RTB | Simon Webb | The Forgotten White Slave Trade of Africa

In this eye-opening episode, historian Simon Webb explains the white slave trade in northern Africa between the 16th-19th century where the Barbary Pirates invaded islands and coastal towns of Europe and kidnapped Europeans - selling them into slavery. Simon also explains that contrary to what we think - the original inhabitants of Africa were not black but are a pale-skinned people called the Khoisan who are oriental in appearance that were mainly exterminated by the bantu (and the rest kept as slaves). Some of the remaining Khoisan live in Botswana.

When we think of slavery we automatically think of the transatlantic slave trade however, as Simon explains, slavery has effected all races and has occurred since the beginning of civilisation and across all cultures and is still practiced in Africa today with millions of pygmies still enslaved.

Finally, we revisit the Suffragettes and how society remembers them fondly however they were terrorists, which included arson, blowing up buildings and injuring the lives of 1000's.