Debunking PragerU’s “History of Slavery” w/ Candace Owens

Thanks to https://brilliant.org/TheCynicalHisto... for sponsoring this video. Click the link to get 20% off an annual premium subscription PragerU is a reactionary propaganda machine, and now they want to step into the history of slavery. They tried to hit some points that I made years ago in my most popular episode "10 Common Slavery Myths," but did so with enough spin to warrant a debunking. This was originally streamed on Twitch and cut down from this original video:    • A Historian Debunks PragerU's "A Short His...   ------------------------------------------------------------ errata 9:10 - Muslims participated in a slave trade that included slavs by this time, but I was referring to their territorial extent. Saqaliba came from Byzantine and Viking slavers before the 11th century. Here’s an article on it: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... (thx drogenschlechtmhkay) 14:10 - black emperors are currently hotly debated, and I made it sound settled. In fact, it appears that more scholars agree that the Severans were more brown than black. But you may decide for yourself with this preserved painting of the family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Po... Bibliography Ira Berlin, Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003). https://amzn.to/2tYB3ef David Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2006). https://amzn.to/2KRoJpM A Companion to Ancient History, 2 vols., edited by Andrew Erskine (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2009). https://amzn.to/3zrju5p Natalie Davis, Slaves on Screen: Film and Historical Vision (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2002). https://amzn.to/2udiKkU Stanley Harrold, Border War: Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010). https://amzn.to/2xbEKSp ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 10 Common slavery myths:    • 10 Common Slavery Myths   comments response elaboration:    • Comments on "10 Common Slavery Myths" | Th...   Project Africa video on Guns Germs and Steel:    • African History Disproves “Guns Germs and ...   ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Support the channel through PATREON:   / cynicalhistorian   or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cyni... LET'S CONNECT: Twitch:   / cynicalhistorian   Facebook:   / cynicalcypher88   Subreddit:   / cynicalhistory   Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / cynical_history   Chapters 0:00 intro and promo 2:00 explaining the premise 2:40 debunking 51:56 conclusion