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Nigel Biggar - Africans Traded SLAVES 1,000s of Years BEFORE Europeans
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- The Daily Heretic
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- Jul 22, 2026
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- 237
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Summary
Why are some historical facts about slavery discussed constantly while others are rarely mentioned? In this explosive conversation, Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar joins Andrew Gold to challenge what he sees as increasingly selective narratives surrounding slavery, colonialism, and British history. 👉 Subscribe to The Daily Heretic now for fearless conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@hereticsclips/videos Nigel Biggar is one of Oxford University’s most respected professors of ethics and public theology — but after publicly arguing that British history contains reasons for both “shame and pride”, he became one of the most controversial academics in Britain. In this focused discussion, Biggar examines the wider global history of slavery and why he believes modern public discourse often oversimplifies an enormously complex historical reality. Why is the transatlantic slave trade frequently discussed in isolation from the broader history of slavery across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe? And has modern political activism created a distorted understanding of how slavery functioned throughout human history? The conversation explores slavery, colonialism, British Empire debates, race politics, historical memory, academic freedom, identity politics, cancel culture, and the growing ideological divisions shaping modern discussions about history and morality. Biggar argues that slavery existed across multiple civilisations for thousands of years before European colonial expansion — and that historical understanding requires acknowledging uncomfortable facts in their full context rather than reducing history to simplistic moral narratives. What makes this interview particularly compelling is Biggar’s insistence that ethical debate must be grounded in historical accuracy,…