Serbians don't f*ck w slavery 🇷🇸

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The video leverages a surprising historical fact about Serbian resistance to slavery, presented in a provocative and easily digestible format. This historical tidbit, combined with a strong, declarative statement, likely resonated with viewers seeking unique or counter-narrative historical information.

Summary

The video explains that Serbians have a historical aversion to slavery due to their own experience of being enslaved by the Ottomans for 400 years. Upon gaining independence, they constitutionally decreed that any slave setting foot on Serbian soil would be freed, and this sentiment extended to their opposition to Nazism in WWII.

Structure

1Introduction of Serbian stance against slavery
2Historical context of Ottoman enslavement
3Constitutional decree of freedom for slaves
4Opposition to Nazism in WWII
5Concluding thought on the sentiment

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Serbians don't f*ck w slavery DID YOU KNOW BECAUSE THE SERBIANS WERE ENSLAVED BY 400 YEARS, WHEN THEY GOT THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND WROTE THEIR CONSTITUTION, THEY SAID, ANY SLAVE THAT STEPS FOOT ON SERBIAN SOIL IS AUTOMATICALLY FREE. CAUSE THEY WERE FUCK THIS SHIT. AND THEY FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR 2, BECAUSE SERBIANS WERE YOU KNOW, WITH THE JEWS. LIKE THEM EITHER, WERE AGAINST THE SO, LIKE, EVEN THOUGH YOU BLACK PEOPLE, REALLY, THE BALKANS, WITH SLAVERY. I THINK THAT'S SO

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As a Jew coming from a country that was literally built on the backs of slaves and stolen land I just think that’s so awesome. #serbia #balkans #americanabroad #expatlife #digitalnomad

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Transcript

Did you know that because the Serbians were enslaved by 400 years, when they got their independence and wrote their constitution, they said, any slave that steps foot on Serbian soil is automatically free. Cause they were fuck this shit. And they fought in World War 2, because Serbians were, you know, with the Jews. Like them either, were against the Nazis. So, like, even though you don't see any black people, really, in the Balkans, they don't fuck with slavery. I think that's so awesome.