Bullshit the aristocracy controls working class English with all the papers they own and the BBC ITV and now reform UK no one outside the US and the taliban is this fucking brainwashed
Especially when they are the ones bringing food & supplies to save us from Hell. Sorry, that means we buy them the drinks. Bollocks to not letting us show our thanks
Britain abolished slavery and a lot of lives were lost fighting slave ships off the coast of Africa. Any man of whatever colour was a free man on entering Britain.
@@babyamy3884 That was the 1800's I believe, though 1066 was pretty pivotal in the fight against slavery - newly crowned King William the B**tard effectively outlawed slavery, the penalty being a fine paid directly to him - questonable motives, but it was the first step in what was to happen a few centuries later. Very proud of Britains history in halting the slave trade.
The events of Bamber Bridge are true. You can still see the bullet holes in the pub wall. The British welcomed all nations that helped in the fight against Germany, and could not understand why America had segregation of its troops. America had no right to try to enforce segregation on us, so that is why the signs "Black troops only" went up.
As a white British man. I'm so proud of the local people of Bamber Bridge and how they all stood up to the terrible racist bullying of the American MP's on that occasion. The locals insistence to side with those black American soldiers makes me feel so proud. I heard also, the main reason those 27 'convictions' were quashed was due to the level of outrage shown by the British people to the American diplomatic service here in the UK. There can never be any excuse for racism of any kind, anywhere in the 21st century. 🙋♂
My dad was a Normandy veteran reme they had some black Americans seconded to them and dad was disgusted that they were amazed they were allowed to eat in same canteen as white soldiers.
@@samuel10125 No-one can ever deny racism has always existed everywhere, but as far as the UK is concerned, racism has never been anywhere near the level of that in the US decades earlier, especially in the southern states, where it was rife and widely accepted by many of the white population. It was the American version of apartheit. Absolutely shameful.
Ha ha, fell into racism to? No it bloody well never. There always idiots who shout n get heard because they're loud, but the silent majority took no real notice of moseley and his cronies. So knock that talk on the head OK.?
The real British people on the streets stick up for what is right, even in today's world. Immigration is not about race, although many online would hijack it as such.
Now you see, Britain is not racist. The US was. They had shops for "white people only" and then shops "Black people" Britain never did. Yet on SM we get attacked as racist for not liking Meghan Markle as a person, NOT colour. She was embraced in Britain. Then trashed us. Thank you for showing this, and reacting. You are beautiful souls xx
American was scared about how black troops would react back in America, after being treated far better in other countries, I think they feared a uprising for equality by the service men, the stories they would tell back in America about how other countries treated them better, and you may like to know Bamber Bridge has a peace garden dedicated to the soldier that died
@@grahamtranter3616 I’m intrigued? Which unjust outcome might the majority of British people support?? I find such a concept difficult to visualise… but I’m all ears.
These men were putting their lives on the lines to help us save our families, friends, society & our nation. As far as +90% of Brits were concerned, you were here to save us! That makes them heroes, NOT people to be treated like they are lesser people. They brought supplies to us to SAVE our nation. Without them, we'd have lost. 1 colour, & 1 colour ALONE mattered. Is your blood red? After that if you were fighting beside us, you are a brother or sister to our nation.
It is absolutely true. The U.S. Military, which practiced segregation, tried, unsuccessfully to impose their wishes in Britain. The British were not going to be told what to do in their homeland, at that time.
Nor are we now. So Americans who marry into our Royal family and think they can impose their ideas on how Britain can be more like the USA can get off back home and stay there.
Yes, Britain was fighting for it's very survival against the Nazis and everything it represents. So the notion of an imposed segregation from what were supposed to be our allies and friends, exactly the very thing we were fighting against was and still is outrageous!
British people were also used to seeing soldiers from across the Empire (Indian/African/Caribbean) who had come to fight alongside the Britain in the war. Their service is thanked as deeply as those from the home nations.
My mother in her 20's during WW2 once told me that the attitude of Brits at the time was if soldiers were willing to fight and possibly die to save them from Hitler there was no way they were going to treat them different because of their skin colour. I remember one story she told me was a dance where some white GI's beat up a black soldier for dancing with a white woman, then for the rest of the evening every woman at the dance would only dance with the black GI's. Years later I saw this depicted in the Richard Gere movie Yanks, written by a Brit who was a child during the war.
U guys r golden I'm a white British guy born in 1955 bought up with u guys ur music culture generosity n friend ship has been with me all my life God bless u all luv me xx
I met an old man who had been a British pilot. In a bombing raid, his aircraft was damaged and they lost their gunner. Basically the crew were defenceless. On his way back, a squadron of aircraft surrounded his plane, and escorted them across the chanel so German aircraft couldn't shoot down the damaged plane. Those pilots were black Americans. What hurts is knowing those pilots went home to an America that continued to treat them so badly. Well, there was one old man who got to live his life because of them.
You guys need to read your own US history about racial discrimination within the US. I lived in the US for sometime and my wife is from California. I once saw some black guys struggling to push a car and my immediate reaction was to help them. I was screamed at by my wife's family for helping them solely because they were black. To me they were just people who needed a bit of help.
I live in Manchester where there is a statue of Abraham Lincoln, Manchester and Lancashire were the biggest producers of cotton fabric in the world, when the cotton mill workers found out the raw cotton was picked by slaves, they went on strike and said "we're not using cotton picked by slaves!!" this caused the people much hardship as no work no pay! and in recognition of the Mill workers protest, Abraham Lincoln sent a letter thanking them for their support, the letter resides in the Town Hall.
I think you missed what was said at 05:10 . The US tried to tell British pub landlords to institute segregation. The landlords realised what they were doing and so, to side with the black GIs, they responded by saying "black troops only" - essentially banning the white American soldiers (not the black GIs, as the US Army had hoped). We Brits have always been good with semantics 😂 This is true, by the way, and is documented in numerous places, including The British Museum.
White Australian soldiers actually brawled with white American servicemen when they tried to ban black Americans from drinking in our pubs during WWII. This became known as the Battle of Brisbane.
There was an episode in NZ when US servicemen tried to stop LOCAL Maori troops from using pubs because of their skin colour. Didn't end well [my husband's grandfather was involved, he was Aussie but living in NZ and in the NZ army at the time, and was apparently in the group that gently* explained to the US military why their fellow Maori soldiers WERE going to drink in the pubs but maybe the US military weren't. Very gently, the US servicemen didn't end up in hospital but they certainly got the point of the message
this sums up most people in the UK. which is why I get annoyed whenever I hear crap about how 'racist' we are and 'bad colonial' stuff but do not consider all the positive things that came from it, such as the end of slavery under the British empire.
I think it’s still, true that we have more mixed race individuals, than anywhere in the World. Underneath the vile racism around today, that fact must say something.
The Americans warned racially divided pubs, so the pubs said ok, "Black troops only", ie, "no white troops", English humour, my grandfather did what they asked.😂
Lancashire people have a reputation for being warm hearted. I'm not surprised they took offence at black GIs being treated this way and by the US army being dictatorial over British values and customs. I believe the Beatles were very disparaging of US treatment of African Americans and spoke out about it on their 60s US tour. They refused to play to segregated audiences in southern states
As an Englishman if you are prepared to lay your life down for the ultimate struggle then expect us to defend you to our death. We called, you answered, we defend you .
Thank you. I was taught this at school 60 years ago in Britain. We were brought up talking about how wrong Racial Discrimination was. We were taught about Britain's part in the Slave Trade, but also it was Britain who stopped it first. (Later found out Haiti was first). From 1793 any black man setting foot on British soil, was a free man. British Royal Navy.. policed the High Seas stopping Slave ships.. 3 000 British sailors were killed trying to stop Slave ships. Britain still patrols the seas to stop slave ships... as it still goes on today. Bamber Bridge was an example of how British people were taught NOT to be Racist. That was far more common, than the few who were. (In Britain...the Discrimination was Religion.. Roman Cathic and Protestant. Into 1980s in Britain (not Ireland) it was still legal to refuse a Roman Catholic a job. The British Monarch still can't marry a Roman Catholic. If you think back to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Wedding... British people flooded the streets to cheer them on. It was not her colour that turned people off them.. It's was THEIR Personalities.. together.
I believe Camilla is Catholic, ( or was ) and she's married to the King.I think the false narrative by the press has contributed to some of the negative feelings towards Harry and Meghan.
@@dianesilva1078 no. Camilla was raised Anglican. Her first husband Andrew Parker Bowles is Roman Catholic, but (like me) Camilla never Converted. Her children were raised as Roman Catholic. So.. Nothing to stop her marrying Charles on Religion. But, they were unable to marry in 1970s when it was still expected the Monarch would marry a Princess or Titled Lady. Not a "Commoner" like Camilla. Or indeed... Meghan.
@@dianesilva1078 I'm not sure what you mean by "false narrative". Meghan was welcomed with open arms by British public (and Press). We paid £21Million for her 2nd/3rd Wedding. And, then we saw who Meghan was. She was overheard by public complaining she wasn't allowed to keep diamonds given at her Wedding (they were Blood Diamonds), soo immediately locked well away to avoid any issues over the Slave/Blood connection. She moaned that Royals weren't paid individual Appearance Fees (Brits pay for Royals lifestyle, we are not.. PAYING to shake hands with them. But, the nail in the coffin was Wimbledon when she cleared 40 seats around her, and sat like the cat that got the cream. Royals DO NOT "Lord it" over us in such overt manner. It was on live TV. Nothing to do with British press. We welcomed her and she ruined it for herself with her PUBLIC proclamations and behaviours. We SAW it... ourselves. So.. No. Not false narrative. Just very poor behaviour by her, and.. Him.
@@gogglebox2427 Meghan was welcomed by much of the British public especially the younger generation and the press were kindly on the wedding day and the day of the engagement. HOWEVER in the run up to the wedding and afterwards the press have not been supportive and have given the couple ,( esp Miss Markle), predominantly unfavorable press without due cause, so much so 72 female MPs signed a petition in Parliament about it. The examples of behaviour you have cited would not be particularly impressive but I don't know that they are true where did these allegations originate from, the press? or from unknown 'sources'. Then of course there's the death threats from the far right in the UK. Not that much of a welcome is it.
After the Second World War, some attitudes changed, and one historical event was the love story of love between a Black man and a white woman that was celebrated in a recent film. Thankfully, we don’t think the same way. I don’t have a black friend; he is my best friend. I’m just his pink-skinned English Anglo-Saxon best friend 😅 Prejudice is learned, and thankfully, people like that are rare. I lived in the USA for fifteen years and struggled with the American thinking. Black guys are, stupidly, referred to as African Americans. The really mind-blowing example of segregation came about when my best friend came out to the States for a month and it was bizzare to see how a black guy with an English accent was instantly welcomed by my neibours and work frienda. Doors opened to one but closed to the others. Anyway, back to the storytelling: Seretse Khama, a Botswanan prince, had moved to London to train as a lawyer when, in 1947, he met Ruth Williams. Ruth was an English bank clerk, and the two bonded over a shared love of jazz before quickly falling in love. However, their interracial relationship caused controversy throughout England and an international incident in his homeland of Bechuanaland (now modern-day Botswana). When they announced their engagement in 1948, Ruth's father threw her out of their house, and Seretse's uncle was reported to say, "If he brings his white wife here, I will fight him to the death." Seretse and Ruth were determined to marry and return to Bechuanaland to rule. Still, the South African government - who were imminently introducing apartheid - could not stand the idea of an interracial couple ruling a neighbouring country. Bowing to pressure from South Africa, the British government tried to stop the marriage. As Anglicans, the couple wanted to marry in the Church of England but no priest was willing to marry them. The Bishop of London said he would if the government agreed but they didn't budge and the couple married at Kensington Register Office in September 1948, making front page news. The couple returned to Bechuanaland so Seretse could claim the throne, but their arrival led to threats of invasion from neighbouring countries and a campaign by Seretse's uncle (the prince regent) to make him renounce his wife or the throne. Still trying to appease South Africa, British officials called Seretse to London in 1950 where he was banned from returning to Bechuanaland. Ruth, who had given birth while Seretse was away, joined him in London and the couple were exiles from their country for eight years. The couple were only allowed to return to Bechuanaland after the Bamangwato people, who Seretse was chief of, sent a telegram to Queen Elizabeth begging her to let him come home. Finally, they did, and Seretse eventually became the first president of an independent Botswana in 1966. Despite media intrusion and heavy political pressure, Ruth and Seretse were determined to marry and remained loyal to each other until his death in 1980. With Ruth by his side, Seretse triumphed in earning independence for his country and together they left a legacy of peace.
When I was younger I used to go fishing on the River Thames at Kew Bridge. I met an elderly black guy there one day who had an American accent and we got talking. He had first come to England during the war and met an English girl and fell madly in love with her. He went off to fight in Europe but promised to return to her. He survived the war but was injured by shrapnel in his right leg and arm, he was also badly burned on his face and chest. In 1946 he came back to England and married her in 1947. They had two children together and lived in Brentford in West London, not far from where I met him at Kew. His name was James Solomon, his wife's name was Jenny. Jenny died before I met him, James died in 1982. I've never forgot that lovely man, and his love of fishing and jellied eels. 😊 It's because of James that I taught my children to ignore the colour of people. My eldest daughter is now married to a Ghanaian man who is my best friend, they have three children. My son is married to a beautiful Ethiopian girl, they have a young daughter. People are people, no matter their colour.
I believe that the only official "legal" racial segregation, on British soil, in UK history, was on American Bases during WW2. That makes me proud to be British and it would make me ashamed to be an American, responsible in any way, for that situation.
Putting up that sign outside the pub is a very British/English thing to do. I can imagine everyone was having the best time in that pub. Shame on those who spoiled it all for service men of both colours. Skin is skin and it's what's inside that counts. God bless them all and RIP to anyone who died. xx Much love.
Many coloured soldiers met and married English girls had children and lived a happy life. In the war they were treated as any other man who was fighting the enemy. Many dances were held every week and there are pictures of soldiers teaching the ladies the american dances. There is also films made of that time in 1940s Britain. In America the history of north and south is a strong deep story of a big divide. The American civil war fighting went on for four years 1861-1865. We never had that in Britain, we already had a multicultural mix of people from all over the world. In Roman Britain there was black legionaires, they decided to stay in Britain to live back in 5th century AD.
My (White) mum used to dance with American black soldiers and Jamaican essential workers during World War 2. No problem - they were men to dance with and they helping Britain. The only issue was with white American service men. They got short shrift. My Dad's ship docked at Naples during the war. He was aware of a lot of American occupying forces present in the city. Avid jazz fan that he was he went in search to see if there was anyone playing jazz anongst the US troops. What he did see was a harrowing race riot between white and black service men. He had sailed the world and seen a lot but was still appalled. Thanks for reading.... my parents were the bee's knees!
My great grandfather and great grandmother ran a pub in England during the war (WW2), along with my grandmother, while my grandfather was in Italy fighting They always accepted Black people in, and socialised with them as they did with whites (btw as a Englishman it pains me to even use words like Black and White in this context, people in Britain are British, no matter skin colour) I dont know if you've watched it yet, but the British risked war with France, Spain and Portugal in order to END the salve trade across the Atlantic, it cost our country a ton of money, and the fight went on for over 100 years, but our countrymen fought to end the slave trade I cant speak for everyone in my country, but i literally do not care what someone's skin tone is, any more than i care about their hair or eye colour, it means nothing to me I see Americans holding onto their "Blackness" like its a precious thing to be united about, this is Plantation Thinking, we are ALL just people who come in many varieties These labels are meant to divide us I saw recently Trump speak to a group called something like Black Journalists of America or something (sorry i dont recall), and i thought to myself, why are these people having their own segregated journalist convention? These people were very proud to be black journalist, very proud to be black people, why are they re-enforcing this LABEL? Why are they participating in this dividing of the people? I mean sure be proud of your work, your job, and certainly dont be ashamed of being black, but why make a special award ceremony for black people who do this job or that job Isnt it time we ALL STOPPED being proud of a skin tone? Be proud to be American, be proud to be British, but dont be proud of labels that were put in place to divide us, and btwe put in place only a short time ago Its ok to _describe_ someone as black or white, if you're trying to make someone's identity known in a crowd, same as its ok to say they are blonde or ginger haired, but we are not what we look like, we are shining souls of beauty inside this body we move around Earth in For as long as there are groups of black lawyers, black journalists and whatever else, there will be segregation, and segregation leads to people thinking we ARE different, which leads to some idiots thinking they are better To quote Yoda (yes im going to Star Wars- Empire Strikes Back) - _"luminous beings are we, not this crude matter"_ That is how every single person on this planet should think of themselves, not as their skin tone A more serious quote that of Haile Selassie of Ethiopia -" _...until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned"_ people will feel divided (Bob Marley taught me these words, i love Reggae music) Ive probably said enough Peace and love to everyone and anyone reading this ❤
@@morganetches3749you say the British it was the king not all British agreed with what the royals did !!! And also us British shaped the modern world with our technologies like the tv the computer the internet life saving drugs and technology we also created so many countries and we made the women of India have better life’s cause if it wasn’t for us the women would be treated like they are in dirty Iran
Because the British were the first people to racialise slavery? What an idiotic comment. The Muslim nations and the Africans themselves traded many times more slaves than the combined Europeans, British and Americans ever did, and over many more centuries (in fact said trade still exists) but people like you never bother to mention that. Wonder why...
1) All people deserve respect, kindness, freedom, equality etc.I 2) Not sure what right America had trying to impose their values on British laws and British civilians.
The thing is england was always 1 step in front of everyone else, it does make me think that when slavery is spoken about the first place they associate with it is England, yet England was the first to ban slavery and then went on to blockade countries that brought and sold slaves. Yes England has done some horrible things but other countries have also done horrible things
they told the English pubs you cant serve black and white people so all three pubs told the US military ok BLACKS ONLY , makes me proud. It was the 1960's before desegregation in the USA so I'm surprised you're so surprised to be honest that that was the USA attitude in the early 1940's
Go even further back. 2,000 Royal Navy sailors died fighting slavery. The first anti-slavery law introduced in England was in the 11th century under William The Conqueror. From then, any slave who stepped foot in England immediately became free.
There were times when American troops would try and harass and insult the British troops from the West Indies (Caribbean) and the whyte British troops would fight with the Americans for it.
We white or people of colour British people appreciated every Americans service person aiding us irrespective of the colour of their skin, God bless all service people that put their lives on the line to protect everyone’s rights to live freely, we respect & thank them 💙
No mate don't try and amd pass blame. There's nothing British about the people that went and became America..who were mostly Europeans not British. they had their own idea and way and fought a revolutionary war with britain over it..to become what they are. For their idea and way of life to be what it became and still is now
Hey guys, a really interesting, and shocking video. As a white British guy, I often feel ashamed of the things my country, and my race has done in the past. But I am proud that these Brits stood up for what was right. Even when the bullets started flying! I can understand your anger Sir. these young men were fighting, and putting their lives at great risk for a country that didn't even show them any respect. And if you don't already know about them. Please look into The Tuskegee Airmen. A group of all black pilots who went from people thinking black people could never learn how to fly a plane, to bomber crews all wanting them to be escorting them because they were about the best there was! First of your content I have seen, a Like and a Sub for you!
The Stax tours of the UK in the 1960s were eye opening for the Black American artists. There are documentaries about it, these artists were amazed how well they were treated and the audiences they played to. Some musicians actually stayed in the UK because of the big differences in their treatment in the US and that in the UK.
Apparently Shirley Bassey had to be stopped from entering the Las Vegas hotel where she was starring through the front door. As a black Welsh woman, she had never experienced segregation before.
We have friends in Bamber Bridge, it's not been forgotten. Bamber Bridge is relatively close to the great port of Liverpool, we have the oldest Chinese community in Europe, plus a large black community, intermarriage has been normal for hundreds of years in England. Britain once ruled 24% of the world and 23% of the worlds population, we made slavery illegal and were outraged at the segregation of the brave black soldiers fighting shoulder to shoulder with us.
I can really understand your passion on this. I'm English, but even as a teenager in the '50s when my mother brought back a very nice (white) American couple, I gave them a really hard time on what I had learned of segregation inthe US. When older and hopefully wiser I realised I'd assumed they were guilty of racism, when I knew nothng about them. Additionally they were guests in my mother's house, so I'm surprised my mother didn't stop me or give me a really hard time for what some would say was just damned rude. It's said we need to know history; if we don't learn from history we are doomed to repeat it and make the same mistakes. So however horrible the history we should learn about it, learn from it and make sure those horrors don't happen again.
And yet, There’s Trump who is hell bent on taking the US back to the early 20th century in an alarming Hitler-like way. Half the nation is fighting hard to stop him and his antiquated Party.
Thank you for watching and learning about this. We in England now are all ladled racist and Nazis by the left and mainstream but us English and British are not we will always fight and stand for what's right.
Fuck off with saying it's the left etc. who are labelling random people racist and Nazis etc.... the fact is you have a political party and movements in the UK who ARE Nazi based... they even call themselves that and show the Nazi flag and talk about Hitler like he was the Messiah.....Most Britians are NOT like that... but don't try and make out it's the leftist side of politics who are calling out your UKIP or White Nationalists.....
@@kennethrollo7891 English are from England British is us as a collective England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland then the commonwealth countries I.E. my mate is Jamaican decent but born in England Remember Jamaica was British for years along with others. The normal people are pure gold its our snobs and masters that are A-Holes
yes it was all true American Army trying to force segregation in england, there were other incidents, but the bamber bridge is the most well known, it wasnt just british soldiers it was british citizens as well. ALL pubs put up signs as a form of Malicious Compliance, to the Letter of wha the americans wanted. but turned out differently.
As a kid in the 1960s, my father gave me a book: "Black Like Me", a true story by (white) journalist John Howard Griffin recounting his journey in the Deep South of the United States, at a time when African-Americans lived under racial segregation. He had his skin darkened so as to pass as a black man - and it's a harrowing story - but well worth a read. That's the _1960s,_ well after WW2, but when segregation in the US was still rampant. In World War I, btw, segregation was so bad that black US soldiers who went to fight in France _were not allowed in the US Army_ but were taken on _by the French army._
This book was passed round my friend group and was read by many of my age. We marched against segregation and apartheid. Now all we hear about is how racist we are. It makes me want cry the way the country has gone.
Bamber Bridge is a couple of. miles from me. I went there two days ago. They have erected a memorial to the Battle of Bamber Bridge. Earlier this year they had a ceremony for the dedication of the memorial. There were local dignitaries, the mayor, and members of WW2 enactment groups with their WW2 vehicles, plus members of the Local Black history groups. There was music of the era with a singer giving a great performance. I took photos of the event but can't share them on here. PS The Hobb Inn does a great pub lunch.
A British ships captain received an order not to let mixed American troops embark on his ship at the same time. Unfortunately he had to obay. So he let the black troops on first!
I am very fortunate to live not far from this pub, there are now a few tables outside, will make me think again what happened on the door step while I am having a couple of scoops.
You paused and spoke just at the moment... in response to being told to segregate, local pubs put up signs say "black troops only!" 😂😂😂 This was NOT what the American General Staff wanted, they wanted the pubs to be White Only! The British sense of humour wasn't appreciated by the American General Staff but it must have made the ordinary Black GI's laugh out loud!
My father was on a few airfields during the war and had stories about prejudice by some US whites on US blacks. Sometimes GIs would try to remove West Indians from pubs but this didn't go well. Sadly, after the war, there were Brits who were prejudiced against black people coming over to fill the skills shortage most notably those who came over on the Windrush.
my grandad was in the welsh fussillers he knew 3 folks who worked in bamber bridge in 1938 till 1944 ,he heard about the us m,ps marching into the pubs in bamber when this happened
This is a true British story one my grandmother told me, since i heard it my times from many sources i know its the truth, there were other less news worthy intensities, But the overall view by the ordinary British people to the American army authorities, was, YOU are in our country our rules!! Don,t come here and tell us what to do, They where later told by higher authority's to behave themselves and not to command any one to do anything that contradicted British laws and customs.
Slavery was banned in England in 1086 making England the first country to stop Slavery. We have a law and belief that our air is too pure for a slave to breath, so if a slave can breath our air they are FREE. There is a excellent RUclips video telling the wonderful story of a Jamaican slave who's american owner had travelled with him to England and how his case was taken to court and because he had been breathing our pure air he was free. A lot of British people had donated money to keep the man in clothes and fed and a place to stay. I am not saying there is no racism in the UK BUT it does seam to be different from other places around the world.
There are so many stories of British women resisting being told who they could not dance with. There’s a large generation of interracial people in the UK who are the sons & daughters of black GI’s. The American men often returned home & left pregnant British women to raise their children alone.
There have never been slaves within Britain itself. In fact Britain was at the front in leading the way to end slavery around the world, forcing other countries to stop slave trading and to abolish slavery itself.
Actually that not quite true. It was sort of ended in 1086 but was being condemned by the church as evil by 1102, so I feel we can assume it had ended by then. If the church said it was not ok in those days, you dared not cross the church.
@@markhorton8578Scotland was at the forefront of slavery, particularly with Jamaica and the tobacco industry. If you travel through Glasgow you'll see areas like Tobacco road and Virginia square.
@@djinn_jer Yes virtaully every country was using some form of slavery. But the British were the first to not only stop it within its own borders, but spend blood, money and resources on stopping it everywhere. So your point is?
@@markhorton8578 I'm sorry to say it didn't stop in the Medieval period either. Evidence is supplied by hundreds of 'Lost & Found' adverts common in periodicals and pamphlets and newspapers. Most of these are pre-1800 and few exist in the 19th century but the 18th and 17th centuries are thick with them. Most are smart and don't refer to 'slave' - that might have meant trouble and questions from the authorities, but there are a few. Almost all however, state that person X (followed by physical description) absconded from master's house @ Z with item Y. How many of these are genuine requests for the return of stolen items (and the apprehension of the thief) and how many are a convenient way to get hold of someone who has run away is impossible to say. What can be said is that instances of people referred to as 'black' in these adverts are far more common (per capita) than the population would suggest. It's common to say 'No Slavery In Britain' but it isn't true if it's only the official version and the practice was different. It's an uncomfortable fact that slaves were imported and kept by many wealthy families in Britain right up until the late Georgian period.
My great uncle told me about being in a pub in london with black soldiers (he was in the 15th scottish infantry) then a load of white GIs came in and a fight started and the black unit and his ended up fighting the "yanks" as he called them l😂 wow that was 40 years ago and its still fresh in my mind .as i was young and I couldn't understand why they'd do that.
Hi Guys Thanks for your channel Britain has a long written and oral history Your family history is very important, because the nation’s history is so important to them. It has nothing to do with the skin colour. People in the rest of the world don’t always understand this. A current example is the press looking into Ms Markles family history or family tree. It is because history and who you are, that is your people/family It isn’t a racial thing , it’s an origin thing. Ms Middleton’s family experience the exact same origin scrutiny. It’s a sad, sad reality we live in, BUT those black GI’s also experienced non racial acceptance….. the flip side of the coin as it were. Sadly there are people in power today who benefit from keeping people divided So thank you for these very interesting snippets of history and your honest reactions I am definitely subscribing to your channel Keep up the good work 🙏 God bless
I would believe this as we have never and will never disregard anybody of colour. We are of the thinking that we are one and that goes back forever. ❤️🇬🇧
The British understood and still understand that if a man/woman so good enough to fight for their country and potentially loose their life, then they are certainly good enough to drink, eat and live with. They are all brothers and sisters, fighting the collective cause. Even civilians gave the same respect.
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NOBODY tells an Englishman who he can or cant have a pint with!!!
Straight up mate.After five pints everyone looks the same...fuzzy.😅🤣
Except for his wife. 😂😂😂
Bullshit the aristocracy controls working class English with all the papers they own and the BBC ITV and now reform UK no one outside the US and the taliban is this fucking brainwashed
Especially when they are the ones bringing food & supplies to save us from Hell. Sorry, that means we buy them the drinks. Bollocks to not letting us show our thanks
That’s right
The town of Bamber Bridge has erected a memorial to all the black soldiers who fought and died in WW2.
Britain abolished slavery and a lot of lives were lost fighting slave ships off the coast of Africa. Any man of whatever colour was a free man on entering Britain.
'The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe' - Lord Mansfield. (Somerset v Stuart)
❤2,000 that’s THOUSAND British sailors DIED on the high seas as they battled with the slave traders to stop the evil trade
@@rickybuhl3176 yep that was in 1066
@@babyamy3884 That was the 1800's I believe, though 1066 was pretty pivotal in the fight against slavery - newly crowned King William the B**tard effectively outlawed slavery, the penalty being a fine paid directly to him - questonable motives, but it was the first step in what was to happen a few centuries later.
Very proud of Britains history in halting the slave trade.
@@MrFox-wn5jtsomeone who knows history.....thank you
The events of Bamber Bridge are true. You can still see the bullet holes in the pub wall. The British welcomed all nations that helped in the fight against Germany, and could not understand why America had segregation of its troops. America had no right to try to enforce segregation on us, so that is why the signs "Black troops only" went up.
As a white British man. I'm so proud of the local people of Bamber Bridge and how they all stood up to the terrible racist bullying of the American MP's on that occasion. The locals insistence to side with those black American soldiers makes me feel so proud. I heard also, the main reason those 27 'convictions' were quashed was due to the level of outrage shown by the British people to the American diplomatic service here in the UK. There can never be any excuse for racism of any kind, anywhere in the 21st century. 🙋♂
My dad was a Normandy veteran reme they had some black Americans seconded to them and dad was disgusted that they were amazed they were allowed to eat in same canteen as white soldiers.
To bad the UK fell into the same Racist pit in the 60s.
@@samuel10125 No-one can ever deny racism has always existed everywhere, but as far as the UK is concerned, racism has never been anywhere near the level of that in the US decades earlier, especially in the southern states, where it was rife and widely accepted by many of the white population. It was the American version of apartheit. Absolutely shameful.
well said people should be judged for who they are not the colour of their skin
Ha ha, fell into racism to? No it bloody well never. There always idiots who shout n get heard because they're loud, but the silent majority took no real notice of moseley and his cronies. So knock that talk on the head OK.?
NOBODY tells a English Pub Landlord who may or may not enter the Pub!
Just ask Al Murray.
except his wife 😂😂
😂@@F1ReWaLkEr1
Except the law of the land, which says he may not discriminate on grounds of race, disability etc.
Yeah! Even STARMER got banned🤣🤣🤣🤣
The real British people on the streets stick up for what is right, even in today's world. Immigration is not about race, although many online would hijack it as such.
So true
Well put 😊
The real Brits don't see colour. We see good and bad behaviour. No different to anyone else
It's not about race it's about the loss of our culture heritage way of life cultivated by the lies of government and politicians
Now you see, Britain is not racist. The US was. They had shops for "white people only" and then shops "Black people"
Britain never did. Yet on SM we get attacked as racist for not liking Meghan Markle as a person, NOT colour. She was embraced in Britain. Then trashed us.
Thank you for showing this, and reacting. You are beautiful souls xx
American was scared about how black troops would react back in America, after being treated far better in other countries, I think they feared a uprising for equality by the service men, the stories they would tell back in America about how other countries treated them better, and you may like to know Bamber Bridge has a peace garden dedicated to the soldier that died
He was a black American soldier, shot by American military police, English soldiers defended the black soldiers, in bamber bridge, Preston
British will fight for justice no matter what! Thank god for that... and thank you.
We have a massive fight on our hands at the moment
@@gol4695 Yes but I suspect you support an unjust outcome for the 2020's.
@@grahamtranter3616 I’m intrigued? Which unjust outcome might the majority of British people support?? I find such a concept difficult to visualise… but I’m all ears.
@@gol4695 Nothing new… ultimately I see justice prevailing eventually, wherever the Brits are involved.
You two need to watch "britains crusade against slavery"
Also read Thomas Sowell PHD Professor.
Definitely
I'm British so am biased, but the UK gets a VERY raw deal when it comes to the "everbody-knows-that-the-UK-is ...."
There is still a plaque on the wall of the pub with their names.
These men were putting their lives on the lines to help us save our families, friends, society & our nation. As far as +90% of Brits were concerned, you were here to save us! That makes them heroes, NOT people to be treated like they are lesser people. They brought supplies to us to SAVE our nation. Without them, we'd have lost.
1 colour, & 1 colour ALONE mattered. Is your blood red? After that if you were fighting beside us, you are a brother or sister to our nation.
My mother and father worked and socialised with black service people in England during WWII and thought very highly of them.
It is absolutely true. The U.S. Military, which practiced segregation, tried, unsuccessfully to impose their wishes in Britain. The British were not going to be told what to do in their homeland, at that time.
If you wish to learn more about racial seregation in the United States, see the film Mississippi Burning which is based on real events in the 1960's.
Nor are we now.
So Americans who marry into our Royal family and think they can impose their ideas on how Britain can be more like the USA can get off back home and stay there.
Yes, Britain was fighting for it's very survival against the Nazis and everything it represents. So the notion of an imposed segregation from what were supposed to be our allies and friends, exactly the very thing we were fighting against was and still is outrageous!
The US tried the same thing in Australia, with similar results.
There were many of these incidents, this is the most famous.
British people were also used to seeing soldiers from across the Empire (Indian/African/Caribbean) who had come to fight alongside the Britain in the war. Their service is thanked as deeply as those from the home nations.
As an Englishman thank you to black Americans who helped liberate Europe.
Here , here !
Don't thank the white Americans who fought for Germany though!
My mother in her 20's during WW2 once told me that the attitude of Brits at the time was if soldiers were willing to fight and possibly die to save them from Hitler there was no way they were going to treat them different because of their skin colour.
I remember one story she told me was a dance where some white GI's beat up a black soldier for dancing with a white woman, then for the rest of the evening every woman at the dance would only dance with the black GI's. Years later I saw this depicted in the Richard Gere movie Yanks, written by a Brit who was a child during the war.
U guys r golden I'm a white British guy born in 1955 bought up with u guys ur music culture generosity n friend ship has been with me all my life God bless u all luv me xx
I met an old man who had been a British pilot. In a bombing raid, his aircraft was damaged and they lost their gunner. Basically the crew were defenceless. On his way back, a squadron of aircraft surrounded his plane, and escorted them across the chanel so German aircraft couldn't shoot down the damaged plane. Those pilots were black Americans.
What hurts is knowing those pilots went home to an America that continued to treat them so badly. Well, there was one old man who got to live his life because of them.
You guys need to read your own US history about racial discrimination within the US. I lived in the US for sometime and my wife is from California. I once saw some black guys struggling to push a car and my immediate reaction was to help them. I was screamed at by my wife's family for helping them solely because they were black. To me they were just people who needed a bit of help.
Their own US History? Their accent tells you they're Anerican? Hmmm ok
@robertomoi2044 He wasn't born in the US, but he states that he is a patriotic American.
You've done your parents proud.
How about "read US history......."
I live in Manchester where there is a statue of Abraham Lincoln, Manchester and Lancashire were the biggest producers of cotton fabric in the world, when the cotton mill workers found out the raw cotton was picked by slaves, they went on strike and said "we're not using cotton picked by slaves!!" this caused the people much hardship as no work no pay! and in recognition of the Mill workers protest, Abraham Lincoln sent a letter thanking them for their support, the letter resides in the Town Hall.
Thank you for this information. It's so important. I'm mixed race in my late 50s and It is so heart warming to learn these heroic parts of history❤
My Grandad was the Overseer at that cotton mill, a Company man to the end!
@margaretflounders8510 you must be immensely proud. What a legacy for your family to have🙏❤️
@margaretflounders8510 and as a grandchild of a slave I thank you, granddad, for his sense of right and wrong and to live by his morals
I think you missed what was said at 05:10 . The US tried to tell British pub landlords to institute segregation. The landlords realised what they were doing and so, to side with the black GIs, they responded by saying "black troops only" - essentially banning the white American soldiers (not the black GIs, as the US Army had hoped). We Brits have always been good with semantics 😂
This is true, by the way, and is documented in numerous places, including The British Museum.
The old hob inn is still in business to this day.
White Australian soldiers actually brawled with white American servicemen when they tried to ban black Americans from drinking in our pubs during WWII. This became known as the Battle of Brisbane.
There was an episode in NZ when US servicemen tried to stop LOCAL Maori troops from using pubs because of their skin colour. Didn't end well [my husband's grandfather was involved, he was Aussie but living in NZ and in the NZ army at the time, and was apparently in the group that gently* explained to the US military why their fellow Maori soldiers WERE going to drink in the pubs but maybe the US military weren't.
Very gently, the US servicemen didn't end up in hospital but they certainly got the point of the message
Many respects 🇳🇿🇦🇺 from 🇬🇧
Very True
this sums up most people in the UK. which is why I get annoyed whenever I hear crap about how 'racist' we are and 'bad colonial' stuff but do not consider all the positive things that came from it, such as the end of slavery under the British empire.
I'm going to share this so the leftys can see it. They all need educating. 😤
I think it’s still, true that we have more mixed race individuals, than anywhere in the World. Underneath the vile racism around today, that fact must say something.
@@helenworrall8273But most lefties aren’t racist. Most right wingers are. It doesn’t take much research to prove the fact.
@@helenworrall8273👍👏👏👏🇬🇧💕
The Americans warned racially divided pubs, so the pubs said ok, "Black troops only", ie, "no white troops", English humour, my grandfather did what they asked.😂
malicious compliance
I was in Bamber Bridge 3 days ago and had my wedding reception in the Hob inn Pub 36 years ago.
What a place to have it. A place where love and respect was the most important thing.❤congratulations ❤❤
Lancashire people have a reputation for being warm hearted. I'm not surprised they took offence at black GIs being treated this way and by the US army being dictatorial over British values and customs.
I believe the Beatles were very disparaging of US treatment of African Americans and spoke out about it on their 60s US tour. They refused to play to segregated audiences in southern states
As an Englishman if you are prepared to lay your life down for the ultimate struggle then expect us to defend you to our death. We called, you answered, we defend you .
A noble sentiment Steven.
I live in the next town over to Bamber bridge. I can confirm this is all true. We learned about this in school.
it is all very true !
Thank you. I was taught this at school 60 years ago in Britain. We were brought up talking about how wrong Racial Discrimination was. We were taught about Britain's part in the Slave Trade, but also it was Britain who stopped it first. (Later found out Haiti was first).
From 1793 any black man setting foot on British soil, was a free man. British Royal Navy.. policed the High Seas stopping Slave ships.. 3 000 British sailors were killed trying to stop Slave ships. Britain still patrols the seas to stop slave ships... as it still goes on today.
Bamber Bridge was an example of how British people were taught NOT to be Racist. That was far more common, than the few who were. (In Britain...the Discrimination was Religion.. Roman Cathic and Protestant. Into 1980s in Britain (not Ireland) it was still legal to refuse a Roman Catholic a job. The British Monarch still can't marry a Roman Catholic.
If you think back to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Wedding... British people flooded the streets to cheer them on. It was not her colour that turned people off them.. It's was THEIR Personalities.. together.
I believe Camilla is Catholic, ( or was ) and she's married to the King.I think the false narrative by the press has contributed to some of the negative feelings towards Harry and Meghan.
@@dianesilva1078 no. Camilla was raised Anglican. Her first husband Andrew Parker Bowles is Roman Catholic, but (like me) Camilla never Converted. Her children were raised as Roman Catholic. So.. Nothing to stop her marrying Charles on Religion. But, they were unable to marry in 1970s when it was still expected the Monarch would marry a Princess or Titled Lady. Not a "Commoner" like Camilla. Or indeed... Meghan.
@@dianesilva1078 I'm not sure what you mean by "false narrative". Meghan was welcomed with open arms by British public (and Press). We paid £21Million for her 2nd/3rd Wedding. And, then we saw who Meghan was. She was overheard by public complaining she wasn't allowed to keep diamonds given at her Wedding (they were Blood Diamonds), soo immediately locked well away to avoid any issues over the Slave/Blood connection. She moaned that Royals weren't paid individual Appearance Fees (Brits pay for Royals lifestyle, we are not.. PAYING to shake hands with them. But, the nail in the coffin was Wimbledon when she cleared 40 seats around her, and sat like the cat that got the cream. Royals DO NOT "Lord it" over us in such overt manner. It was on live TV. Nothing to do with British press.
We welcomed her and she ruined it for herself with her PUBLIC proclamations and behaviours. We SAW it... ourselves. So.. No. Not false narrative. Just very poor behaviour by her, and.. Him.
@@gogglebox2427 OK fair enough.
@@gogglebox2427 Meghan was welcomed by much of the British public especially the younger generation and the press were kindly on the wedding day and the day of the engagement. HOWEVER in the run up to the wedding and afterwards the press have not been supportive and have given the couple ,( esp Miss Markle), predominantly unfavorable press without due cause, so much so 72 female MPs signed a petition in Parliament about it. The examples of behaviour you have cited would not be particularly impressive but I don't know that they are true where did these allegations originate from, the press? or from unknown 'sources'.
Then of course there's the death threats from the far right in the UK.
Not that much of a welcome is it.
After the Second World War, some attitudes changed, and one historical event was the love story of love between a Black man and a white woman that was celebrated in a recent film. Thankfully, we don’t think the same way. I don’t have a black friend; he is my best friend. I’m just his pink-skinned English Anglo-Saxon best friend 😅 Prejudice is learned, and thankfully, people like that are rare. I lived in the USA for fifteen years and struggled with the American thinking. Black guys are, stupidly, referred to as African Americans.
The really mind-blowing example of segregation came about when my best friend came out to the States for a month and it was bizzare to see how a black guy with an English accent was instantly welcomed by my neibours and work frienda. Doors opened to one but closed to the others.
Anyway, back to the storytelling:
Seretse Khama, a Botswanan prince, had moved to London to train as a lawyer when, in 1947, he met Ruth Williams. Ruth was an English bank clerk, and the two bonded over a shared love of jazz before quickly falling in love. However, their interracial relationship caused controversy throughout England and an international incident in his homeland of Bechuanaland (now modern-day Botswana).
When they announced their engagement in 1948, Ruth's father threw her out of their house, and Seretse's uncle was reported to say, "If he brings his white wife here, I will fight him to the death."
Seretse and Ruth were determined to marry and return to Bechuanaland to rule. Still, the South African government - who were imminently introducing apartheid - could not stand the idea of an interracial couple ruling a neighbouring country.
Bowing to pressure from South Africa, the British government tried to stop the marriage. As Anglicans, the couple wanted to marry in the Church of England but no priest was willing to marry them. The Bishop of London said he would if the government agreed but they didn't budge and the couple married at Kensington Register Office in September 1948, making front page news.
The couple returned to Bechuanaland so Seretse could claim the throne, but their arrival led to threats of invasion from neighbouring countries and a campaign by Seretse's uncle (the prince regent) to make him renounce his wife or the throne.
Still trying to appease South Africa, British officials called Seretse to London in 1950 where he was banned from returning to Bechuanaland. Ruth, who had given birth while Seretse was away, joined him in London and the couple were exiles from their country for eight years.
The couple were only allowed to return to Bechuanaland after the Bamangwato people, who Seretse was chief of, sent a telegram to Queen Elizabeth begging her to let him come home. Finally, they did, and Seretse eventually became the first president of an independent Botswana in 1966.
Despite media intrusion and heavy political pressure, Ruth and Seretse were determined to marry and remained loyal to each other until his death in 1980. With Ruth by his side, Seretse triumphed in earning independence for his country and together they left a legacy of peace.
When I was younger I used to go fishing on the River Thames at Kew Bridge. I met an elderly black guy there one day who had an American accent and we got talking.
He had first come to England during the war and met an English girl and fell madly in love with her. He went off to fight in Europe but promised to return to her.
He survived the war but was injured by shrapnel in his right leg and arm, he was also badly burned on his face and chest.
In 1946 he came back to England and married her in 1947.
They had two children together and lived in Brentford in West London, not far from where I met him at Kew.
His name was James Solomon, his wife's name was Jenny.
Jenny died before I met him, James died in 1982.
I've never forgot that lovely man, and his love of fishing and jellied eels. 😊
It's because of James that I taught my children to ignore the colour of people.
My eldest daughter is now married to a Ghanaian man who is my best friend, they have three children. My son is married to a beautiful Ethiopian girl, they have a young daughter.
People are people, no matter their colour.
I believe that the only official "legal" racial segregation, on British soil, in UK history, was on American Bases during WW2.
That makes me proud to be British and it would make me ashamed to be an American, responsible in any way, for that situation.
I'm a human, that's it. I send you both and your family Peace and Love from Scotland 🏴 🏴 🏴 🏴
They didn't even ask they ordered!
Putting up that sign outside the pub is a very British/English thing to do. I can imagine everyone was having the best time in that pub. Shame on those who spoiled it all for service men of both colours. Skin is skin and it's what's inside that counts. God bless them all and RIP to anyone who died. xx Much love.
Many coloured soldiers met and married English girls had children and lived a happy life. In the war they were treated as any other man who was fighting the enemy. Many dances were held every week and there are pictures of soldiers teaching the ladies the american dances. There is also films made of that time in 1940s Britain. In America the history of north and south is a strong deep story of a big divide. The American civil war fighting went on for four years 1861-1865. We never had that in Britain, we already had a multicultural mix of people from all over the world. In Roman Britain there was black legionaires, they decided to stay in Britain to live back in 5th century AD.
My (White) mum used to dance with American black soldiers and Jamaican essential workers during World War 2. No problem - they were men to dance with and they helping Britain. The only issue was with white American service men. They got short shrift.
My Dad's ship docked at Naples during the war. He was aware of a lot of American occupying forces present in the city. Avid jazz fan that he was he went in search to see if there was anyone playing jazz anongst the US troops. What he did see was a harrowing race riot between white and black service men. He had sailed the world and seen a lot but was still appalled.
Thanks for reading.... my parents were the bee's knees!
My great grandfather and great grandmother ran a pub in England during the war (WW2), along with my grandmother, while my grandfather was in Italy fighting
They always accepted Black people in, and socialised with them as they did with whites (btw as a Englishman it pains me to even use words like Black and White in this context, people in Britain are British, no matter skin colour)
I dont know if you've watched it yet, but the British risked war with France, Spain and Portugal in order to END the salve trade across the Atlantic, it cost our country a ton of money, and the fight went on for over 100 years, but our countrymen fought to end the slave trade
I cant speak for everyone in my country, but i literally do not care what someone's skin tone is, any more than i care about their hair or eye colour, it means nothing to me
I see Americans holding onto their "Blackness" like its a precious thing to be united about, this is Plantation Thinking, we are ALL just people who come in many varieties
These labels are meant to divide us
I saw recently Trump speak to a group called something like Black Journalists of America or something (sorry i dont recall), and i thought to myself, why are these people having their own segregated journalist convention? These people were very proud to be black journalist, very proud to be black people, why are they re-enforcing this LABEL? Why are they participating in this dividing of the people?
I mean sure be proud of your work, your job, and certainly dont be ashamed of being black, but why make a special award ceremony for black people who do this job or that job
Isnt it time we ALL STOPPED being proud of a skin tone? Be proud to be American, be proud to be British, but dont be proud of labels that were put in place to divide us, and btwe put in place only a short time ago
Its ok to _describe_ someone as black or white, if you're trying to make someone's identity known in a crowd, same as its ok to say they are blonde or ginger haired, but we are not what we look like, we are shining souls of beauty inside this body we move around Earth in
For as long as there are groups of black lawyers, black journalists and whatever else, there will be segregation, and segregation leads to people thinking we ARE different, which leads to some idiots thinking they are better
To quote Yoda (yes im going to Star Wars- Empire Strikes Back) - _"luminous beings are we, not this crude matter"_
That is how every single person on this planet should think of themselves, not as their skin tone
A more serious quote that of Haile Selassie of Ethiopia -" _...until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned"_ people will feel divided
(Bob Marley taught me these words, i love Reggae music)
Ive probably said enough
Peace and love to everyone and anyone reading this ❤
I live close to Bamber Bridge. We were taught about it as kids.
Please stop saying you can't believe it was like this and did this really happen. Of course it happened!!!!!!
Do you know American history.
@@dyejohn1905 Yes!
You should watch ‘how the British ended slavery’
They definately should. A real eye opener. They should teach everyone this stuff, but they don't.
She has
You should watch how the British invented plantation slavery in Barbados and developed the ideas of racialised slavery in order to maintain control
@@morganetches3749you say the British it was the king not all British agreed with what the royals did !!! And also us British shaped the modern world with our technologies like the tv the computer the internet life saving drugs and technology we also created so many countries and we made the women of India have better life’s cause if it wasn’t for us the women would be treated like they are in dirty Iran
Because the British were the first people to racialise slavery? What an idiotic comment.
The Muslim nations and the Africans themselves traded many times more slaves than the combined Europeans, British and Americans ever did, and over many more centuries (in fact said trade still exists) but people like you never bother to mention that. Wonder why...
1) All people deserve respect, kindness, freedom, equality etc.I
2) Not sure what right America had trying to impose their values on British laws and British civilians.
The thing is england was always 1 step in front of everyone else, it does make me think that when slavery is spoken about the first place they associate with it is England, yet England was the first to ban slavery and then went on to blockade countries that brought and sold slaves. Yes England has done some horrible things but other countries have also done horrible things
I think you’ll find it was Scotland that lead the enlightenment period not England 😉
@@boxtradums0073a link to that information would be appreciated.
@@boxtradums0073😂 you are just full of it
@@britishpatriot7386 nope i just know history 🤣. All the big discoveries were done by Scots 😉
@@boxtradums0073Can we agree on British?! *Waves a Union flag*!
they told the English pubs you cant serve black and white people so all three pubs told the US military ok BLACKS ONLY , makes me proud. It was the 1960's before desegregation in the USA so I'm surprised you're so surprised to be honest that that was the USA attitude in the early 1940's
Go even further back. 2,000 Royal Navy sailors died fighting slavery. The first anti-slavery law introduced in England was in the 11th century under William The Conqueror. From then, any slave who stepped foot in England immediately became free.
There were times when American troops would try and harass and insult the British troops from the West Indies (Caribbean) and the whyte British troops would fight with the Americans for it.
We white or people of colour British people appreciated every Americans service person aiding us irrespective of the colour of their skin, God bless all service people that put their lives on the line to protect everyone’s rights to live freely, we respect & thank them 💙
No mate don't try and amd pass blame. There's nothing British about the people that went and became America..who were mostly Europeans not British. they had their own idea and way and fought a revolutionary war with britain over it..to become what they are. For their idea and way of life to be what it became and still is now
Hey guys, a really interesting, and shocking video. As a white British guy, I often feel ashamed of the things my country, and my race has done in the past. But I am proud that these Brits stood up for what was right. Even when the bullets started flying! I can understand your anger Sir. these young men were fighting, and putting their lives at great risk for a country that didn't even show them any respect. And if you don't already know about them. Please look into The Tuskegee Airmen. A group of all black pilots who went from people thinking black people could never learn how to fly a plane, to bomber crews all wanting them to be escorting them because they were about the best there was! First of your content I have seen, a Like and a Sub for you!
And yet today, we are told day after day, we are one of the most racist countries in the world. It makes me weep inside!
The Stax tours of the UK in the 1960s were eye opening for the Black American artists. There are documentaries about it, these artists were amazed how well they were treated and the audiences they played to. Some musicians actually stayed in the UK because of the big differences in their treatment in the US and that in the UK.
Apparently Shirley Bassey had to be stopped from entering the Las Vegas hotel where she was starring through the front door. As a black Welsh woman, she had never experienced segregation before.
We have friends in Bamber Bridge, it's not been forgotten. Bamber Bridge is relatively close to the great port of Liverpool, we have the oldest Chinese community in Europe, plus a large black community, intermarriage has been normal for hundreds of years in England. Britain once ruled 24% of the world and 23% of the worlds population, we made slavery illegal and were outraged at the segregation of the brave black soldiers fighting shoulder to shoulder with us.
I can really understand your passion on this. I'm English, but even as a teenager in the '50s when my mother brought back a very nice (white) American couple, I gave them a really hard time on what I had learned of segregation inthe US. When older and hopefully wiser I realised I'd assumed they were guilty of racism, when I knew nothng about them. Additionally they were guests in my mother's house, so I'm surprised my mother didn't stop me or give me a really hard time for what some would say was just damned rude. It's said we need to know history; if we don't learn from history we are doomed to repeat it and make the same mistakes. So however horrible the history we should learn about it, learn from it and make sure those horrors don't happen again.
And yet, There’s Trump who is hell bent on taking the US back to the early 20th century in an alarming Hitler-like way. Half the nation is fighting hard to stop him and his antiquated Party.
Thank you for watching and learning about this. We in England now are all ladled racist and Nazis by the left and mainstream but us English and British are not we will always fight and stand for what's right.
Fuck off with saying it's the left etc. who are labelling random people racist and Nazis etc.... the fact is you have a political party and movements in the UK who ARE Nazi based... they even call themselves that and show the Nazi flag and talk about Hitler like he was the Messiah.....Most Britians are NOT like that... but don't try and make out it's the leftist side of politics who are calling out your UKIP or White Nationalists.....
and now look at us? living under a ty
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English British???? Ohh how lovely the English are😂😂
@@kennethrollo7891 English are from England British is us as a collective England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland then the commonwealth countries I.E. my mate is Jamaican decent but born in England Remember Jamaica was British for years along with others. The normal people are pure gold its our snobs and masters that are A-Holes
How true is this? IT IS THE TRUTH
Yes
"The land of the free" ? That's right, America learned a lot from Britain.. The real land of the free! 🇬🇧
use to be.
British people bow down to know one I'm proud of Britain for how diverse we are
We had a similar issue like this here in Queensland, Australia at the time
yes it was all true American Army trying to force segregation in england, there were other incidents, but the bamber bridge is the most well known, it wasnt just british soldiers it was british citizens as well. ALL pubs put up signs as a form of Malicious Compliance, to the Letter of wha the americans wanted. but turned out differently.
And the American Meghan markle is trying to do the same now 😂
At 42,grew up my Dad, post office man, yet. Normandy Veteran and Malaya,, Belgium saw his school friends uualive. Thank you for sharing this ❤👵🙏
As a kid in the 1960s, my father gave me a book: "Black Like Me", a true story by (white) journalist John Howard Griffin recounting his journey in the Deep South of the United States, at a time when African-Americans lived under racial segregation. He had his skin darkened so as to pass as a black man - and it's a harrowing story - but well worth a read. That's the _1960s,_ well after WW2, but when segregation in the US was still rampant. In World War I, btw, segregation was so bad that black US soldiers who went to fight in France _were not allowed in the US Army_ but were taken on _by the French army._
This book was passed round my friend group and was read by many of my age. We marched against segregation and apartheid. Now all we hear about is how racist we are. It makes me want cry the way the country has gone.
Similar incidents happened in several British towns and also in Australia
Bamber Bridge is a couple of. miles from me. I went there two days ago. They have erected a memorial to the Battle of Bamber Bridge. Earlier this year they had a ceremony for the dedication of the memorial. There were local dignitaries, the mayor, and members of WW2 enactment groups with their WW2 vehicles, plus members of the Local Black history groups. There was music of the era with a singer giving a great performance. I took photos of the event but can't share them on here. PS The Hobb Inn does a great pub lunch.
nobody tells us what too do..let alone the yanks...god bless guys
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4:08 💯% true
A British ships captain received an order not to let mixed American troops embark on his ship at the same time. Unfortunately he had to obay. So he let the black troops on first!
We British raised a monument to these black soldiers. Not just lip service like America.
Facts!!! The Americans actually thought they could tell us how to treat people in our own country! Nah, bro, Black troops only!
I love the blacks only signs that was a slap in the face to the Americans trying to tell us what to do and who we could drink with
This really happened, you ask a y Bamber Bridge resident it's very true xxx❤
I remember my granda telling me about what happened. Alot of people back then was disgusted with the US army
I am very fortunate to live not far from this pub, there are now a few tables outside, will make me think again what happened on the door step while I am having a couple of scoops.
You paused and spoke just at the moment...
in response to being told to segregate, local pubs put up signs say "black troops only!" 😂😂😂
This was NOT what the American General Staff wanted, they wanted the pubs to be White Only!
The British sense of humour wasn't appreciated by the American General Staff but it must have made the ordinary Black GI's laugh out loud!
My father was on a few airfields during the war and had stories about prejudice by some US whites on US blacks. Sometimes GIs would try to remove West Indians from pubs but this didn't go well. Sadly, after the war, there were Brits who were prejudiced against black people coming over to fill the skills shortage most notably those who came over on the Windrush.
my grandad was in the welsh fussillers he knew 3 folks who worked in bamber bridge in 1938 till 1944 ,he heard about the us m,ps marching into the pubs in bamber when this happened
the bullet chippings are still in the pub which stands there today ,near blackburn lancashire
I've never seen or heard of this story and i live 3 miles from Bamber Bridge. The older hob inn is still there till this day.
This is a true British story one my grandmother told me, since i heard it my times from many sources i know its the truth, there were other less news worthy intensities, But the overall view by the ordinary British people to the American army authorities, was, YOU are in our country our rules!! Don,t come here and tell us what to do, They where later told by higher authority's to behave themselves and not to command any one to do anything that contradicted British laws and customs.
film called Red Tails
is the story of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, inspired by true events from the Second World War.
Slavery was banned in England in 1086 making England the first country to stop Slavery. We have a law and belief that our air is too pure for a slave to breath, so if a slave can breath our air they are FREE. There is a excellent RUclips video telling the wonderful story of a Jamaican slave who's american owner had travelled with him to England and how his case was taken to court and because he had been breathing our pure air he was free.
A lot of British people had donated money to keep the man in clothes and fed and a place to stay. I am not saying there is no racism in the UK BUT it does seam to be different from other places around the world.
There are so many stories of British women resisting being told who they could not dance with.
There’s a large generation of interracial people in the UK who are the sons & daughters of black GI’s. The American men often returned home & left pregnant British women to raise their children alone.
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There have never been slaves within Britain itself.
In fact Britain was at the front in leading the way to end slavery around the world, forcing other countries to stop slave trading and to abolish slavery itself.
Actually that not quite true. It was sort of ended in 1086 but was being condemned by the church as evil by 1102, so I feel we can assume it had ended by then. If the church said it was not ok in those days, you dared not cross the church.
@@markhorton8578Scotland was at the forefront of slavery, particularly with Jamaica and the tobacco industry. If you travel through Glasgow you'll see areas like Tobacco road and Virginia square.
@@djinn_jer Yes virtaully every country was using some form of slavery. But the British were the first to not only stop it within its own borders, but spend blood, money and resources on stopping it everywhere.
So your point is?
@@markhorton8578 that was to stop landlords working slaves (English poor people) on their land. They became serfs which wasn't much better 😐
@@markhorton8578 I'm sorry to say it didn't stop in the Medieval period either. Evidence is supplied by hundreds of 'Lost & Found' adverts common in periodicals and pamphlets and newspapers. Most of these are pre-1800 and few exist in the 19th century but the 18th and 17th centuries are thick with them.
Most are smart and don't refer to 'slave' - that might have meant trouble and questions from the authorities, but there are a few. Almost all however, state that person X (followed by physical description) absconded from master's house @ Z with item Y. How many of these are genuine requests for the return of stolen items (and the apprehension of the thief) and how many are a convenient way to get hold of someone who has run away is impossible to say. What can be said is that instances of people referred to as 'black' in these adverts are far more common (per capita) than the population would suggest.
It's common to say 'No Slavery In Britain' but it isn't true if it's only the official version and the practice was different. It's an uncomfortable fact that slaves were imported and kept by many wealthy families in Britain right up until the late Georgian period.
One of my brothers and his wife worked in Texas. My sister in law is Bulgarian. She suffered racism
My great uncle told me about being in a pub in london with black soldiers (he was in the 15th scottish infantry) then a load of white GIs came in and a fight started and the black unit and his ended up fighting the "yanks" as he called them l😂 wow that was 40 years ago and its still fresh in my mind .as i was young and I couldn't understand why they'd do that.
This is all true, we didn’t have racial segregation ever
The story of Bamber Bridge is true. Watch the RUclips video by Lancashire Post - The Battle of Bamber Bridge | Lancashire History.
Have you watched the British Crusade Against Slavery video? I think that explains why we didn't segregate on anything.... except class
Happened in Brisbane Australia too
Hi Guys
Thanks for your channel
Britain has a long written and oral history
Your family history is very important, because the nation’s history is so important to them. It has nothing to do with the skin colour.
People in the rest of the world don’t always understand this.
A current example is the press looking into Ms Markles family history or family tree. It is because history and who you are, that is your people/family
It isn’t a racial thing , it’s an origin thing.
Ms Middleton’s family experience the exact same origin scrutiny.
It’s a sad, sad reality we live in, BUT those black GI’s also experienced non racial acceptance….. the flip side of the coin as it were.
Sadly there are people in power today who benefit from keeping people divided
So thank you for these very interesting snippets of history and your honest reactions
I am definitely subscribing to your channel
Keep up the good work 🙏 God bless
This is very true as heartbreaking as it is
The British will drink with anyone, if you are a good person we are happy to spend time with you...
I would believe this as we have never and will never disregard anybody of colour. We are of the thinking that we are one and that goes back forever. ❤️🇬🇧
Any man or woman who is fighting a war deserves the upmost respect
The British understood and still understand that if a man/woman so good enough to fight for their country and potentially loose their life, then they are certainly good enough to drink, eat and live with. They are all brothers and sisters, fighting the collective cause. Even civilians gave the same respect.