He was a prominent figure in the campaign to abolish slavery. Flyover Americans arent going to take it. And tolerance is not a given. Very often shaped by the political, technological and economic forces of the times if the Western way of life had remained utterly dependent on Roman-style slavery, Im not sure wed ever have abolished it even amongst our own inhabitants. There is no reason to think that slavery was nicer in Africa. Their cities, as well as their comfort, will rapidly decay. But werent they lucky compared to the other Germans in Stalingrad? It can be withdrawn. The good news is that Black Lives Matter may be that trigger. Oh man. Quite possibly slave-raiding Gaels before that. Nevertheless, we live in a society that generally regards slavery as an absolute and eternal wrong, and a grave one at that, yet which has historically (at least certain people and places, and including the state itself) benefited from imposing slavery on others.. It's possibly a deeper change than some people realise because I don't think what we're living through is a series of political events; I think we're living through a generational shift," he says. One sporting event that has captured your imagination I was fortunate enough to get tickets to see some of the basketball at the London 2012 Olympics, so my brother and I went to watch the GB vs. Spain game. Its a shame Welsh slave-raids into England continued until early Norman times. It was such a brilliantly organised programme of mass protest that slavery was declared abolished in 1833: 46,000 slave owners were given 20m in compensation (17bn in todays money), the largest payout in British history and 40 per cent of all government spending that year. Slavery is bad or it isnt. The race obsessed Department of Education goes to considerable lengths to distinguish Caribbeans and West Africans. She wasnt interested in my academic pursuit. at scales that were unusual in the long and varied history of slavery, and levels of brutality that stood out too. White communities suffer huge losses from Black crime. Then a young teenager, he was driven out of his council home, together with his grandmother, mother, two sisters and younger brother, by a sustained campaign of nightly stoning of their windows. The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. In dealing with the black contribution to the First World War, for example, he cites popular gratitude and admiration for black Britons among them Walter Tull, who fought on the Western Front. Then the adult men became profitable too. All in all your typical West African is far more likely to have ancestral connections to the slave trade than your typical Brit. Would also apply even if down a different family line there had been beneficiaries of the slave trade. Olusogas ancestors will have participated in the capture of sale of slaves in Nigeria. It seems absurd to me that anyone should be concerned about what happened 200 or 500 years ago. In the UK its not white people enslaving blacks anymore, but Asians enslaving other Asians, as in Leicesters clothing sweatshops. The details of difference are fairly minor. Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. and while the responsible state still exists, Theres a fundamental weakness with all theories of universal law or justice, which is that across time and space, the human conception of what is right and just seems to be extremely varied and rarely (to modern Western eyes) pleasant.. Tim says there might be some truth to them for the Caribbean. Definitely didnt die out with the Romans. The Celtic version of slavery (which ran to quite a different model) was still going on in the places the Romans didnt reach. Olusogas stated purpose is to argue that black British history is not about migration and settlement, whether of black servants in the 18th century or black workers in the Windrush era. Peter completed his award-winning PhD, exploring stress and coping in elite sports coaching, at Sheffield Hallam in 2012. I do not see what is different between a plantation in Africa and a plantation in Virginia. Olusoga, who is half-Nigerian, traces this focus to his mother telling him when he was a child that Nigerian soldiers served in World War II. No member of my family ever owned slaves. Just how much should Olusoga receive? The Russians do not have these problems because they are not ashamed. Anyway, I digress, we did have at some point, a gang of pedos turn up and put their case, reasonably, and were tolerated and conversed with. Youre right, MBE. Supported by African authors of slave narratives such as Olaudah Equiano and Ottabah Cugoano, they held meetings all over the country, attracting huge crowds. They also ran a slave trade to the Ottoman empire and white slavery in the north without any help from Europeans. In the 15th and 16th centuries, thousands of pounds of gold were shipped to Europe. 2023 BBC. They all get it from White people inciting violence. Cotton was a completely different slave economy. There is no reason to think one system was more or less brutal than the other. We aint paying no goddam reparations & no-ones gonna make us. Again, not that these market forces absolve the sellers of a moral responsibility, but there is an argument occasionally deployed that slaves would have been slaves anyway. Pretty much everybody in the West is against slavery. Of course if a rule was instituted that only people with white skins had to pay taxes, it might happen. (and white people was pretty much the British). Theres probably more mileage in my country, or at least its historical incarnation, fought against it because unlike the actual people involved, the state is still around. What has Nigeria ever done for him? 7 years was the average working lifespan so it is said. But its still awful, even on a historical scale. Away from the creative arts, the Equiano Project aims to promote race equality and he was mentioned in Parliament during a debate on Black History and Cultural Diversity in the Curriculum. So he calls himself a Geordie. They arent going to concede anything. He has discovered new and exciting research materials in African archives, among them the Register of Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone, which list names, bodily details, ethnicity and origins, thus putting a human face on people otherwise treated as fodder and statistics. Though I dont know where wed get $12 trillion in Confederate currency. Olusoga brilliantly reveals such contradictions in British society. I just dont really get what Olusoga is saying. 5 quotes from David Olusoga: 'On a peninsula protruding into one of the great highways of the Atlantic slave trade, a few hundred refugees from British slavery in North America were attempting to recreate the social structures of Northern Europe in the Middle Ages.', 'Time and again events and phenomena that we think we know and understand contain within them lost or camouflaged connections to . The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. Nobody will stop you, honest. Black history: Should it be part of the wider curriculum? Id agree that attitudes in the UK are approaching that situation, but theres still a long, long way to go yet. His book is a product of that childhood terror, and partly an exploration of his condition as a black Briton. They are stupid false for America. David will . December 2020. See, five years ago I wouldnt have written a crass comment like that, but hey, times achanging and as financially independent with some FU-money, I dont have to worry about cancellation culture, LOL. The UK, Norway, Benelux, Spain, Malta and Switzerland are, I believe, the only western European countries to set it at 16. I had a girlfriend whose mother was a Nazi. Not sure theyd do that with modern sensibilities mind you. One in which enslaved people suffered and even died from malnutrition, as the economics of the slave trade meant that it was cheaper, at times, to starve people and then replace them than it was to provide them with food. Country Star Kacey Musgraves: Voting for Trump Is an Act of Violence. It isnt going to happen anyway. Exactly, bis. I have that estimate saved and ready to be critiqued as part of a larger project. Then, in October, came a breakthrough. His exposure to Nigerian culture seems quite limited. Would probably have taken your suggestion as a challenge. Then a young teenager, he was driven out of his council home, together with his grandmother, mother, two sisters and younger brother, by a sustained campaign of nightly stoning of their windows. And the Domesday Book even counts slaves as a separate category below the unfree peasants (villans, bordars and cottars) those owed service to a Lord who could order them to move about and could say yes or no to their proposed marriages, but unlike slaves he didnt own them, couldnt sell them, and they had property rights to at least a smallholding. Vikings took slaves, including exporting Anglo-Saxons (you must have heard the quote Non Angli, sed Angeli about the English slaves being sold in Italy? Duke University professor, William Darity Jr, and writer, Kirsten Mullen, jointly published a report for The Roosevelt Institute, an American liberal think tank, laying out a case for slavery reparations. The reason why Equiano is not a national name is because slavery is not a part of the history that we teach when it should be because I don't think you can understand the 18th century in particular but also the 19th century without reference to slavery.". I know there are posters on here who see stepping into their opponents perspective as a dangerous and pointless endeavour that gives undue worth to a viewpoint they despise, but purely as a mental exercise theres usually something to be said for examining your opponents strongest argument instead of their weakest. So my advice would be, for his own health, STFU. The Royal African Company, established by Charles II in 1672, eventually enslaved and transported more Africans than any other company in British history. Moreover its arguably unjust that only victims of still-extant states have a route to compensation whereas people from ethnic groups roughly contemporaneously massacred, enslaved and sacrificed by the Aztec Empire have nobody to sue. But there have been other societies with slavery where slaves had more autonomy and a greater chance of buying their freedom. Olusoga patterns his narrative after Fryers, starting with the North African presence in Roman Britain. Anti-black riots broke out in Liverpool that year. Or anything to do with slavery. Between that night at the opera and 1807, nearly 800,000 Africans were enslaved. Watching @worstall execute @richardjmurphy is like watching a very, very clever cat slowly killing at ataxic mouse. This year, return to Neverland. There are probably a thousand organisations, charities and assorted grifters who would happily cash your cheque. Anybody can do this. Prof Olusoga, the presenter of the A House Through Time TV series, calls it an act of "historical salvage" to bring to the fore the black British figures who had been "lost in the archives, completely forgotten". Thats fine, BraveFart. How would Nigeria treat a foreigner like him? But that ignores how the demand of outsiders led inevitably to far more supply being provided, so I dont think the traders can be given a pass on this front either. @ Boganboy A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. It costs money to replace them and after a famine the price of slaves would rise. Different people can argue the toss from different viewpoints and perspectives but in many ways their arguments pass each other like ships in the night, because they havent all got nobodys got an absolute frame of reference to judge things with respect to. not at all to disparage your ancestors GC. We do not know enough to be sure. That may have caused more violence. In the USA? BurningEars August 30, 2020 at 3:07 pm Theres a flaw in arguments of the form frankly you should be glad I murdered your sister. It happened. As Black British History Month draws to a close, TV historian Prof David Olusoga looks at the impact it's had - and how young people are taking it on. Black and British: A Forgotten History Olusoga has benefited from and added significantly to the work of Fryer and other historians such as James Walvin. 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Rather that certain western states, still in existence therefore potentially still liable, regulated and indeed encouraged the development of both the transatlantic slave trade and the slave-labour economic systems of the colonies, at scales that were unusual in the long and varied history of slavery, and levels of brutality that stood out too. The people in Portland, Seattle and Kenosha are too decadent to fight back. Im not even saying thats a convincing argument, it has some very serious weak points, just that I reckon its a stronger one than a general appeal about current inequality. The Benin Dialogue Group announced it had brokered an agreement that will see "some of the most iconic" of the bronzes returned to Benin City, Nigeria, where they will be housed in the soon-to-be-built Benin Royal Museum. And they will go looking for parts of the past that aren't on the curriculum, and they evidently do. In the end, wholl be proven right about the matter practically, in terms of what the outcome is and what the first drafts of history say? Read about our approach to external linking. If Olusoga is looking for apologies or compensation for slavery, I am quite prepared to meet him, accept his apology, togehr with cash, cheque or even a postal order. A covering letter would be a courtesy but probably not a necessity. They included Josiah Wedgwood (the pottery entrepreneur), Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson. Yet American slave-produced raw cotton continued to feed the 4,500 mills of Lancashire. David then moved with his mother and three siblings in the north-east of the UK. Hey, we do not even have to go that far. Indeed in many cases, whose ancestors didnt even live in France or England at the relevant time. In that moment, his interest in history overlapped. ), Who is fundamentally right about reparations for slavery? Its very noticable how nobodys mentioning that the Spanish Empire were doing this for several centuries before the British got involved. The world has seen more slavery since its abolition than before. Peter Pan & Wendy is a live-action reimagining of the J.M . Wrong ?!?! Well whats the point of pretending it doesnt also induce moral disgust in me, just in case someone mistakes it for guilt, or an admission of liability? Read about our approach to external linking. When the American Civil War interrupted the supply of cotton, hundreds of thousands of British workers were made destitute, dependent on soup kitchens, and the British economy was dealt a thunderous blow, all because an ocean away the forced labour of four million enslaved black Americans had been disrupted. Thy did not try to grow or raise the next generation. Maybe heard of Saint Balthild, seventh-century English lass sold into slavery, exported to the Continent, served in a palace and ended up marrying the Frankish King?). Id say theres enormous dangers in treating this as if it was some public school debating society gig. History is just one awful thing after another. If slavery really mattered theyd be campaigning for reparations from the blacks and arabs/moslems who were doing it long before the white man arrived in Africa and was far more devastating. Needless to say they should pay us reparations for this too. In fact he is a biased political campaigner working to attack and do as much damage to Britain as he can. This seems rather unlikely. Slaves were crowded in a new environment with new diseases. There is no reason to single White people out for unique levels of criticism. His dad met his mom at the city's university in the 1960s. I think a case could be made. Required fields are marked *. My great grandfather fought to end slavery in a war. it was cheaper, at times, to starve people and then replace them Just means they werent alone in being in the wrong. I agree BIS. You can be redeemed, you worthless pasty people. Then dont discuss it. Those aged 11-14 have to be taught about the British Empire between 1745-1901, however the slave trade is one of nine examples given by the Department of Education on what can be taught. Should black history be taught all year round? Thats why we get it. At the moment it seems to regarded as a good thing. And any reparations should be paid 50% by the African states for the areas which sold the slaves and pocketed the proceeds. But Muslims were enslaving white Europeans into Africa long before the Atlantic route, usually castrating the males. There is plenty of slavery about we just do not call it that. The government has said the "flexibility within the history curriculum means that there is the opportunity for teachers to teach about BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) history across a spectrum of themes and eras" so it did "not believe it was necessary to change the curriculum". Over 1000 years in Britain. I was uncomfortable using it. If you want to pay more tax, just write a cheque to HMRC and send it off. Both groups today, especially the former, could reasonably claim historic persecution has reduced their present income and wealth. The economics of the slave trade may have meant that it was cheaper to work someone to death rather than allowing him a comfortable old age. "They're not looking to history only to make them feel good and give them comfort, but they're looking to history to tell them things about truths about their society that we have traditionally edited out of British history.". Prof Darity and Ms Mullen outline that to eliminate the existing Black-White wealth gap an allocation of between $10 trillion and $12 trillion, or about $800,000 per black household, should be paid. "I have," he admits, "a habit of . Cheap ass presentism. June 16, 2020 - 20:29 BST Aisha Nozari. But that is not the argument I am making. Fought to STOP southern independence. If more African-Americans started to vote Republican and the Democrats felt they needed something radical to boost their offer, and had enough support from liberal whites and other groups to risk further losses among blue-collar whites, for example. We are told that an estimated 12.5 million slaves were shipped from Africa to the West Indies and elsewhere in the 18th century. Have you ever read the account by Ibn Fadlan of a Viking funeral in Russia? Arguably wrong in a crimes against humanity way (similar language of natural justice and universal morality indeed being used by the abolitionists and the UK itself when it tried to enforce a ban on the trade) that made it inherently illegal even when governments tried to put it on a legal footing. "Incorporating the stories of people like Equiano is merely part of a process of looking at all of British history; not just being selective, not only going to the chapters that make us feel good about ourselves or proud.". This is because forgetting slavery means forgetting its victims. We could just cut to the chase, and impose a reparations tax on anyone who is descended from from anyone who did something, er, wrong. Everyone was. Grew up in Quedlinburg. His rhetoric is to inflame the reader. Cest de la trs bonne dialectique conomique. If their ancestors had remained in Africa would they be better off than they are now? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. A fifty quid note in the hand of the first black bloke you encounter. His current research focuses on stress, burnout, and wellbeing in sports, with a particular interest in high-performance environments and elite coaching. Eventually, 11,000 separate British slave-trading expeditions resulted in the trafficking of three-and-a-half-million Africans to the New World plantations, the greatest forced migration in modern history until the 20th century. Dont even get me started on the Moors, Arabs and Ottomans, As for getting rich many African tribes kept slaves and their societies did not get rich. They may have been turning people they would have killed into a profitable commodity. "So when black history was missing - the history of empire, the history of slavery - was missing from my history lessons, I didn't have a place to go to discover those missing chapters. "They do not want British history to be a catalogue of heroes and victories and glorious chapters," he says. Theres an argument about judging people by the standard of their times, though even in the 1500s moral and religious objections to the slave trade had been made and the rationale of crimes against humanity is that some things are so abhorrent they could never truly be legal no matter what moral code the perpetrators justified themselves with. Its been banned for two centuries in Britain. But as someone who is damaged by slavery I have lived in racially mixed communities and I am happy to see Obama and Kamala pay up. Video, 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat, BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3: The Meaning of Zong, BBC Bitesize: The Zong 1781-1783 - The triangular trade, during a debate on Black History and Cultural Diversity in the Curriculum, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Fire knocks out half of Argentina's power grid, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US, Starbucks illegally fired workers over union - judge. "They look to history not just for inspiration and comfort, not just for heroes and for glorious chapters; they look for history expecting to find challenging stories, painful stories, dark truths, villains as well as heroes. "Equiano is the most important voice that we have from the British experience of slavery and the slave trade," he said. The novel became the bestselling book of 19th-century Britain; it was adapted for the theatre and generated mass-produced merchandise playing cards, jigsaws, tableware. And, of course, being half white, he is only entitled to half the reparation payment. It died out with the Romans leaving, and its non-legality repeatedly reaffirmed from the reign of the early Normans onwards.. Back in the heyday of blogging, perhaps ten years ago or so, there was a blogger calling him/herself The Heresiarch who enjoyed running against received opinions. To me personally, this is the thing. Nor do I think that sugar is worse than cotton. You may concede a point here, a point there. (Britain expended blood and treasure on ending the slave trade, and thereby paid its moral debt already is one way of trying to resolve it, but rather unsatisfactory at righting the wrongs done to those who had already fallen victim to the trade.) The German survivors of Stalingrad were sent to camps and most of them worked to death. H istorian and broadcaster David Olusoga has been the face of a decolonial turn in British broadcasting that, in recent years, with series including the Bafta-winning Britain's Forgotten Slave. "They were barely known even to historians. The enslaved Africans had to wait another five years for their freedom and were not given a penny. Maybe Europeans did increase demand. You might have heard of a Romano-British chap called Patrick, got enslaved and nabbed to Ireland? One issue about Westerners buying slaves via a chain of commerce that often ultimately involved Africans selling other Africans at traditional slave-trading locations (there was some slave-raiding by Europeans directly, but rarer) is that the extra demand distorted the market, led directly to more armed slave-raiding expeditions against rival tribes and so on. Had a vault for the more inflammatory pieces. 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