Slavery's Worst Conspiracy Theory

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~~Video Description~~

This is a 'question' / accusation that gets brought up all the time whenever I make a video about slavery. The ultimate in deflection, it's one of the more offensive and utterly ridiculous conspiracies surrounding the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Unfortunately, it is also apparently a fairly prevalent one, at least if YouTube comments are anything to go by. Ultimately the people who most need to hear this message will not do so, and instead I look forward to their algorithm-boosting angry comments. All the same, someone has to play this ideological game of whack-a-mole on occasion, so here I am ready to do my part.

~~Sources & Further Reading On This Topic~~

If you'd like to read more on this topic, beyond all of the sources linked on my website linked below, you might also be interested in these secondary sources:

Read about Franklin and Armfield here

Find original sources, including a list of slave ships, via the National Archives here

An article about slavery in the southern United States you may find interesting

And finally, a website about the slave voyages themselves that I've only just found, but is likewise seems to offer a lot of interesting information

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~~Timestamps~~

This Video's Purpose 00:00

Protecting Against Bias- a sponsored message 06:47

The Conspiracy Itself 09:06

The Nature of Conspiracy 25:00