In which John Green teaches you about America's "peculiar institution," slavery. I wouldn't really call it peculiar. I'd lean more toward horrifying and depressing institution, but nobody asked me. John will talk about what life was like for a slave in the 19th century United States, and how slaves resisted oppression, to the degree that was possible. We'll hear about cotton plantations, violent punishment of slaves, day to day slave life, and slave rebellions. Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Whipped Peter all make an appearance. Slavery as an institution is arguably the darkest part of America's history, and we're still dealing with its aftermath 150 years after it ended. Support CrashCourse on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. Memoirs from former slaves like abolitionist Frederick Douglass provide insightful context on the harsh realities of slavery: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/the-narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-excerpt-from-chapter-1 Others resisted the violence of slavery through open rebellion, like Nat Turner: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/nat-turner-s-slave-revolt Abolitionists and free slaves alike had to fight against unfair laws such as the Fugitive Slave Act: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/fugitive-slave-act-of-1793

Comments

1. Many psychologists say that racists are mentally ill and suffer from white guilt so they project their shame of corrupt history as pride. That's why there are so many in the comments trying to deflect or justify slavery.
2. WE WILL NEVER BE FREE UNTIL WE END SLAVERY
3. sir please slow down your speech. Good info but for many on the Autism Spectrum just to fast. thanks
4. my ancestors were slaves and when I tried to ask my parents they said that I wasn't ready for how they were treated and now I understand why
5. Jews involvement in the black slave trade in the Americas is never mentioned...
6. please. do you have all what you said written on the internet? like as an essay so i can easily understand it all.
7. what about the black people that enslave white people
8. saying Aristotle was a terrible philosopher is horribly ignorant. If you haven't read nichomachean ethics I would recommend you do. ayn rand credited only Aristotle as a foundation for her individualism. which isn't for everyone cause she doesn't sugar coat it. you've been warned. but to say Aristotle was horrible is ignorant
9. ONE MORE THING...IF "THE JEWS"...WERE SO "HOLY"...WHY NOT SAY YOUR...COMPLETE TITLE/NAME/NATIONALITY ETC..."EUROPEAN JEWS"...I AM DONE, FOR NOW....
10. REVELATIONS 3:9, IF YOU ARE CURIOUS....BEWARE...HE SAID THAT....LIKE ALMOST 3000 YEARS AGO, GIVE OR TAKE...AND YOU ALL STILL SLEEPING, POINTING FINGERS, AND PLAYING "CHILDRENS GAMES"...START THINKING PEOPLE...FROM THE NECK UP...
11. The civil war was fought over taxes.
12. Did you just say Aristotle was the worst philosopher? What an idiotic thing to say.
13. This guy only gives half truths.. blacks owned and sold slaves.. where do you think the Europeans bought them from? Also this guy says nothing about the Arab slave trade which castrated their slaves which is why you see no black communities in Arab countries
14. wow
15. My professor actually just assigned this video for our American Lit class. I may have squealed in delight, even though the subject of the video is anything but delightful.
16. Crash Course you should share about how Philippines fought spaniards and slavery and how Jose rizal became a hero!
17. Eagle = justice & freedom
    Lei= vacation
    Eagle wearing a lei= justice and freedom tooK a vacation.......
    
    DEBUNKED
18. lol I live in England - two 900 year old churches with in a one mile diameter of me, literally looking out the window at one of them now.
19. So, I have seen and read a lot about, African slaves, Native American slaves and Irish Slaves in the United States of America. What is the lo=down on that? And in the old testament of the bible, they talked about owning slaves til their debt was paid, sometimes , generations and generations would go under the debt.
20. ...Is the child on the right, at 8:13, holding a toy of "Slave One"!? that's boba fett's ship from star wars. sick pun if so. sick in both slang ways, i'd say.