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A Short History of Slavery | 5 Minute Video
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And now for a brief history of slavery. Here’s the first thing you need to know.
Slavery was not “invented” by white people.
It did not start in 1619 when the first slaves came to Jamestown.
It existed before then. It did not start in 1492
when Columbus discovered the New World. In fact, when the intrepid explorer landed
in the Bahamas, the native Taino tribe hoped he could help them defeat their aggressive neighbors,
the Caribs. The Caribs enslaved the Taino and, on occasion, served them for dinner.
Slavery existed in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The word “slave” actually comes from the Slavs of Eastern Europe. Millions of them — all white by
the way — were captured and enslaved by Muslims in the ninth century and later by the Ottoman Turks.
Slavery existed when the Roman Empire controlled the Mediterranean and most of
Europe from the 1st through the 5th centuries. Slavery existed when Alexander the Great
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