The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard

Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade -- which forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas -- stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy. Anthony Hazard discusses the historical, economic and personal impact of this massive historical injustice.

Lesson by Anthony Hazard, animation by NEIGHBOR.

[derrellsam]

To all of you people who is calling Ted Ed biased because the Arab slave trade wasn't mentioned : THE VIDEO IS ABOUT THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE With that being said, this video is on the Atlantic slave trade, mentioning anything about the arab slave trade would be pointless because that's NOT the topic of the video. STOP trying to belittle one situation in favor of another, YES slavery in general was/is bad. The video is just highlighting thr Atlantic Slave trade.

[msfred]

“Believing that in death, their souls will return home” had me tear up :(

[jlastre]

I'm Mexican American on my mother's side. She told me that my grandfather when he came to the US in 1908 saw African American ex-slaves with parts of their ears cut off. This is the first time I have ever heard those experiences confirmed.

[kingdavid]

This was actually a really good breakdown. As a person of color we often forget the involvement of Africa and also the long-lasting impact it still has today.

[bones]

this is sickening. the fact that people actually could do this to another person kills me.

[NoWay]

TY for pointing out the religious aspect.  Often christians will deny that religion was used to justify this.  

[jamesstockton]

You neglected the 50% that went East, and were gelded, no offspring. Slavery was never just a western thing it was a world thing, and is still very active today in many cultures. The world as a whole has yet to learn the value of life.

[pidgenix]

the guy that wrote this, Anthony Hazard, is no joke my social studies teacher…i’m not even kidding

[grcarie]

I like how the narrator explains that slavery is at odds with Christian ideals, and how proponents and practitioners of slavery had to go through some logical calisthenics to justify their crimes.

[domzbu]

There are 46, 000, 000 slaves alive in the world today according the GSI global slavery index. Mostly across Africa, Mid East and India. Also, Arabs took 17, 000, 000 African as slaves through the centuries. Little known and little mentioned.

[KylePiira]

Not sure what textbooks you guys were reading, but this is exactly what was in mine.

[GumdroptheFurryYT]

The fact they committed suicide in hopes their souls would return home is actually heartbreaking

[whitekiltwhitekilt]

Man’s inhumanity to Man. Continues even today.

[mpenduloemmanuelcibi]

Mention slavery, some people automatically jump to defensive mode.

[julesoxana]

"Believing in death their souls will return home" 💔so heartbreaking

[Neovelipureunity]

R.I.P To all of my ancestors and those who had to go thru this for me to be here today...

[battlespace]

Thank you for putting out a more comprehensive view of it. It's also enlightening to know what the consequences were to the African nations who were left.

[nanaesio.nyarkoh]

Being African and learning the history from our perspective, I thought there would be so many faults with this video I would have to point out, but I'm actually quite surprised at how accurate this video was! Well done, and this side of the history needs to be told more often 👏🏿

[charnaeyoung]

Instead of soaking in the "facts, " and learning from them. I see a lot of people trying to transfer guilt to other races. Why would you do that if you have nothing to be offended of. If I see a video about the holocaust, my first response isn't "other countries commit genocide!" So childish. You reek of unnecessary defensiveness and guilt. Instead of trying to convince everyone else that it "wasn't the worst" or that "everyone else did it, " try convincing yourselves that you don't have anything to be defensive about. This is the only part of history where I see crapstorms like this. People act like they've had their hands in a cookie jar or something. l0l

[theydontknow]

Shame on Both participants. The Buyers & Sellers— Smdh