Matt Walsh is doing what honest journalists and historians used to do before the academy became a propaganda arm: he’s asking uncomfortable questions and inviting Americans to see the full picture. His new series, The Real History of Slavery, premiered January 19, 2026 on DailyWire and promises to excavate facts that the official narrative all too often buries.
The series’ trailer makes the blunt case conservatives have been saying for years — slavery was global, not a uniquely American sin, and empires across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe took and traded human beings in brutal numbers long before the Atlantic trade. Walsh’s team points to the African kingdoms that enslaved millions, the East African trade’s scope, and even the white Europeans taken by North African and Ottoman raiders as part of a sober, broader history.
This matters because the left’s version of history has become less about truth and more about shaping identity through victimhood, a point Walsh has repeatedly made on his show when he argues that America’s founding is being recast as a founding sin. Teaching children — and adults — a one-note story of national guilt doesn’t enlighten so much as it anesthetizes pride and fosters permanent grievance.
Nobody is suggesting we whitewash slavery’s brutality; the conservative case is that emphasizing America as uniquely evil is dishonest and destructive. By restoring context — showing that slavery has been a tragic part of human history across civilizations and that many actors played roles in both perpetuating and abolishing it — Walsh’s series aims to replace humiliation with a truthful, balanced narrative.
The cultural stakes are real. Schools and museums shaped by woke doctrine have taught generations to view American history through a narrow, accusatory lens, and the result is a populace taught to loathe its own heritage instead of learning from it. A country that forgets its true past is a country easy to manipulate; reintroducing nuance and complexity into public education is a patriotic act, not an apology tour.
If you care about preserving a free, confident America, you should watch and share work that pushes back against ideological monotony and censorship. The Real History of Slavery is available through DailyWire+, and conservatives should rally behind projects that defend truth over fashionable narrative.
Patriotism doesn’t demand blind pride, it demands honest love — the courage to confront dark chapters and the pride to celebrate what our country has achieved despite them. Matt Walsh’s series is a timely reminder that reclaiming our history from the wrecking ball of wokeness is essential to restoring national confidence and unity.
