Atlantic slavery.

    • @highroller-jq3ix
      @highroller-jq3ix Před rokem +2

      The political agenda of human rights? What's wrong with that political agenda?

    • @highroller-jq3ix
      @highroller-jq3ix Před rokem +6

      @@Bonhh Yes, the bottom-of-the-sea horses. Staggeringly convincing. Your silly reference to non-archaelogy doesn't actually prove biblical fiction.

  • @nilsarivera420
    @nilsarivera420 Před rokem +6

    Thank you for providing this information. It is possible to cite some of your sources for additional research? I bet it took a long time to research this comprehensive video so I think it would be valuable to show the amount of work it takes. In addition it would allow views to indulge in additional sources if they wish. Lastly, it would strengthen the validity of the video, which is always great thing to have. Again thank you.

  • @Liam-2345
    @Liam-2345 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Many comments trying to add their piece as know it alls, whilst still congratulating you for the video..👍 I call that a win in todays internet.

  • @matthewgregg3979
    @matthewgregg3979 Před rokem +88

    I'm glad he mentioned WW2. A lot of people have never heard of the Gulags in the Soviet Union.

    • @scottanos9981
      @scottanos9981 Před rokem +16

      The gulag archipelago is a depressing read

    • @sebastianjoseph9628
      @sebastianjoseph9628 Před rokem +18

      The gulags were simply the prison system of the USSR that were inherited from the Russian Empire. Conditions within the Gulags of the USSR have been compared to modern US prisons. Within them, the prisoners were given an 8 hour workday and a 5 day workweek, free healthcare, were paid for the labor, had a 5-10 year max on their sentencing that was shortened by a day every time you went over your quota, given an education, and since the gulags weren’t camps (more of a town with the main prison in the center), the average prisoner could leave whenever they wanted as long as they remained within the town’s boundary. The gulags, of course, were shut down in the 50s as reformative measures were more effective than the punitive ones used in the gulags. Deaths within the gulags were also very limited (with the vast majority taking place during WW2 due to shortages of supplies). Also the prison population was also smaller per capita and less numerous than the modern American one.
      In case you want to know more, here are my sources:
      On US Prison statistics & Deaths:
      www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/02/13/prisondeaths/
      Archive Materials on the Number of Prisoners at the End of the 1930s:
      www.visions.az/en/news/308/05a9e687/
      Prisoner Mortality Rate Within Gulags:
      i.redd.it/84avfq2911w21.jpg
      Further Reading on the Prisoner Mortality Rate Within Gulags:
      www.jstor.org/stable/2166597?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Ac7df89fb86f7cdb22472254937584567&seq=33#page_scan_tab_contents
      Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001-2016 - Statistical Tables:
      bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/mortality-state-and-federal-prisons-2001-2016-statistical-tables
      I. Deutscher, The Prophet Outcast, pg. 418:
      books.google.com/books?id=6JfWUSEacRgC&pg=PA4&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1&ovdme=1
      Compensation Versus Coercion in the Soviet GULAG:
      warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/mharrison/archive/noticeboard/bergson/borodkin-ertz.pdf
      Medicine in Soviet Gulags:
      pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11769741/#:~:text=Gulag%20hospitals%20included%20camp%2C%20regional,among%20former%20and%20current%20prisoners.

    • @yobama8424
      @yobama8424 Před rokem

      @@sebastianjoseph9628 18 million people went through the gulags and 1.6 million people died in them. That's 9% of all the people that went through them died. That my friend is not a prison but a slave camp. US prisons on the other hand have a mortality rate around 2-3%. So stop talking out of your ass and linking to reddit posts, the gulags were concentration camps and to compare them to US prisons is laughable and delusional.

    • @Imaxxd22
      @Imaxxd22 Před rokem +4

      @@sebastianjoseph9628 Oh, finally someone who knows actual history. Only one mark. People were not send to gulag, couse GULAG means General Camp Administration, which was part of justice ministry of USSR, which was administrating prison system.

    • @sebastianjoseph9628
      @sebastianjoseph9628 Před rokem +3

      @@Imaxxd22 yeah, I’m still learning about a lot of this stuff. I really like learning about history and the USSR is so full of complexities and I love it

  • @ruckizucki3358
    @ruckizucki3358 Před rokem +17

    Excellent video, it puts a lot of history in a different light.

  • @adam-k
    @adam-k Před 2 měsíci +8

    Pretty good but you skipped over a lots of stuff that is not European. Slavery in the Turkey, Saudi Arabia ended in the 1960's. You skipped over slavery in India, hardly mentioned the slavery in Central Asia. Not even mentioned slavery in pre-Columbian Americas.

  • @yanngente8981
    @yanngente8981 Před 11 dny

    Best non-political video on slavery I've ever seen should be shown in classes, to the point and only facts, thanks.

  • @vadimshishev9304
    @vadimshishev9304 Před rokem +19

    Thank you for an informative video on such a topic! Looked at a new angle at labor relations. Astonishing that slavery is thousands of years old, and is still present in modern world.

  • @annalieff-saxby568
    @annalieff-saxby568 Před rokem +174

    I was very surprised that no mention at all was made of Russian serfdom, which only ended in 1861. However, despite that omission, a fascinating video and very informative.

    • @discoboy8169
      @discoboy8169 Před rokem +8

      Well, they were different type, not real slaves taken by force from other contries in majority, "Крепостные" were peasants, but I do agree still like slaves even were sold to other rich bastards in the country.
      One african slave were taken in war from Turkish who left the town, by Peter I and this slave Hannibal become a general and famous novelty man in Russia, he was grandfather of Pushkin, the Russian famous writer and called some times the first rapper for a joke ) So technically, even black man was able to be freed and become a part of elite in Russia.
      I could miss some bits, Historians knew better about other nations in Russia who were enslaved due to wars and invasions, never heard about it.

    • @bno6156
      @bno6156 Před rokem +47

      @@discoboy8169 “not real slaves” them being taken from another country isn’t what makes them a slave. It’s being owned and not having autonomy.

    • @annalieff-saxby568
      @annalieff-saxby568 Před rokem +7

      @@bno6156 Precisely.

    • @mc.girlsthatlgirls
      @mc.girlsthatlgirls Před rokem

      U can do a vid

    • @EyeSeeThruYou
      @EyeSeeThruYou Před rokem +12

      There also needs to be a Part 2 where slavery, serfdom, and caste systems in Asia are examined.
      Part 3 should focus on captivity and slavery in the Americas by cultures prior to contact with non-Americas cultures.
      That would be quite enlightening to educate people about the real nature of forced, captive labor the world over, and the fact that it has existed for at least 7K years, sadly.

  • @umNur
    @umNur Před 4 měsíci

    I hope you'll make a video that explains how the institution of kingship, monarchies, etc, happened.
    That is something that boggles my mind.

  • @sanna8593
    @sanna8593 Před 3 měsíci +1

    As a woman I'm reminded about how happy I am to live a free life, so sad for the countless others who couldn't and can't. Seriously, this video put things into perspective for me. Thank you!

  • @Admirel2
    @Admirel2 Před rokem +44

    Wish you would’ve talked about slavery in the new world before the arrival of Europeans, the Aztecs were particularly brutal, and when the Spanish came these slaves changed hands from the Aztecs to Spain, forming the basis of the caste system in new spain

    • @chillphil967
      @chillphil967 Před 4 měsíci +1

      interesting. i’ll have to read into this

    • @flashback4588
      @flashback4588 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Calling it "brutal" is misleading
      Slavery in the aztec empire was more of a punishment or penalty because they did not have a prison system
      Only violent criminals were enslaved for life and could be sold in markets
      Once a slave payed off their debts they were usually freed especially if were hard workers and were on their best behavior

    • @Admirel2
      @Admirel2 Před 2 měsíci

      I think you're missing the part where they sacrificed people @@flashback4588

    • @hddragon
      @hddragon Před 2 měsíci +6

      ​@@flashback4588I don't know... sacrificing millions of captured slaves by ripping out their heart while still alive seems brutal to me.

    • @YukiPyro
      @YukiPyro Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@flashback4588Calling it brutal is exactly what it was. You know many Native tribes skinned the head of their victims. It wasn't all roses..

  • @micsan381
    @micsan381 Před rokem +210

    One of the most interesting slavery documentaries I have seen. Totally unbiased and sticking to facts rather than the most recent history on slaves which tends to be the more generic focus on the subject. Super interesting as well with linking the year counter at the top.

    • @aaronhpa
      @aaronhpa Před rokem +7

      The sad thing is that i actually gets biased by the end, "forgot" to talk about the thousands of forced workers in the US jails :(

    • @rhetoric5173
      @rhetoric5173 Před rokem +14

      Unbiased how? the byzantine slave trade was extensive and is entirely omitted, not to mention the difference in legal rights and treatments slaves had between the west and the east. Only someone unfamiliar with nuances would think this is a fair unbiased representation. The Mamluks for example were literally slaves and they had the biggest dynasty, similarly the so called slave bodyguards were basically the praetorian guard and they had a similar role in the downfall, meanwhile this doofus makes it all about spreading religion.

    • @micsan381
      @micsan381 Před rokem +23

      @@rhetoric5173 this is a 20 minute overview on the subject on youtube not a phd. I am sure there are many other omitted slave eras and cultures, but I enjoyed it and thought it was well put together and useful. My biased comment relates to the transatlantic slave trade which is where most slavery discussions get stuck.

    • @aaronhpa
      @aaronhpa Před rokem

      @@basilmagnanimous7011 actually selling its own humans is unprofitable for an economy, only works of those people are sold at a high markup, which due to unequal treaties the europeans used, it wasn't. That's why this countries ravaged its neighbours for prisoners to sell, which in turn diminished the economic potential of all the region and only increasing a bunch of pockets.

    • @ejtattersall156
      @ejtattersall156 Před rokem

      The video falls apart at the end. "Forced marriage" is a rebrand of "arranged marriage" which is not the same as slavery and affects both sexes. In its earnestness to meet feminist victim quotas, it also ignores the millions of people (men and boys) kidnapped into serving as soldiers. It ingnores millions of men kept in Arab countries as construction workers. Pandering to female victim feelings and creating yet another fake stat for feminists to hang female victim culture upon.

  • @Bojan456
    @Bojan456 Před 9 měsíci

    I love the bangers in the background while learning about history

  • @dvd2030
    @dvd2030 Před rokem +3

    I really love the fact that you included white slaves too. Youngsters often think all slaves were black, not knowing that it's originally Slavic people, where the word slave comes from. I would maybe add the serfs in Russia, since it's also a form of slavery, where serfs could only be bought if you buy a land. Also love the fact that you included political and economical slaves. Wouldn't it be marvelous if the woke culture would fight to free today slaves instead of fighting for pronounces.

    • @warrenbridges1891
      @warrenbridges1891 Před rokem

      Denis Domikulic Don't know about Russia, but in Britain, you had the choice to reject serfdom at the risk of being evicted from the owner's land. Not much of a choice I'll admit.

  • @peytonpdx
    @peytonpdx Před rokem +26

    Very informative. Only minus is the Far East (China, Japan, etc) being left out until the end of the video. Would have liked to know about the origin and development there as well.

    • @aaronTNGDS9
      @aaronTNGDS9 Před rokem +3

      In Medieval Japan, Korea, China, slavery was practiced where dominant members enslaved the less dominant. In Korea slavery was officially abolished in 1895, but persisted even up to 1930. Slavery was so beneficial financially and socially to the enslaver that it was hard to sever one's self from its personal benefits.

  • @smsr1175
    @smsr1175 Před rokem +110

    Good video, so sad how something like this can happen

    • @stevaughan3374
      @stevaughan3374 Před rokem

      Humans have and will always be evil

    • @twomp5613
      @twomp5613 Před rokem +37

      Sad but not surprising at all. Farming hard as shit and no one wants to do it

    • @jtgd
      @jtgd Před rokem +4

      Greed and selfishness

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j Před rokem +9

      What are you going to do with all those captured combatants then?
      Back then they didn't have the means for POW camps so it's either execution or let the civilian population keep them in line.

    • @me1sTerweeD
      @me1sTerweeD Před rokem

      Well its our human nature. Even though many people call the white men as the enslavers, many facts show us that slavery was part from the very beginning of organized civilization.

  • @John-jj8zq
    @John-jj8zq Před 19 dny

    Excellent short video documentary, hopefully it makes people think more about the problem even today.

  • @TheTexanTiger_
    @TheTexanTiger_ Před 2 měsíci +14

    This video is entirely Eurocentric and ignores slavery that existed in subsaharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and East Asia for over a thousand years

    • @williammatthews3149
      @williammatthews3149 Před 9 dny +1

      Kinda hard considering there are not many records that survived, if they ever existed, about the topic

    • @atheistbushman
      @atheistbushman Před 9 dny

      Valid point, much of human history is not documented, rest assured that slavery is as old as the "oldest profession"

    • @MisterCrookedNose
      @MisterCrookedNose Před 5 dny

      Without written records, it’s hard to discuss extinct cultures

  • @Tunda2
    @Tunda2 Před rokem +131

    Very important for people to see these days. I’m shocked and appalled at the amount of people brainwashed into thinking slavery only happened in America

    • @vadersnipes378
      @vadersnipes378 Před rokem +18

      Bro so true, people have literally zero knowledge about history these days.

    • @thekingmeruem
      @thekingmeruem Před rokem +21

      Maybe only americans because no one thinks like that

    • @vadersnipes378
      @vadersnipes378 Před rokem +8

      @@thekingmeruem yeah most likely 😂 most people from New Zealand where I’m from are pretty clueless to things as well

    • @josephbamborough7142
      @josephbamborough7142 Před rokem +3

      @@vadersnipes378 sadly true. I once spoke a person who believed that people could be still press ganged into the British armed navy. I told her the practice had been discontinued for, er, 160 years or so.

    • @Tunda2
      @Tunda2 Před rokem +8

      @@thekingmeruem We live inside an Orwell book over here

  • @Draco2199
    @Draco2199 Před rokem +15

    Fascinating stuff. A lot of this I had no idea. Excellent work.

    • @richardlanahan8089
      @richardlanahan8089 Před rokem

      amazing to see that 300,000 Africans were brought to Brazil before one slave landed in what was to become the continental US. Of the 10,000,000 plus that made it to the Americas less than 400,000 were enslaved in the colonies or the states. Doing the 5th grade arithmetic that is less than 4%.

  • @MrNosfaratu
    @MrNosfaratu Před rokem

    Many do often forget or are ignorant to the fact that slavery is older than civilized government. This is an important video.

  • @rogerwilcoshirley2270
    @rogerwilcoshirley2270 Před 2 měsíci +1

    excellent high level historical review for better context. Case in point as to how a criminal evil can get established, worsen and spread, and become deeply economically, socially, and politically ingrained. An yet it was stopped because of the courage of those who were repelled by the cruelties and similarly for those who spoke up and put a stop to animal cruelties that were part of the fabric of those hideous days dominated by ignorance, vulgarity, and disregard.

  • @schuringleon3207
    @schuringleon3207 Před rokem +19

    Good to finally have a video on the slavery done by nations throughout the ENTIRE history, not just the Atlantic one. However, you did forget the large amounts of Europeans being enslaved by Arabs

    • @johnschuh8616
      @johnschuh8616 Před rokem +4

      Arab slave traders had much to do with cutting off western Europe from the east and producing the Dark Ages. The loss of cheap writing materials from Egypt had much to do with the limitation of literacy in Gaul. Thousands and thousands of old books literally crumbled to dust because they could not be reproduced.

    • @barta9342
      @barta9342 Před rokem +2

      Not to mention 6000 years of cast system in Asia . Paria seen as non-humans . Abolished in 1950.

    • @lawtraf8008
      @lawtraf8008 Před rokem

      I knew from the title of this video that some whites would jump on this with the narrative " you see, slavery happened before our ancestors bla bla" to try to justify the evilness of their ancestors. Nobody believe that slavery didn't exist before America. The thing that wasn't before the transatlantic slave trade of Europeans/white Americans was slavery based on race. Slavery was all over the world, people in debt would be slaves to pay what they owe, war prisoners would be slaves, enemies would made each others slaves etc.... This slavery concept of an entire group of people generation after generation just because of their skin colour was an European/American thing that went on from the 15th to the 19th century (officially), even tho it was still happening at smaller margine after. So all you morons who thought this video was your "gotcha" moment are embarrassing. Also, Slavery that happened 1000, 2000, 5000 wears ago all around the world doesn't matter because it did not have an impact to our recent generation, this recent European/American slavery did. American slavery is very recent, it didn't happen 2000 years ago. You literally have people alive today in our timeline that knew and live with people that were slaves and slave owners so you can try to spin this thing as much as you can, facts will not change. My own father who was born in 1965 lived with his great grandmother that was a slave. My great great grandmother was a slave in her earlier life. She was born in 1883 and died in 1985. And yes, slavery was abolished officially in 1965 but doesn't mean that all slave owners just let their slaves go free at that time. Many didn't. My father lived 20 years with her. 1985 is basically like yesterday. I'm still horrified at the stories he told me about her, all the stories about her life as a slave that she shared with him. White Americans were so evil, I don't even know how to qualify what they used to do to her. So please do not dare to try to downplay American slavery and all the impact it has on millions of American today, do not dare.

    • @porcupineinapettingzoo
      @porcupineinapettingzoo Před rokem

      Yeah, large amounts, hundreds per year rather than hundreds per ship he really dropped the ball there!

  • @RG_Budy
    @RG_Budy Před rokem +11

    Great video, very informative, please continue making such content, youtubers like you should have millions of subs! Keep up and never stop king

    • @cjay2
      @cjay2 Před rokem

      The voice-over is ARTIFICIAL. It's NOT a real human being. Just saying.

    • @GhostSal
      @GhostSal Před rokem

      The video left out a lot, a real lot. Basically the whole world had słavery for tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands.
      Let’s clear up some misconceptions too many people believe:
      Słavery wasn’t because someone has a certain skín color and if those people weren’t there słavery wouldn’t exist. Błack people didn’t become the majority of słaves in Notth America till the mid 1700s. Which lasted until 1865, just over 100 years. Before that the majority of słaves were the índigenous tríbes/First Nations people. Let’s clear some things up about słavery, słavery existed for tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands. Słaves and índentured servànts were used for labor and/or s3x.
      Here is the thing, índentured servànts weren’t always treated better, nor did they always agree to be índentured servànts (that’s right there were iídentured servànts that were forced into servítude, just like słaves). Sometimes they would sell the contract of the índentured servànt to someone else without their consent, thereby extending the contract (so 20 years could become 40). Another thing they would do is førce the wømen to get pregnant, which would also extend their contracts and keep them pregnant till old age (by then owing more years, than they had years of life left and I’ll let you figure out how they førced them to get pregnant).
      How about słavery? Słavery as already mentioned existed for thousands and thousands of years, all across the globe. Chattel słavery did in fact also exist in Afríca and it wasn’t a kinder gentler form of słavery; unless you consider mass human sacrifíce and canníbalísm kinder and gentler. It existed in Afríca well before Eurøpeans showed up and Afrícan rulers fought the Eurøpeans in order to keep it going. In the Middle East the słave market was huge, the słaves brought in were often castràted (so no, that wasn’t a kinder gentler form either). It existed in Asia as well, where even today sweatshops still exist. The Vikíngs often raided Eurøpe and took słaves back with them. The wømen they took served the Viking men, both work and s3x. When the słave øwner díed, the wøman he had as a słave would often be gàng ràpéd by the men in the village and kīlled to serve the owner in the afterlife. Słavery was and is horrifíc, all over the world it’s horrifíc.
      How about chattel slavery? Here is the thing, you can’t ensłave descendànts if there aren’t any. The Barbary słaves often had a much shorter lífe span and had no hope of procreatíon. They díed chaíned in the ínterior of the ship sitting in their own excrèment covered in open wøunds or díed chaíned to a sínking ship that lost a battle. There was no fèmale companíonship, no livíng to an old age, no sunshíne, no høpe … Just the incredibly harsh realitíes of the shíp for the rest of their short míserable líves. In the Middle East the vast majoríty of słaves were castratèd and agian never had the opportuníty to reprøduce. Many of which didn’t even survíve being castrated. Does anyone really think that’s any “better”? Also, this idea that chíldren of słaves were born free across the globe or słaves weren’t sold as property (except in Ameríca) is absurd.
      To say in North Ameríca it was wørse or Eurøpeans have the most to be błamed for, isn’t intellectually honest and is blatantly ígnoring the atrocitíes commítted around the globe.

    • @sgb4798
      @sgb4798 Před rokem

      @@cjay2 i’m pretty sure it is a real person. He just has a somewhat monotone voice

  • @marinhoizaias
    @marinhoizaias Před 5 měsíci

    We normally tend to link slavery and africa, but this video is very educational. Awesome!

  • @Matt10670
    @Matt10670 Před 9 měsíci

    Sumerian Executive: Okay, get this- We make people work, wait for it, and we DON'T pay them.
    Sumerian CEO: Give this man a raise!

  • @joelcrow
    @joelcrow Před rokem +10

    Its surprising how many of these events seemed disconnected before this video. Thank you for the education 🙏 🙌

  • @propaganja7264
    @propaganja7264 Před rokem +6

    Gotta respect a channel like this! More details the better

  • @mr.t9096
    @mr.t9096 Před 5 měsíci

    Simply the best and most effective way of teaching people about the history of slavery and its current status. There is nothing one can do to a person than robbing the person his or her dignity.

  • @DeWellstein
    @DeWellstein Před 9 měsíci +3

    nice video, but leaves out a huuuuuge amount of history about slavery in Africa before Europeans got there and Asia in general. kind of eurocentric tbf.
    also keep in mind, some of the first slaves in the americas were actually not from africa but european. Quite often prisoners were taken from the home country to colonies as work force in the new world.

  • @dominiorrr6510
    @dominiorrr6510 Před rokem +26

    Great video, but I wish that some of the famous slave uprisings had more time given to them. Some of them weren't even mentioned, like the Spartacus uprising. I especially love this one because of the TV show and it's astonishing how many of its crazy parts that seem like fiction are said to be true.

  • @michaelriddick7116
    @michaelriddick7116 Před rokem +27

    The trial over the Zong's lost "cargo" and pursuit of the insurance claim against Lloyd's of London is dramatized in the movie "Belle" :) It's a fantastic movie imo :)

  • @LieuweJongsma
    @LieuweJongsma Před rokem

    Great video! You missed Dutch Brasil though. Pretty important as it’s the start of serious Dutch involvement in slave trade.

  • @samimalsi9816
    @samimalsi9816 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Friend: "i have a Business idea"
    His Business idea:

    • @lucius8111
      @lucius8111 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Imagine that would, it would have been hunter gatherers, probably 2 or 3 guys subjecting a 4th smaller guy, first slave of the world

  • @PawsitiveEV
    @PawsitiveEV Před rokem +6

    Awesome perspectives! It's such an emotionally charged topic... nice work!

    • @Uahmedtahaalnady
      @Uahmedtahaalnady Před rokem

      in gulf state .. there's a disguised law for slavery called the sponsorship (Kafala) laws ... they offer several legalized slaves to every rich man (Kafeel=sponsor) .. he could do whatever he want to them even making them work again for others & get what they gain ... with the least & worst living & working conditions (they literally buying glucose powder to survive rather than eating food)

  • @jonastranberghansen9267
    @jonastranberghansen9267 Před rokem +111

    This video was amazing, it really highlights the brutality of it all in a digestible way

    • @mambamentality5875
      @mambamentality5875 Před rokem +4

      I had never heard that story about the ship that missed Jamaica. That was awful.

    • @gengis737
      @gengis737 Před rokem +2

      @@mambamentality5875 You see the scene in the movie Amistad. Extremely hard to watch.

    • @GhostSal
      @GhostSal Před rokem +6

      The video left out a lot. Also, the American education on the subject leaves out way too much. Słavery wasn’t because someone has a certain skín color and if those people weren’t there słavery wouldn’t exist. Błack people didn’t become the majority of słaves in Notth America till the mid 1700s. Which lasted until 1865, just over 100 years. Before that the majority of słaves were the índigenous tríbes/First Nations people. Let’s clear some things up about słavery, słavery existed for tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands. Słaves and índentured servànts were used for labor and/or s3x.
      Here is the thing, índentured servànts weren’t always treated better, nor did they always agree to be índentured servànts (that’s right there were iídentured servànts that were forced into servítude, just like słaves). Sometimes they would sell the contract of the índentured servànt to someone else without their consent, thereby extending the contract (so 20 years could become 40). Another thing they would do is førce the wømen to get pregnant, which would also extend their contracts and keep them pregnant till old age (by then owing more years, than they had years of life left and I’ll let you figure out how they førced them to get pregnant).
      How about słavery? Słavery as already mentioned existed for thousands and thousands of years, all across the globe. Chattel słavery did in fact also exist in Afríca and it wasn’t a kinder gentler form of słavery; unless you consider mass human sacrifíce and canníbalísm kinder and gentler. It existed in Afríca well before Eurøpeans showed up and Afrícan rulers fought the Eurøpeans in order to keep it going. In the Middle East the słave market was huge, the słaves brought in were often castràted (so no, that wasn’t a kinder gentler form either). The Vikíngs often raided Eurøpe and took słaves back with them. The wømen they took served the Viking men, both work and s3x. When the słave øwner díed, the wøman he had as a słave would often be gàng ràpéd by the men in the village and kīlled to serve the owner in the afterlife. Słavery was and is horrifíc, all over the world it’s horrifíc.
      How about chattel slavery? Here is the thing, you can’t ensłave descendànts if there aren’t any. The Barbary słaves often had a much shorter lífe span and had no hope of procreatíon. They díed chaíned in the ínterior of the ship sitting in their own excrèment covered in open wøunds or díed chaíned to a sínking ship that lost a battle. There was no fèmale companíonship, no livíng to an old age, no sunshíne, no høpe … Just the incredibly harsh realitíes of the shíp for the rest of their short míserable líves. In the Middle East the vast majoríty of słaves were castratèd and agian never had the opportuníty to reprøduce. Many of which didn’t even survíve being castrated. Do you really think that’s any “better”? Also, this idea that chíldren of słaves were born free across the globe or słaves weren’t sold as property (except in Ameríca) is absurd.
      To say in North Ameríca it was wørse or Eurøpeans have the most to be błamed for, isn’t intellectually honest and is blatantly ígnoring the atrocitíes commítted around the globe.

    • @neglectfulsausage7689
      @neglectfulsausage7689 Před rokem

      Digestible Brutality is my new band name. I called it. You cant have.

    • @ggoddkkiller1342
      @ggoddkkiller1342 Před rokem

      What a political BS really;
      1- Completely ignores early Christian era enslavement of ENTIRE EUROPE
      2- Calls Janissaries slaves while their salaries were highest in Ottoman, they could buy properties, marry, retire. So nope, they weren't slaves...

  • @nigralurker
    @nigralurker Před 9 měsíci +4

    In America, we're only taught about the Atlantic-African Slave Trade as if it was the first and only time slavery existed.

    • @rehawi2001
      @rehawi2001 Před 9 měsíci +1

      No it was the worst in all history, in other nations slaves are considered as a family member

    • @epinoke4168
      @epinoke4168 Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@rehawi2001 The castration of African slaves by the Arabs The
      Castration was performed without anesthesia, more than 60% do not survive the procedure and were left for dead, bleeding to death.

    • @nigralurker
      @nigralurker Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@rehawi2001 They were not considered family. Not sure what you were smoking.

  • @markharris8323
    @markharris8323 Před 3 měsíci

    That was fascinating. Thank you.

  • @MrKoalaAviation
    @MrKoalaAviation Před rokem +60

    a lot of history here

  • @Kruppt808
    @Kruppt808 Před rokem +51

    Slavery is/was a global problem. As someone who loves history I always associated slavery when it first comes to mind to the Ottoman Empire. Probably because of the Jannisery(sp), them and the Egyptian Mamluk Dynasty.

    • @enaz3gezegen49
      @enaz3gezegen49 Před rokem +3

      It was founded by slaves in the Mamluk. If not mentioned in the video, the caste system was one of the most severe forms of slavery.

    • @the3zoooz1
      @the3zoooz1 Před rokem

      But can make you become a sultan and get paid

    • @RB-ns2nn
      @RB-ns2nn Před rokem +4

      ​@@enaz3gezegen49 Supposing you are talking about India, why do you consider the caste system a form of slavery? Caste system was a discriminatory practice where the higher castes discriminates against the lower castes. It's a hierarchy based on the profession the particular caste is involved in. Even lower castes discriminate against those further lower in the hierarchy.
      The upper castes didn't "own" the people in the lower castes. They can't "sell" them. Nor can they force them to work for the upper castes. At most, they can restrict their religious freedom (not entering temples) and ostracize them (not drinking water from them, not taking any gifts from them, not entering their household, etc). The caste system works on the concept of purity. The more "pure" your profession is, the more influence you have in society. Bad but not slavery.

    • @adidoki
      @adidoki Před rokem +6

      When it comes to slavery the first one´s to come in mind are always the western europeans usually, as the janissary slaves after their training weren´t really slaves anymore, they usually had more freedom than the average citizen and could even become Vezirs, just like how the turkic slaves in egypt usurped power and became the leaders

    • @josm1481
      @josm1481 Před rokem

      Slavery is part of Islamic law and always will be. No Islamic nation abolished slavery without Western influence and there was no Islamic abolition movement.
      As long as there's Islam there will be slavery.

  • @user-cn8cz3qz6z
    @user-cn8cz3qz6z Před 9 měsíci

    Other than attempting to insinuate that European/American wealth is in some significant manner attributable to the enslavement of Africans and/or the slave trade, this was a very accurate and informative video.

  • @vitus6302
    @vitus6302 Před 9 měsíci +1

    TFW it’s 1970 and the video is still not over for two more minutes.

  • @cbody70
    @cbody70 Před rokem +10

    A informative overview of the topic. Thanks for posting.

  • @jimdoherty4108
    @jimdoherty4108 Před rokem +26

    Extremely informative and very, very depressing. Thank you for making this.

    • @johnv5827
      @johnv5827 Před rokem

      Especially when you realize that theirs more slaves alive now than ever in history and that's not even including most of the prison labor systems in the western nations because they don't fit certain criteria.

    • @Uahmedtahaalnady
      @Uahmedtahaalnady Před rokem

      in gulf state .. there's a disguised law for slavery called the sponsorship (Kafala) laws ... they offer several legalized slaves to every rich man (Kafeel=sponsor) .. he could do whatever he want to them even making them work again for others & get what they gain ... with the least & worst living & working conditions (they literally buying glucose powder to survive rather than eating food)

  • @RyanshawMe
    @RyanshawMe Před 15 dny

    I'd like to see a breakdown on todays slavery situation in more detail than a 20 second clip and get more awareness out there.

  • @sanna8593
    @sanna8593 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Wow it was quite sad but still interesting to fit my own great-grandfather into this timeline. He was digging for coal for the Russians during WW II, because he was of German origin and they were afraid he would join the Nazis. He barely survived and miraculously found his wife again and two generations later, here I am. Crazy world.