The Tom Woods Show Ep. 2716 Who Enslaved the Most? And Other Questions with Dominic Frisby
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Dec 11, 2025 
Dominic Frisby, an author, comedian, and commentator, dives into a riveting discussion about the complexities of historical slavery across civilizations. He reveals surprising data, including that Islamic empires rank high in enslavement and Ancient Rome led as a singular enslaver. Frisby critiques modern British history education, praises Britain’s anti-slavery efforts, and highlights alarming trends in social media prosecutions. He also shares his love for English culture, emphasizing its unique contributions to literature and humor.
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Slavery Rankings Challenge The Narrative
- Dominic Frisby created a ranked video to show which civilizations enslaved the most people using cumulative population and slave ratios.
- The result challenges the modern narrative that European colonial powers were the largest slaveholders historically.
Daughter's Question Sparked The Project
- Dominic made the video after his 23-year-old daughter believed the transatlantic slave trade was the only slavery that ever existed.
- He hired a Cambridge-educated researcher to compile cumulative population and slave-ratio data for the ranking.
Facts Meet Platform Censorship
- The video faced platform resistance: Instagram refused it and TikTok shadow-banned it despite being a factual list.
- Dominic calls this phenomenon 'truth is the new hate speech' because inconvenient facts trigger censorship.
