The Matt Walsh Show

The Real History of Slavery

February 18, 2026·45 min·7-min readnarrativepolitics
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This episode presents a polemical revisionist account of global slavery, arguing that the transatlantic slave trade to the United States was a minor part of a much broader, global history of enslavement involving African, Arab, Ottoman, and Indigenous American societies. The host claims t

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Matt WalshGezoSt. PatrickFrederick Law OlmstedJacob Bauer

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American HistoryCivil Rights HistoryHistorical FiguresRacial JusticeUs Politics

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