The Diabolical History Of The Barbary Slave Trade - A Day In History
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Date: 2022-09-18
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Al
A couple of points, Barbary Corsairs main focus was referred to as white gold! White slaves. The term Corsair actually refers to a pirate who is contracted by a state to engage in their activities on their behalf, effectively plausible deniability. The scale of their activities can only be alluded to by one raid on the island of Gozo, 6000 slaves were captured and transported. Just the scale of how many Corsairs would be needed to capture apprehend and transport this many people. English towns were raided constantly, many smaller settlements were evacuated and abandoned. The island of Lundy was for a time used by the pirates as base for their operation. The city of Dublin was founded as a slave market for captives taken in Britain and Ireland. This trade continued until recent years slave markets were closed by Italian troops in the early 1900s. One other aside a town in Britain was raided and the population taken to slave markets in Africa Lord Cromwell sent his general of ships to bring them back, when they arrived they demanded release of their countrymen. On being refused they bombarded the town virtually destroying it, moving to the next town where enslaved people were held, the demand was met by an immediate release of the enslaved British people.
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A couple of points, Barbary Corsairs main focus was referred to as white gold! White slaves. The term Corsair actually refers to a pirate who is contracted by a state to engage in their activities on their behalf, effectively plausible deniability. The scale of their activities can only be alluded to by one raid on the island of Gozo, 6000 slaves were captured and transported. Just the scale of how many Corsairs would be needed to capture apprehend and transport this many people. English towns were raided constantly, many smaller settlements were evacuated and abandoned. The island of Lundy was for a time used by the pirates as base for their operation. The city of Dublin was founded as a slave market for captives taken in Britain and Ireland. This trade continued until recent years slave markets were closed by Italian troops in the early 1900s. One other aside a town in Britain was raided and the population taken to slave markets in Africa Lord Cromwell sent his general of ships to bring them back, when they arrived they demanded release of their countrymen. On being refused they bombarded the town virtually destroying it, moving to the next town where enslaved people were held, the demand was met by an immediate release of the enslaved British people.
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vjm3
I like how you mentioned the Barbary were comprised of pretty much everyone who joined up their ranks. I also appreciate how in this video you effectively said Look, all races and religions engaged in slave trading at one point or another, especially during the Barbary pirate period.
Also, I'm part Irish. Since the Barbary did this, does that mean I'm owed reparations? Why not? If we can say the oppression that happened generations ago apply to Americans living now, why not extrapolate that even further back and demand reparations from literally, everyone?
No? That's unfair? Yeah welcome to my world. How about a bargain? I don't have to pay reparations, and you don't have to pay reparations, so we're square and will never talk about this except in (fascinating) historical contexts? Thanks.
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I like how you mentioned the Barbary were comprised of pretty much everyone who joined up their ranks. I also appreciate how in this video you effectively said Look, all races and religions engaged in slave trading at one point or another, especially during the Barbary pirate period.
Also, I'm part Irish. Since the Barbary did this, does that mean I'm owed reparations? Why not? If we can say the oppression that happened generations ago apply to Americans living now, why not extrapolate that even further back and demand reparations from literally, everyone?
No? That's unfair? Yeah welcome to my world. How about a bargain? I don't have to pay reparations, and you don't have to pay reparations, so we're square and will never talk about this except in (fascinating) historical contexts? Thanks.
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Brent
Not slaves in Greece or Rome. Gardiner, Robert, ed. Earliest Ships, The: The Evolution of Boats into Ships (1996)
Warry, John. Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors & Warfare in the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome (1980) (Good for the beginner)
In Classical, Hellenistic, and Imperial navies, rowers were free men. They were not chained, and fought against boarding actions when necessary. The exception was in Greece, when slave-owners might send some of their slaves to the navy in time of war, but they were treated same as the free men, including being paid by the day. One way to earn money to buy your freedom!
So the scenes in Ben Hur are just bad history.
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Not slaves in Greece or Rome. Gardiner, Robert, ed. Earliest Ships, The: The Evolution of Boats into Ships (1996)
Warry, John. Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors & Warfare in the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome (1980) (Good for the beginner)
In Classical, Hellenistic, and Imperial navies, rowers were free men. They were not chained, and fought against boarding actions when necessary. The exception was in Greece, when slave-owners might send some of their slaves to the navy in time of war, but they were treated same as the free men, including being paid by the day. One way to earn money to buy your freedom!
So the scenes in Ben Hur are just bad history.
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FENNEX
the marine Of the North africa were the officials marines of the Ottoman navy
and the Europeans were the Pirates of the world who used to attack every ship or city on the seashore
like the vikings
the proof ask the chinese and Japanese and the Indian and east Africa and let's not talk about the west Africa and all the enslaving of people who were more civilised who speaks at least 2 languages sold to man who can't read or write his own language
and of course the big proof is what happen to the native Americans
this is why they hate the Middles easterns. they gave you a hard time before they fall
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the marine Of the North africa were the officials marines of the Ottoman navy
and the Europeans were the Pirates of the world who used to attack every ship or city on the seashore
like the vikings
the proof ask the chinese and Japanese and the Indian and east Africa and let's not talk about the west Africa and all the enslaving of people who were more civilised who speaks at least 2 languages sold to man who can't read or write his own language
and of course the big proof is what happen to the native Americans
this is why they hate the Middles easterns. they gave you a hard time before they fall
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Steven
The Barbara pirates operated well before the USA was even thought of. And I'm sure the Royal navy did far far or to stamp out the slave trade. in fact Britain nearly went to war with USA in 1812 over it. The Italians have countless defensive towers all along coast that were used to defend against these slave traders. But the narrative only focuses on what we did, never how Britain was instrumental in ABOLISHING the slave trade. Over the 1000 years before USA came into existence ill bet millions of white people were enslaved. But they don't count.
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The Barbara pirates operated well before the USA was even thought of. And I'm sure the Royal navy did far far or to stamp out the slave trade. in fact Britain nearly went to war with USA in 1812 over it. The Italians have countless defensive towers all along coast that were used to defend against these slave traders. But the narrative only focuses on what we did, never how Britain was instrumental in ABOLISHING the slave trade. Over the 1000 years before USA came into existence ill bet millions of white people were enslaved. But they don't count.
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Jay
I commend the narrator for digging out the history of slavery which includes slavery of white people by the Ottoman Empire. You explaied how different groups of people of different regligions considered slavery as normal. To my knowledge Hinduism did not have slavery; christians, muslims had history of slavery. Slavery in modern times is identified with enslavement of black people by white people. Excellent research.
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I commend the narrator for digging out the history of slavery which includes slavery of white people by the Ottoman Empire. You explaied how different groups of people of different regligions considered slavery as normal. To my knowledge Hinduism did not have slavery; christians, muslims had history of slavery. Slavery in modern times is identified with enslavement of black people by white people. Excellent research.
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Frederick
Excellent video, But. one point. Europeans did not 'take' slaves. They just bought a commodity that was readily on sale, being sold 100% of the time by black Africans.
If any white person had tried to enter into the interior of Africa to capture black slaves they would have been killed outright, or more likely, taken as a slave themselves and sold by the black Africans to the North Africans.
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Excellent video, But. one point. Europeans did not 'take' slaves. They just bought a commodity that was readily on sale, being sold 100% of the time by black Africans.
If any white person had tried to enter into the interior of Africa to capture black slaves they would have been killed outright, or more likely, taken as a slave themselves and sold by the black Africans to the North Africans.
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Tormalima
Rowing is hard work. I have to wonder, if pirates were rich and successful, wouldn't it be better to cultivate a professional but still slave galley rowing team rather than potentially having to replace them every few weeks due to disease and death?
I have no doubt that some rowers lived and died brutally and quickly. But that can't have been the absolute rule. That's not good business.
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Rowing is hard work. I have to wonder, if pirates were rich and successful, wouldn't it be better to cultivate a professional but still slave galley rowing team rather than potentially having to replace them every few weeks due to disease and death?
I have no doubt that some rowers lived and died brutally and quickly. But that can't have been the absolute rule. That's not good business.
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Kathe
I'd love to see a video about how they raided Sicily. Someone needs to talk about this but rarely do! Even in college, my history professors skimmed over this.
Unfortunately, no one ever really talks about how the moors and africans enslaved the people of this beautiful island for several centuries. It's almost as if it's being wiped from the pages of history.
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I'd love to see a video about how they raided Sicily. Someone needs to talk about this but rarely do! Even in college, my history professors skimmed over this.
Unfortunately, no one ever really talks about how the moors and africans enslaved the people of this beautiful island for several centuries. It's almost as if it's being wiped from the pages of history.
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altGoolam
These estimates are all ALL fake. They're part of a concerted effort of Europeans to sidestep the violent responses to the Crusades and the Inquisition which targeted the genocide of millions of Muslim and Jews from Europe. All the accounts are exaggerated. But the historical evidence of the claimed millions, are very very slim.
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These estimates are all ALL fake. They're part of a concerted effort of Europeans to sidestep the violent responses to the Crusades and the Inquisition which targeted the genocide of millions of Muslim and Jews from Europe. All the accounts are exaggerated. But the historical evidence of the claimed millions, are very very slim.
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vjm3
Hey A Day In History
What's a GOOD book to read about the Barbary Slave Trade? What I mean by good is something that tells history in its proper context, and doesn't omit or change/lie about history for political or other malicious means? I ask, because I genuinely want to learn more about this on my own.
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Hey A Day In History
What's a GOOD book to read about the Barbary Slave Trade? What I mean by good is something that tells history in its proper context, and doesn't omit or change/lie about history for political or other malicious means? I ask, because I genuinely want to learn more about this on my own.
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Rex
Softly odd that you said that the United States was all the bad guys but before that you said for hundreds of years people were stealing people for slaves you know I dont know where youre from but if you dont like the United States get the hell out we have enough problems without shit stirrers like you
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Softly odd that you said that the United States was all the bad guys but before that you said for hundreds of years people were stealing people for slaves you know I dont know where youre from but if you dont like the United States get the hell out we have enough problems without shit stirrers like you
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crosbonit
You need to remake this. You went on a too much of a tangent about slavery in general. You didn't elaborate about the Marine raid on Tripoli at all. And the ending was anti-climactic to say the least. It basically was: Oh, well, the practice just kinda faded away. How? Why?
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You need to remake this. You went on a too much of a tangent about slavery in general. You didn't elaborate about the Marine raid on Tripoli at all. And the ending was anti-climactic to say the least. It basically was: Oh, well, the practice just kinda faded away. How? Why?
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SAM
It's a shame that these days videos about any of the other hundreds of massive slave trades that have existed throughout history has to be prefaced by an apology to the atlantic slave trade that this particular video is not about them to avoid offending the fragile.
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It's a shame that these days videos about any of the other hundreds of massive slave trades that have existed throughout history has to be prefaced by an apology to the atlantic slave trade that this particular video is not about them to avoid offending the fragile.
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nowthatsjustducky
The hymn was written sometime after 1867
Considering one of the lines is in the air, it would have likely had to have been early 20th Century at the earliest; unless the Marines were airdropping themselves from balloons in the late 19th Century.
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The hymn was written sometime after 1867
Considering one of the lines is in the air, it would have likely had to have been early 20th Century at the earliest; unless the Marines were airdropping themselves from balloons in the late 19th Century.
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chinablue
This video had more on white ownership of slaves and racism of whites than it did Barbary slavers.
Left wing society is so dedicated to the institutionalized and systematic promotion of negativity against whites it pervades every aspect of our lives.
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This video had more on white ownership of slaves and racism of whites than it did Barbary slavers.
Left wing society is so dedicated to the institutionalized and systematic promotion of negativity against whites it pervades every aspect of our lives.
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Jaydyte
Exactly, slaves involved both White people, Asians as well as Black people, its the Western society that marginalized it to only black people. There are many White people whose ancestors were slaves, servants and indentured servants.
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Exactly, slaves involved both White people, Asians as well as Black people, its the Western society that marginalized it to only black people. There are many White people whose ancestors were slaves, servants and indentured servants.
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Stefan
You spin that story as if the great majority of slaves they took were black (or is just your imagery that misleading. They were not. And if you spent any nontrivial amount of time researching this, you should know that very well.
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You spin that story as if the great majority of slaves they took were black (or is just your imagery that misleading. They were not. And if you spent any nontrivial amount of time researching this, you should know that very well.
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BigLeagueDrew
Couldnt help your self to not make a comment singling out America, huh? Even after stating slavery was common place around the world for thousand of years. Even though the video is about the Barbary slave trade. Amazing.
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Couldnt help your self to not make a comment singling out America, huh? Even after stating slavery was common place around the world for thousand of years. Even though the video is about the Barbary slave trade. Amazing.
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