Slavery remains one of the most uncomfortable subjects in the history of the United States of America. Indeed, it can hardly be relegated to being only American “history” as we’ll soon see in greater depth. There are large groups of historical revisionists that have a vested interest in trying to downplay it or reshape it in a way that’s more comfortable for their agendas. There are also some people that have grown up with overly simplistic versions of slavery in the past and its current state. We here at TopTenz will strive do our small part to push back against both. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6052538 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Business inquiries to [email protected] Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 TERRIFYING Facts About MAORI WARRIORS https://youtu.be/V-5-1ffAe9w?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnJxUxVB7_iVyUoudkWy59vW Top 10 Toughest VIKING WARRIORS https://youtu.be/dmsC4T7UiNY?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnJxUxVB7_iVyUoudkWy59vW Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/10-lies-youre-told-american-slavery.php Coming up: 10. “Abolitionism was a Popular Northern Movement” 9. “The American Civil War was Not About Slavery” 8. “Slaves Fought for the Confederacy” 7. “Slaves were Rarely Killed by Labor” 6. “Freed Slaves Took Control of Southern Governments After the American Civil War” 5. “Slaves Were Only Owned by the Wealthiest” 4. “Even if the South Won the Civil War, Slavery Would Have Ended Shortly After” 3. “The First Slaves in America Were White People!” 2. “Slavery was a Southern Problem” 1. “Slavery is Illegal in America” Source/Further reading: https://youtu.be/2d2_zeJTJcw https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/was-abolitionism-a-failure/?_r=0 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2967.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-myth-of-the-black-confederate-soldier https://youtu.be/W6QAqU2KpaY http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/living/history.htm https://youtu.be/R4v_yRFf4-Y https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-reconstruction/2016/01/21/0719b324-bfc5-11e5-83d4-42e3bceea902_story.html?utm_term=.aa5e5e98ed29 https://www.nps.gov/fosu/learn/education/upload/Money-Civil-War-Activity.pdf https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/slavery-united-states http://www.snopes.com/irish-slaves-early-america/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/freedom/history.html https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/First_at_Vicksburg.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Black_soldier_in_Union_Army_Sergeant_uniform_1864.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Emancipation_Proclamation.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Battle_of_Spottsylvania_by_Thure_de_Thulstrup.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Civil-war-021.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Mississippi_Declaration_and_Ordinance_of_Secession.djvu/page5-2455px-Mississippi_Declaration_and_Ordinance_of_Secession.djvu.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Kurz_and_Allison_-_Battle_of_Franklin%2C_November_30%2C_1864.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Black_Confed-1.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/The_Leading_Facts_of_American_History_%281910%29_-_The_First_Negro_Slaves_Brought_to_Virginia.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QAqU2KpaY https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/AntiSlavery_Engraving_from_the_American_Anti-Slavery_Almanac.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f9/f7/86/f9f786c8d6134d28ee314e2a0fdf9518--cemetery-monuments-cemetery-art.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=74&v=R4v_yRFf4-Y https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/First_Colored_Senator_and_Representatives.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Henry-smith-2-1-1893-paris-tx-2.jpg