The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course Black American History #1
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Date: 2022-04-04
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George
Maybe you'll address this in coming episodes, but as an old white guy, it seems to me this first episode skipped the thing I most wonder about. WHY did slavery exist? Western Europe at the beginning of the slave trade didn't really even have serfs anymore, though it did have indentured servants. The idea of human rights was certainly not yet well developed. But, as far as I know, it didn't have slavery, and specifically it had no concept of race-based slavery (that is, the concept that while it's obviously not okay to enslave a white person, it becomes okay if the person is black. WHY, why, why, did it ever occur to that first white person, when he saw a black person, to think -I can treat this person not as a person but as property, as if he were a horse or ox-? Where did that noxious, irrational idea ever come from? Was it the first white traders arriving in Africa and being offered prisoners to buy? -If the Africans think other Africans are property, why shouldn't we-? That seems too easy. To use current slang, what ever made those first white Europeans think race-based slavery was a thing? Where did that idea come from, when they hadn't had it before?
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Maybe you'll address this in coming episodes, but as an old white guy, it seems to me this first episode skipped the thing I most wonder about. WHY did slavery exist? Western Europe at the beginning of the slave trade didn't really even have serfs anymore, though it did have indentured servants. The idea of human rights was certainly not yet well developed. But, as far as I know, it didn't have slavery, and specifically it had no concept of race-based slavery (that is, the concept that while it's obviously not okay to enslave a white person, it becomes okay if the person is black. WHY, why, why, did it ever occur to that first white person, when he saw a black person, to think -I can treat this person not as a person but as property, as if he were a horse or ox-? Where did that noxious, irrational idea ever come from? Was it the first white traders arriving in Africa and being offered prisoners to buy? -If the Africans think other Africans are property, why shouldn't we-? That seems too easy. To use current slang, what ever made those first white Europeans think race-based slavery was a thing? Where did that idea come from, when they hadn't had it before?
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Jakobpunkt
This video is fantastic and I am so glad Crash Course is revisiting this topic with more seriousness than their previous attempt.
I wish there was more information in the video about the societies enslaved people were taken from. Who were they before they were enslaved? What culture did they have? What languages did they speak? I feel like it would humanize enslaved people more in these stories to know who loved them, who reared them, and who lost them when they were taken or sold away.
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This video is fantastic and I am so glad Crash Course is revisiting this topic with more seriousness than their previous attempt.
I wish there was more information in the video about the societies enslaved people were taken from. Who were they before they were enslaved? What culture did they have? What languages did they speak? I feel like it would humanize enslaved people more in these stories to know who loved them, who reared them, and who lost them when they were taken or sold away.
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Legolord
Finally a history series that will touch on very serious matters such as slavery and how Blacks in the US had lived out their lives since the early American days to now. I wonder if it will touch on recent history, which I assume it will eventually.
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Finally a history series that will touch on very serious matters such as slavery and how Blacks in the US had lived out their lives since the early American days to now. I wonder if it will touch on recent history, which I assume it will eventually.
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Harrison
I wonder if the black background canvas behind Clint Smith will start to fill and show objects related specifically to the culture of black history as the series progress.
I can see this is going to be an enlightening series for many.
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I wonder if the black background canvas behind Clint Smith will start to fill and show objects related specifically to the culture of black history as the series progress.
I can see this is going to be an enlightening series for many.
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Jesse
This has to be the most important Crash Course that I have seen. It is crucial for everyone to see and understand the info that this series has to offer. I also thank the entirety of the team that has worked hard to create this series.
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This has to be the most important Crash Course that I have seen. It is crucial for everyone to see and understand the info that this series has to offer. I also thank the entirety of the team that has worked hard to create this series.
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Drew
Beautifully done as always. This video displayed thoughtful, complex, and well-researched scholarship. I hope Crash Course's approach continues to shape the discourse about important subjects like this on the internet.
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Beautifully done as always. This video displayed thoughtful, complex, and well-researched scholarship. I hope Crash Course's approach continues to shape the discourse about important subjects like this on the internet.
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Darkhill
It boggles me that people in America dont learn about this stuff. We learn about this in Denmark, in depth, with original historical accounts. We had 3 months of the subject -black America-
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It boggles me that people in America dont learn about this stuff. We learn about this in Denmark, in depth, with original historical accounts. We had 3 months of the subject -black America-
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John
Glad to see this topic covered - want to show it to my son, even though he may be too young for since of the content it's important to understand how the world we live in came to be.
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Glad to see this topic covered - want to show it to my son, even though he may be too young for since of the content it's important to understand how the world we live in came to be.
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makouras
A great start to this series, I'm looking forward to the next episode!
Btw this is very interesting for international viewers, such as myself, not just Americans.
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A great start to this series, I'm looking forward to the next episode!
Btw this is very interesting for international viewers, such as myself, not just Americans.
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Brianna
-Human beings, - -enslaved Africans, - and -African captives- instead of slaves. Language is so important and I appreciate the recognition of our ancestors' humanity.
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-Human beings, - -enslaved Africans, - and -African captives- instead of slaves. Language is so important and I appreciate the recognition of our ancestors' humanity.
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