SLAVERY From a Scottish Point of View... A Lesson From Scottish History

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  @ScotlandHistoryTours · 4 years ago · pinned

  Find my video on Slavery and the Scottish Church at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQpUoJkRvDk">https://youtu.be/LQpUoJkRvDk</a>

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  @SteveSmith-67 · 4 years ago

  Absolutely brilliant should be compulsory viewing for the whole country “the colour of slavery isn’t black or white, the colour of slavery is green” can be applied to so many parts of our lives.

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  @jmunro-graham1568 · 4 years ago

  Both sides of my Family and all their families mined coal in Scotland from the early 1800s until the 1980s. My father worked from 14 years of age in the Lanarkshire pits and decided joining the H.L.I &nbsp;was a better option 😳 The Death rates for miners was through the roof, many pit owners paid miners with vouchers that could only be spent in shops and pubs in the owned by the owner families. The lesson I learned was rich people enslave poor people in most cases regardless of colour or creed.

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  @pdhudsonUSMC · 4 years ago (edited)

  Best one yet. Loved the ratchet affect. My grandmother was “farmed-out” by her family and given to another family as a domestic servant. She wasn’t given any wages or education, just room and board for her labors. She ran away at 17 to Detroit to escape her servitude.

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  @josephrobinson6171 · 4 years ago

  Honestly I&apos;d love to see this dude doing full length documentaries.

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  @impablomations · 4 years ago

  Stumbled on this channel by accident. &nbsp;This guy needs to be on TV. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;If content and teachers like this had been around when I was in school 30+ years ago I wouldn&apos;t have hated history as a subject.

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  @Sidecontrol1234 · 4 years ago

  Wow, more people in Scotland and the wider world need to see this, I had no idea coal miners in Scotland had it that bad. &nbsp;This was never mentioned in school and I don&apos;t know anyone until now in Scotland who knows this. &nbsp;So fascinating.

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• IA

  @ianramage1593 · 4 years ago

  Throughout history, slavery has been practiced by virtually every race, nationality and religion. &nbsp;As you rightly point out, slavery has far less to do with racial enmity than with avarice.

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  @michellekeith5602 · 4 years ago

  Thank you so much. &nbsp;My grandmother being born near Edinburgh &nbsp;and my grandfather in Alsace Germany....that made my father who is black descending from slaves/slave owners, made my life weird . &nbsp; &nbsp; Racism played a big and confusing part of my childhood. &nbsp;As an adult I have children with a man who is half Spanish and half native American . &nbsp;It&apos;s fun to watch racists today look at my oldest daughter who is blonde haired hazel eyes and pale skinned , and assume she must be white. &nbsp;Sure she is. &nbsp;But she is also Black and Native American. &nbsp; Ignorance is an affliction that can be treated. &nbsp; Do better people. &nbsp; We are all on the same boat. &nbsp; And if it sinks, would you care what color the person was that saved you from drowning?

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  @garryej · 4 years ago

  In addition to visiting the Scottish Mining Museum (which I have), you can also visit the Museum of Scotland, in Edinburgh, and actually see one of the brass collers that were welded around the necks of miners, indentifying who really &apos;owned&apos; them.

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  @Sister_Elle · 4 years ago

  I never thought of slavery on a continuum. Absolutely brilliant.

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  @terrykennedy-lares8840 · 4 years ago

  I loved this. Yep, &quot;the color of slavery is green&quot;.

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