The Mark Steel Lectures- Harriet Tubman 1/3

Written and delivered by Mark Steel, each scripted lecture presents persuasive, yet witty, arguments for the importance of a historical figure.

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[Morthund]

T. Blair and B. Elton...the evil Anti-Steels

[wenger1972]

I love the titles - Iain Dowie and Freddie Flintoff included amongst the great historical figures

[SahrT1]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL " You wan play poool" LOOOOOOOOOL I LOVE THIS GUY

[ortcutt]

I really wish British people would learn to say "Maryland" properly. It's one word, like Northumberland, not "Mary-Land". No stress on the last syllable. MAR-uh-luhnd.

[a199215]

Ahaha the balloon: Its a slave xD.

[Bobsyermomsuncle]

@wilgarroba The english banned the slave trade, then slavery in the colonies, but if you were over six years old your former Master could keep you to work as an unpaid apprenticed until HE felt he had gotten fair compensation for his investment in human property.

[MetaCraken]

3:31 it's barry shitpeas!

[therealtruth123]

@wilgarroba I'm quite sure the majority of states (and indeed tribes) did have slavery or a form of it.

[wilgarroba]

@SirHappyThe1st ...and it made more sense for England to try and push for an end to slavery outside of England because it would raise their competitors expenses much more than it would increase their own.

They understood that the best way to get it ratified in other countries of interest, you needed to do it yourself first. Hence England banning the slave trade, certainly not because of any new-found humanism...don't forget that England maintained it's colonies for anotehr century plus.

[wilgarroba]

@SirHappyThe1st And as for England being the first to end slavery, a couple thoughts:

1) Many countries have never started slavery...very important point.

2) More importantly, England moved to ban slavery because it's competitors: France, Spain, Portugal and the US controlled territories better fit for slave-based production. At the turn of the century, France had Haiti (at the time known as San Domingo and the world's most productive land), England lost the US plantations...