They were like people in prison for decades, they were institutionalized and afraid to be on their own. They didn't know how. The fear of the unknown can be a terrifying thing.
Honestly slavery is vile and disgusting BUT I can’t imagine the existential crisis and anxiety of “freedom”. Like where do you go from there, how would you be treated , where do you start, where do you get property etc etc etc. I would be so overwhelmed
You really spoke what's in my mind. Yes slavery is horrible but if I were a slave who has been groomed mentally that my purpose is to serve my master, a sudden independence would certainly makes me feel lost. The uncertainties post-slavery would be very scary.
Exactly. You're 50 years old; slavery and life on a plantation are all you have ever known. Now you are told you are free to go. Go where? How? What could you possibly do? There would be no way to wrap your head around it.
@Josh because it was simply "the way things were" back then? Nonsense, there were reasonable people existing in that time that knew it was wrong just as it is now.
@Josh The slaves formed an army.. Did it all by themselves...all black army ..Harriet tubman was their war General... Civil war was black vs white....That's what really happened???. You're brainwashed.
There are some amazing interviews with former slaves on RUclips from the early 20th century where they discuss this topic. I remember more than one of them used the phrase “turned out like cattle” to describe what happened after they were freed. They were no longer slaves, which was obviously an improvement but they were turfed out to fend for themselves with no money and nowhere to live. I think people forget that ending slavery was only the first step forward for these people and their lives remained very hard.
They were first taken to one of the Caribbean islands too, for 6mos to a year, in order to be "broken" and taught their purpose on earth was to serve the white man. You should check out a book by Sowande' Mustakeem, "Slavery at Sea; Terror, Sex, Sickness and the Middle Passage", she lives in my home town of St. Louis, and is a professor at Wash U. It's a tough read, it was absolutely brutal. Then I saw a video just the other day about slave breeding, and the horrors of that aspect of slavery, some owners flat out didn't even have a plantation, just a giant "breeding camp" like a puppy mill. Young boys were expected to perform and impregnate by age 13 or they were often castrated, and woman by were supposed to start birthing by 14 and have at least 15 -18 babies before menopause. Nightmares beyond imagination.
@@9395gb No you're right, freed slaves never got financial compensation or help. They made new lives using just their skills, contacts and hard work and determination. It's an amazing testimony to the human spirit..
@@jeanhind8198 testimony to their survival but slavery is an injustice that has never been rectified reparations have not been paid. The situation descendants of US slavery has not improved and I don't see how anyone could say otherwise.
150 years ago is like yesterday to you? Also you can still go take photos of plenty of slaves that exist to this very day in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East!
@@yepisaidit1507 exactly, that shit boils my blood! They want to sweep it under the rug so bad like this was centuries ago when people today still feel the effects
Not just gradual. And it's not just a little faster now. You get news live as it happens. They didn't get that then. And even so it was during a war. The words of Lincoln didn't matter until Lee surrendered. And in reality the words didn't really matter. Lincoln hated the slaves and the EP was a PR and military move. Sad how people celebrate him when he didn't care about them at all. People forget about the Corwin Amendment.
@Krazee Kracka MAN Because Lincoln said himself he wouldn't have freed slaves if he didn't have to. Educate yourself outside of what you learned in the American education system. Why do you think America is not going to make America look good
My formerly enslaved gr gr grandparents (born in the 1840s) left the plantation but lived elsewhere in the city using their skills and connections to work and survive. Eventually my grandmother, along with her parents and siblings, left the plantation state (in 1920) to move to the Midwest for better opportunities and to get away from the kkk.
It's so weird to think that I would have been a slave if I was born in the wrong generation and or in the wrong place, I would be owned by someone, that's just so messed up😔
have you seen the opening of the new season of Fargo? "i am a criminal. i stole this head, body and limbs from my master." (paraphrased, possibly) somebody was cutting onions when i was watching it, i am quite sure.
Also weird to think I could have been wealthy and happy and could just dedicate myself to my passions and my family if I’d been born in a different place and to different people :/
Or today if you were born into a poor family in for example Bangladesh. Working for a dollar in some sweatshop for western companies. Slavery is still relevant today. Or for Apple. medium.com/modefica-global/from-apple-to-adidas-brands-use-ethnic-minority-slave-labor-in-china-cd3ce41864ac
That’s what happens when you have millions of uneducated people reading the Old Testament. Which is a disgusting version of the Bible that needs to be burned.
Slavery is alive and just as horrific today. Many are lured in by the promise of employment in other countries (call center agent, construction work, nanny, model, etc).
The fact that a former slave was able to save 3 years worth of money from washing clothes and then buy a house in the city says a lot about the current economic crisis in America. No working class American doing the equivalent could save money for 3 years and purchase a house.
@@blackroyalbrand1287 bro don't believe all the stories and rumors you hear about Detroit. Did you know downtown Detroit was voted as one of the top ten tourist spots in the US? Now I'm not saying Detroit isn't without it's problems. But believe me there are a whole lot of worse places to live.
Some stayed as employees so they can save enough to purchase their own land and home. Not only was it unthinkable changes but without any currency, where would they live? At least there, they had living quarters, they knew the work and stayed with their loved ones.
It’s so sad I still can’t wrap my mind around how you can take ppl against their will and sell them like a dog to another human and then buy someone like they are property. And it’s still happening today wth
@Jo Sm Wow, just wow. I grew up in an Islamic theocracy that portrayed him as a freer of slaves. He even had a black apostle (Ballal) who was supposed to be the representative of the freed slaves. Not that I liked him before - he and his 14 wives, the youngest of whom (age 10) he married when he was 50 - but this takes the ick to another level.
@Jo Sm I like how you have actual quotes to back up everything. So they even lied about Aisha. Our religion teacher said she was married at 9 (the official age of consent in Islam, for girls,) but Muhammad waited until she was 10 before he consummated the marriage, which was another lie. I also remember verses in Koran talking about Muhammad's female slaves (called 'Kaneez') but again, our religion instructors translated that as female servant, even though Muhammad had sex with one of them while two of his wives listened. The surah that told that story was about how those wives had no right to complain. Now that I know she was a slave, it makes it even worse. What an icon. 😒
I read a slave account from a lady who was maybe 20 when she was freed. She said the master called a meeting and told them they were free. Everyone was upset because a meeting usually meant someone would be sold. Anyway none of them knew what he saying and they all just went back to working. Then a union man came and told them in simple terms and they all left.
@@bostic3 Well they were technically free, but many got arrested for small or insignificant/madeup crimes and were forced to work to pay those crimes, for loong time
@If you don't vote for Biden, YOU AIN'T BIDEN Oh yes it does, people forget that crime bill that basically sent bunch of people especially black to lifetime of prison for having pot
The idea of owning another person, and treating them like animals is horrendous and appalling, in every way, shame on all involved, and all who looked away!
A lot of slaves who were treated humanely by plantation owners often stayed. Because of uncertainty, they knew were free and could leave , but what was out there for them? Legal racism. A lot stayed awhile until they felt safe. But still suffered backlash, hatred, discrinatiom. This wasxa psychological slavery.b
@@ayopaulie9116 sex trafficking, even in some cases domestic abuse, kiddie porn etc many African Americans treated like crap, discrimination, jobs poverty, get rid of racists cops in police force. Not all whites are bad there are good caring people out there. But it's scary to think 70 million racists in America.v
Where the slave actually freed? Or did the slave patrol came into existence putting the ex-slaves in prison to continue doing free labor. There is a book and a movie called: “Slavery by Another Name”
The quote from the Lincoln movie is perfect. The only way for him to get the approval was to make compromise. A quote from it goes like you can have a compass that points noth to take you north, but it won't take you around the swamps, mountains and hostile areas. The end goal was always to free them, but to get everyone on board it took time.
As a Mexican I'm more than certain some of my ancestors were slaves, same for most Mexicans. I've went to the places there in Mexico they worked slaves to death. Most recently a place where they smelter metals to send back to Spain. It was absolutely horrible. I'm certain that place is haunted. Tiny little places to sleep in, barely enough for everyone to lay down. Surrounded by walls. It was horrible hearing how most slaves there would've probably met their end. And to think the Spanish crown still refuses to admit it didn't anything wrong while ruling its colonies. "In their right" they say.
Hola. Yo soy de Puerto Rico. La historia de la esclavitud en hispanoamérica sigue en las sombras. El que pudiera ocultar que era negro lo ocultaba y hasta hoy en día en Cuba y en Puerto Rico se habla casualmente de "mejorar la raza"
Interesting that they decided to skip the vicious cycle of sharecropping where they bought supplies on credit and then worked for a year to pay it off and once that was done they had to do it all over again.
@Rudol Von Stroheim I’m from Louisiana (New Orleans) and I still have family in Mississippi who haven’t left their “situations “ . It’s really sad and unfortunately, slavery came with mental chains as well. There’s a woman in New Orleans who finds these families and tells their stories. I’ll include a link. There’s also a short documentary done by Vice on the subject. I do the family research my own family members and have copies of share cropping contracts signed be my ancestors that would make you want to vomit. The wording used, was so blatantly racist but they had no choice if they wanted to put food on the table. www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.eurweb.com/2020/01/20/black-families-still-living-on-plantations-in-mississippi/amp/
To go from being slaved to being free was a scary experience for many. Stories of old slaves remaining on plantation were common, while many settled for a system that resembled bondage: share cropping.
@@SandfordSmythe It is for this reason Southern states aimed to enact “Vagrancy Laws” that created a convict lease system, locking up propertyless wanderers and *forcing them into slave labor.* American corporations willingly participated in this system just as German corporations willingly participated in Jewish slave labor in WW2. No wonder it’s deemed slavery by another name.
Many things are their just not popular. Just like most Americans have German ancestry and most of them don't celebrate their ancestry. But it's a fact many states celebrate German festivals which I think Americans don't know about. Things don't go popular until people want it. I wonder irish potato famine day would be mention too as many Americans have ancestry of them
Yes, slavery has plagued the world since the ancient Greek and Roman days and continues today with sex trafficking. Horrible to enslave and individual.
@@luthercase9001 If one is treated like an inferior creature for generations, looked down on and discriminated by everyone in your community, without any education and without any capital and safety net, it's really difficult to "start new life" and be "responsible of oneself" The USA should have provided help for these tens of thousands of newly freed people that were more of less helpless.
You can't talk about American history, without mentioning slavery and the massive contribution it provided for the foundation of the country. The ORIGINAL Americans--whether you like it or not--is made-up of two races: Whites and Blacks. (Anglos and Africans) The rest of them are "Johnny come latelys.
@@AndreyEvermore Yes, it's before that greed of home sellings came into play. A home was sold only on the bases of how much someone wanted to sell it for. Now, we use comps and seller greed to price homes. I home today it still cheaper to build then what it sells for. I live in Canada, and the homes in 1985 where I live were sold for $190,000 where as in Toronto they were $55,000. Today where I live the homes sell for $1.8 Millions and in Toronto average $900,000. A new home in Brooklyn, NY cost $2,500 (1853)
Man, that's something. Former slaves faced an uncertainty about their future after the Civil War ended. I watched a series on DVD about Reconstruction from PBS. It shows a very different view of what happened after the slaves were freed. Some people left, others stayed at the plantations, some asserted their right to vote, and some created communities of free people. At the same time when it was going on, Southerners were faced with reality. Much of the region was destroyed, the economic growth which they depended upon slave labor was over, the men of military age of the South were coming back from the war seeing the world in which they had known been changed, and the people were struggling to get by. While freedom was rung in the South, a group of Southerners formed the Ku Klux Klan in 1866 at Pulaski, Tennessee with the idea of maintaining their way of life and making things difficult for the newly freed slaves. This would be an open fight which would determine the future of the country after a time of war.
The KKK was then declared a terrorist group and outlawed, the same year the NRA was formed. Nathaniel Bedford Forrest actually left the KKK that he had formed and denounced it due to its increasing violent nature. The KKK continued to exist in small quiet pockets for years until the 1950s when they came back to the forefront with its public and violent acts. In the late 1960s the KKK leaders denounced the violent actions of its past and reorganized as more a civic group, carrying out more peaceful protests and being more involved in the community and charities and declared its religious base. The Neo Nazi party (which formed shortly before WWII) then took over as the more violent group, though their group, like most pro-white groups has faded in influence, power and members in the last 40 years or so.
@Anthony Conino the trend for the white power groups have faded, but the black power groups have been on the rise since the 60s. The black panthers were the most prominent group (and in some cases also violent), they also faded into more peaceful work in the 70s with the rise of the NAACP. But the recent trend is that black power groups are rising again and becoming more violent which could force white power groups to ramp up in response. Who knows? Maybe Charlie manson’s predicted race war will come to fruition but not in his lifetime.
@@CamaroAmx White power groups have never had as much power as they have now, members are straight up getting voted into congress, and for the last 4 years a open racist have been president,
I've often wondered why the slaves, of whom, when they first came over here had brought with them their primitive African religion of snake worship, but then, instead of continuing this atavistic and barbarous practice, they eventually came around to adopt the religion of their oppressors, Southern Baptist! So, for all that, was their oppression nothing but work, intimidation and beatings. In short, hell on earth? Don't get me wrong! I'm not saying that the practice of slavery was right! By all forms of justice, it simply couldn't be! If one listened to the folk songs sung by former slaves, it would seem to indicate that they were relatively happy, despite their lives of bondage.
@@vincentperratore4395 Christianity has inflicted more acts of mass barbarism on more humans than any indigenous African religions ever have. The various branches of the church were among the biggest investors in slavery in the early colonial period of the americas.Do some reading. Africans worshiped a vast array of things then as they do now. Ethiopia was full of christians and muslims long before Europe was. Most of the enslaved were young including many children from many different cultures, so, breaking them of cultural roots was easy. The people whom you claim were so happy were 150 years or more into a process of cradle to grave indoctrination into a death cult called christianity which promises, with no proof whatsoever, that its gets better in death, after a life of misery. So, expecting most of those who have been brainwashed into subjugation and into that world view to do anything other than show a happy face to those holding power over them is really silly.
Because we don't talk, dress, or work like this anymore. It feels like it was a long time ago. But the Emancipation took place only SIXTY THREE YEARS before my grandma was born in 1925. I grew up with her, listened to her stories, & helped in her garden. I'm only 27... The US is having a hard time with race today, partly because it wasn't that long ago that slavery was ok.
Hopefully she told you that Africans enslaved 1.5 million white people. It's easier to understand race issues when you know world history and not just American History .... as every group of people owned and had them at some point.
@@danimotherofchickens479 yea but they were north africans not sub saharan africans that enslaved whites . they also enslaved black people during the islamic slave trade . it was a brutal slavery they would castrate the slaves so they couldnt have kids . that is why there are almost no black or whites left in the middle east they butchered them instead of freeing them after slavery .
@@danimotherofchickens479 What a disingenuous comment. The writer is sharing a personal story on how they were affected by slavery in this country. This is classic "whataboutism." Just admit that what happened to a lot of black people in the 19th century (and before) was horrible.
You know what’s weird history.... I am from West Point, MS. Where you showed that first slave picture at. My whole family if from there and my grandmother still lives there today. For all we know... that could be our family. That’s what comes with being black in America.
@precision haze do you know most non British Europeans came in usa through indentured slavery. So you're great into ten grandfather must be slave of British too.
And the Holy Bible "God" is ok with Slavery Exodus 21:20-21, Leviticus 25: 44-46 & Jesus also said Slave obey your masters Luke 12: 47-48 if you black & believe in the Bible you are a discrace & should be ashamed of yourself
I love to brag about how much I freed the slaves and helped America survive by killing Vampires and Zombies. Edit: Cmon guys, why do you people have to take a simple joke so seriously!
@Sherry He just didn't own slaves though. I'm well aware of the existence of google. Say what you want about Lincoln, tyrant, invader etc. Man didn't own slaves.
pres-slaves.zohosites.com/abraham-lincoln.html www.quora.com/Did-Abraham-Lincoln-own-slaves www.history.com/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-lincoln-slavery-and-emancipation www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/08/abraham_lincoln_owned_slaves_1.html Read specifically the last one and stop spreading bullshit
Slow very slow. I visited my aunt in 1969 in Oklahoma and we went to the Astro Dome in Texas in chartered buses. Once we crossed into Texas the buses pulled over and all the Blacks were ushered into one bus. When we stopped for breakfast and later went to the rest rooms we were talking with a group of ladies who happened to be Black and I asked how they liked the breakfast and silence. My aunt looked at them and smiled and I said I was from California. They smiled back and my aunt told me she would explain to me later. Later she told me in Texas the Blacks had to wait until after all the whites had eaten before the were fed and they ran out of time so they didn't get breakfast. A Black woman came up to my aunt and asked how I took it and she said the same as any decent person who have taken it, I was appalled.
@andyd3447 folks like DeSantis doesn’t want this to be taught. Why would that be? Proper education is powerful. Knowledge is powerful. However, it has to be applied. We can’t wait for the school system to teach U.S. History. As adults we must do it. I’m tired of hearing this lies “O, this will make white children feel bad.” How many years have black children been feeling bad, and treated badly. Perhaps this is the fear. Little white children may learn their grandparents, and great-grandparents may have been the ones stopping the Nine black students from entering Little Rock Central High School. Or learn about Ruby Bridges, who at age six, was the first Black child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary. Daily she faced racial epithet from mostly white women. We got photos. Perhaps they may see their ancestors angry faces darting at this child.
I mean they'd tribute to powerful people because Europe was pretty poor at the time... In fact common citizens were generally poor up until the 1950s... So they kinda swore to those masters because it'd grant them land and land was the most valuable thing before money and industry became a thing (that's also why China and India were richer than Europe up until the 19th century, too). The king or nobles gave them land and other privileges and the vassals joined their military and other services, wasn't much like slavery as in that they weren't literally forced to do exhaustive labour, but rather coerced in trade for something
I wish more people would do diligent research to see the truth for themselves. I was raised in Alabama. Since I have looked at the facts instead hearing my uncles and family tell stories that sad to say were not always let's say unbiased. I live in Chicago. I am american. I can do Anything. I pay taxes. I obey the laws. I show respect to everyone I meet. I stand up for the sick and frail. I help ANYONE I can." and don't care what race you are" I AM FREE !!! We need to put aside our differences. My dad and uncle was both murdrers and both died in prison. I could be filled with hate but I'm not because they killed three black men and the black owner of the gas station in Dothan Al. That was the turning point in my life. I'm now 82 years old don't know how much longer I have on this earth. But I wanted to give everyone a chance to learn what it took this old man a lifetime to understand.
I live in Louisiana and was fortunate enough to have a mom who raised me around black people. There is an amazing black man that I call my dad. And yet, even I didn't understand how bad slavery was and especially the fallout after the civil war. You know as well as I do that Southern history classes were deficient in that area...
You don’t know how lucky you are. I see home-bred racist people everyday especially online, clouded with a thick smoke of hate and ignorance. Trying to imagine them seeing the light through all that smoke is damn near impossible.
All of history for lefty's, liberals and Dems started about 500 years ago.. right before that it was Adam and Eve. Of course they only talk about black slavery in America cause that's how life began...
From a book years ago I learned that many left the plantation the very day they were freed. However, once they got off the property, they realized they didn't have anywhere to go. Many of them soon returned to the edge of the land, sitting along the road with no place to go. In their case, freedom really was a word for nothing left to lose.
They are written in the black Southern vernacular as spoken by them. It helps to read them out loud to understand them and get a feeling for a real person talking. This style of speaking has many levels to it. It can be very ironic and understated, with sly sense of humor.
I Think this leaves out a lot. The confederacy did not recognize the Emancipation, wasn’t it only after they were occupied that they were forced to recognize it? what about the former slaves becoming “contraband” of the advancing union troops. also, no mention that EP did not include Union slave states such as Delaware and Maryland. this makes it sound like the EP immediately freed the slaves and the slaveholders just went along obligingly....
The Confederacy didn't recognize the Emancipation Proclamation because they didn't recognize the authority of the federal government. It is also possible that Union officers used the Proclamation as grounds to make emancipation a condition for paroling Confederate prisoners; this may explain why some plantation owners in Texas freed their slaves after their sons were captured in battle.
The Emancipation only affected slaves in the states of the Confederacy.... Maryland where slavery was allowed but had not seceded from the nation still fell under the fugitive slave act... also, Lincoln is on record saying if he were able to preserve the Union without freeing a single slave he would do it... he is on record saying the brown man was not the equal of the white man... but overall slavery didn't end until the war was over...
who cares about the south and emancipation. no seceret that the south was for the most part pro slavery. i want to hear why the union slave states keep their slaves until the 13th ammendment was ratified. 8 months after the war was over and done. TEACH TAHT SHIT SCHOOLS.
You're right about the non-confederate States ("the states not in rebellion") continued to hold their slaves. That ended with the 13th Amendment after the war. There's a special (2021) about Lincoln that shows the extreme effort he had to exert, to get the 13th Amendment ratified before the Southern states rejoined Congress.
It was great for those who wanted to be farmers. However there were many scientists, doctors, Engineers, Statesman, and entrepreneurs born into a condition of picking cotton from sunup to sundown
Sharecropping was not a fair days wage for a fair days work, I would not not like a 'home' down Slave Alley in a slave shack - I would have wanted an education & to progress. Don't forget Jim Crow came hot on the heels.
Thank all of y’all and I appreciate you sharing your experiences with me. I want to learn so much more. I even appreciate the architect of the Romans in the Colosseum. We all make this world beautiful. Just like when they built the pyramids.
I remember a few years ago when I was at a military base here in Washington State with my dad and sister for the 4th of July, that I met one of the surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen. And he told me he was proud that I was going to college to become a veterinarian. It honestly felt like he was my grandfather and being so honored to listen to his stories with the limited time I had to speak with him❤️❤️❤️❤️
You’re assuming that every single slave was treated like a dog. I’m sure out of all the slave owners, there were at least a few that didn’t treat their slaves poorly. I’m sure a small handful treated them kindly, fed them well, etc.
@@fabianatrindade56 Alongside what the other guy said, many of these slaves grew up with the families that owned them (assuming they weren’t sold). Think of it like leaving an abusive family member; yeah, you’re better off now, but you’re probably still always going to have some kind of feelings towards them.
Indeed, and all products of the democrat party. They didn't give up their crusade of oppression either. LBJ (D) signed Legislation which to this day keeps blacks in chains (hypothetical) on the democrat plantation. Legislation: The Great Society Act When: 1964 President: Lyndon Johnson Party: Democrat
What they did to slaves is the worse someone can do to another human being. the way they separated families,the way they humiliated and the way they sold them like cattle and the way they overworked them and abused them both physically and emotionally it's disgusting.I have no words.. I admire each and everyone slave that ever existed for being so brave and for still having faith for not giving up and for doing whatever it is that needs to be done in order to stay alive..🥺 However as a Christian I know that all of those souls were taken straight to heaven and are now happy the Lord is Good and whenever someone suffered as much as they did because of human cruelty God heals their souls and in heaven gives them all the happiness and love they deserve.💖
Doesn't "christianity" require that people need to accept a specific messiah dude (possible con artist) named jesus as their savior homie otherwise you'll burn in hell regardless of how you live your life or how much you suffer in life? Romans 10:9-10, Acts 4:12, John 3:16, Acts 10:43, Philippians 3:20, Ephesians 1:7 or some other bible shit like that? Otherwise it sounds like you're picking and choosing what parts of the bible you want to believe? "CHRIST"iantity means it's confession of Jesus as savior or it's hell and there is no exception or middle ground. Your super-important holy book says it clearly, if these poor slaves didn't openly accept JC as their savior they are destined for eternal suffering. PS all religion is dumb.
Y’all need to watch the movies, “North and south” I will warn you, there old, and have a sope opera vibes... but it’s really good, and dives deep into this very topic, and much others!
can you shut up? all countries have slaughtered natives to colonize the region, the mongols, japanese, african tribes and many european nations... it's not just the usa.
Lincoln was pretty racist, but he personally did believe slavery was morally wrong. His political stance on slavery was pretty neutral and his focus was on union preservation.
Being from Dallas, I know all about Juneteeth...at first, when I was young in the late 60s, it was only for blacks...but by the late 70s, it was open to everyone...and Big Red soda (a Texas drink) was everywhere...there was no anger, but just celebration....
He says that slave owners lied what do you want him to say " they took by the neck slammed him chocked him beat him ... no everyone wants to forget about this... I'm just saying I learn more my from this channel them actual highschool ,,, stop hating on probably the best channel for kids to learn things they'll never get a chance to learn in school... no hate towards you at all but check out some more vids bro🖤💯
@@gxthblxde Yes I want them to explicitly say that, intentionally skipping over of forgetting horrific details is grave injustice to thousands of slaves who suffered, fought and lived through hell. I also disagree with John a little, you can't call this video sugarcoating as it doesn't try to paint all slave owners as somewhat nice people, instead it talks about some anecdotes which are certainly interesting, I do find it a little weird that all anecdotes present somewhat good side of slave owners, but it could because people expect and know about horrific anecdotes of slavery so creators of video wanted to surprise the audience, I could be totally wrong about the last bit though because I don't have good knowledge of about general perception of slavery in present day USA. This video could be called as cherry picking to whitewash slavery but I think that's unfair too, because purpose of this channel is surprising and unexpected anecdotes. But I do agree with your overall sentiments John, this video can make some people (not well aware about slavery) think that slavery wasn't so bad and special care should be taken when talking about sensitive and important topics like slavery.
@@prathameshpatil6888 but when anyone other then a black person brings it up they get called a racist and I'm white n Mexican and I've been called racist for simply bringing up slaves... and I get they dont wanna hear that shit so I respect it yeah it should be taught in school and you do get taught this in school
@@prathameshpatil6888 slavery was horrible and disgusting and as a mexican and white myself I look down on my own grave sometimes because they still continue to be racist but I think it's more of the south tbh... but still I here people use the hard r still n shit and it's sad I just wish people would grow up... slavery in other countries was far worse but slavery in general is cruel
He covered it in a way that coddles a white audience. This vid is bullshit and gross. 1/4 of slaves died in the 8 years following slavery. Do you get that from the tone of this cheery ass video?
@@JesseBrown-qf6zp I could go on and on but one stat says it all; wealth share. It's a tricky number to pin down but American slave descendants/ADOS currently have 1-2% of the total US economy. So basically up 1% since freedom, lol. Basis of ALL of black American issues derives from this. Anyone saying otherwise is full of shit.
It’s highly frustrating how whenever theres an educational video about slavery, people (mainly white people) have to come in and try to justify certain things or play it down. Let it be a video about the Holocaust though and everyone is so sympathetic and there are no disputes at all about the horrific things that happened.
Before you all come crying about how people “demonize whites” let me say that if you feel demonized from people talking about actual history, you’re probably guilty of partaking in it in some fashion. Y’all have no problem with calling out black people on their crime rate and culture when it’s convenient, but let us tell the truth about slavery and racism then you want to cry and say “NOT ALL-“ “WHAT ABOUT-“
@@crybabyfans3162 Im not surprised you wouldn’t know that the prison system is literally slavery. And when I mentioned crime rates it had nothing to do with slavery in that moment. Try reading what I said in a different context
@@mesij6798 the jail system isnt slavery, inmates work because they are stain on society their paying their debts to society. Who cares if they work anyway?
@@crybabyfans3162 lol the 13th amendment will tell you it’s slavery. The prison system should be about reform, not “work” or “punishment” (with some exceptions). Why do you think there are so many repeat offenders? And why do you think people who go in come out most times worse.
Kind of sad that even after the emancipation the following years that insued involved heavy discrimination, segregation and human rights violations. Makes you wonder if they were really freed.
We're not free yet, still slaves to the system and unwritten laws. After the south conceded both sides agreed As it was before, meaning how we treated them during slavery is how we will always treat them.
While the federal troops were there during reconstruction, they were doing pretty well even holding public office. Then a single vote caused the withdrawal of federal troops and it all went to shit
@@josenba No, he didn't. An attempt was made but it didn't make it through the senate if I'm not mistaken. govtrackinsider.com/juneteenth-national-independence-day-act-would-make-june-19-a-federal-holiday-celebrating-the-end-f54c63bf90c7
It’s not that they had no money or idea what to do outside, you neeed money to live on your own and you need to have an idea of what it’s like outside the plantation to have an idea of how go survive also they had no rights or anyone fighting for them so bigots (half the country) could just murder them if they ever thought to be free, some slave owners lied about the freedom of slaves to keep them captivated others had complexes with enslaved people like I don’t remember who (sorry on my part) but one of America’s presidents had a on going “relationship” with a 14 year old enslaved girl (what’s disgusting and revolting is that documentary’s now make it seem like a love story or romantic mishap ughhh it makes my skin crawl) and basically this meant that slave owners were not willing to let go of there enslaved not only cause it was a financial drain but partially because of complexities in there relationships with slaves it’s actually an unspoken part of history.
And the Holy Bible "God" is ok with Slavery Exodus 21:20-21, Leviticus 25: 44-46 & Jesus also said Slave obey your masters Luke 12: 47-48 if you black & believe in the Bible you are a discrace & should be ashamed of yourself
That’s interesting. I thought the slave owners and confederates would all reject emancipation but many of them actually followed through and freed them. Also interesting how some slave owners also had good relationships with their slaves.
yes, a few bunch had good relations with their owners, and that included aunt jemima (the woman who made the syrup bottle). read her book! it's quite a read and her owners actually allowed her to sell the syrup and eat at the table with them, as well as live under the same roof- i wouldn't even consider it being a slave-slave owner relationship in my opinion. a lot of people assume all were racist or horrific (a big portion, yes) but there were a couple who slipped through and was genuinely caring for the blacks.
Because as unthinkable as it is to us nowadays back then it was the norm. Most humans are social creatures and are slaves themselves to whatever the social norms of their time are. It’s sad but when it’s all you know and are raised to know it takes time sometimes generations to undo a set mindset in a family.
@@vikafrench2429 Nope. They chose their ignorance for the benefit of free labor and casting their insecurities as aggression towards their slaves. They knew what they were doing but and chose comfort over righteousness. There was a civil war you know! These people never actually changed their minds. They were forced to act like it or they would go to jail. There was no “coming to” for these racists, they just found other ways to manifest their anger and maliciousness. Thank God good and justice prevailed.
@Xavier Moore Yeah we should have statues of noble heroes like George Floyd, a crackhead who holds pregnant women at gunpoint and Rayshard Brooks a repeat sex offender
Slavery is very much alive and well today. The only difference is that the slaves think that they are free, and the masters pay just enough to keep them working.
@@Ms.DevinetheTeacher You're something else. I hope you are enjoying your Cash welfare, Section 8, Food stamps, WIC, Free daycare, Free breakfast and lunches for your kids, Free public transportation. The list can go on and on. You aren't a slave. No one is treating you poorly and you have had your reparations over and over again courtesy of White taxpayers. If you really think you have it so bad here, Go back to an African country. You are FREE TO LEAVE. But you won't leave because you know your life would be absolute garbage.
It is not "weird" that age, health, and disability issues played a role in whether freed people would choose to leave their old slave homes or stay. It was just complicated, like life in general.
@@elliotthoward4738 they stayed because they had no way to live outside of the plantation. Health, age, lack of skills meant that it was often safer to stay where they knew and were familiar. Some times their masters would not mistreat them because they had no one else to do the work they lost the rest of their slaves to do.
This is such a nice watch! My grandmother was born free, but her father was born a slave, and eventually was freed! He also was allowed into the military! He had his own small farm near a plantation they used to work on, and when he was freed he got his own land and had my Nana and her sisters after he met his wife who was also recently freed. They all stayed in the same places they were enslaved in deep Orangeburg South Carolina. They couldn't really go anywhere or do much with no education.. my grandmothers education ended at 3rd grade. Orangeburg is Somewhere im scared to freely roam to this very day. I always wonder what it must have been like growing up in the early 1900s down south. I wish I knew them better to learn about this life before they passed on. I couldn't imagine it if I tried. They didn't run away from this no matter what. They established themselves in such a terrifying place during a terrifying era and didn't give up on freedom no matter what. I love my ancestors I wish I knew more about them.
This is a good subject for Weird History. The more I have seen of the US and the more I’ve learned about the Civil War, the more it seems the politics had little concern for the slaves themselves. The North was also extremely racist and after the fighting the victors showed no real concern for the welfare of African descendants. Like so many wars it sometimes seems it was just a battle between elites under the guise of a noble cause. As a young person I was taught a history where we patted ourselves on the back for having the moral superiority to have actually gone to blows to end a vile institution. But then what? Nothing really. No real ideas about integrating millions of people. If we really had respect for what the conflict meant we would take some serious steps to change this situation.
@@noabengal7071 The rise of the KKK, The Jim Crow Era. Just because the slaves were able to walk off the plantations, doesn't mean their lives were going to be any easier.
In Miss. where i was born and raised there has allways been blacks with nice farms and property, it was not given to them by the Government they got it like everyone else hard work, and faith in themselves
That was 30 years before the end of the civil war bro. this video is about what it was like for freed slaves. Nat Turner wasn’t free and took it into his own hands
And the Holy Bible "God" is ok with Slavery Exodus 21:20-21, Leviticus 25: 44-46 & Jesus also said Slave obey your masters Luke 12: 47-48 if you black & believe in the Bible you are a discrace & should be ashamed of yourself
While our history is dark and complicated, I believe we have come a long way and like anything in life we can only improve. As for the history pertaining to the video you made, well done on the coverage. It sad that some of the owners attempted to do them wrong while others were humane in their partings as they should have been and offered wages. No one said we are proud of our dark side, but even as an American Indian that loves Thanksgiving, I'm proud that we grew past that and that we peacefully work together to only better our country.
The slayves were bought from the Africans seling them. They were also selling them to the Ejws, Arabs, Spanish, Portuguese - but mostly to other Africans. They also stole Europeans to sell - over 1.5 million is a rough estimate. Europeans also sold white people to the highest bidder - here in the UK, roughly 1 in 10 white people were slayves. Barbados was created by 25,000 slayves - over 21,000 were white. The original people in America - over half the white people who landed were slayves. Arabs and Africans have had slayves since recorded history. Native Americans had slayves too. Chinese, Japanese, Indians - all long history of owning slayves. Thank Allah for the enlightenment of Europe - and I say thank Allah because if the Islamic armies didn't conquer Greece, then their writings would not have been moved to Germany for safekeeping - those writings started the modern world!
The European/American history is just too much, and the fact they never even stopped their massacres nor genocides, it makes everyone question wether if they should forgive them or not.
I can definitely let you know. They were given the nastiest pieces of animals! Chitlin is literally the small intestine of a pig. Eating that can result to cancer, heart problems, & high blood pressure. Please don’t disrespect the community by asking ignorant questions like this.
Imagine being taken away from your house and land, being enslaved and then they give you freedom, I mean, for sure they must have felt lost by the fact that they had to start all over in a foreign land😢
What I love about this: It's an accurate description of what happened in this country. A lot of people want to hide the dark history of the country, but this is what happened. I love this ❤
It’s not like they decided to stay...they literally had no money or means to leave their vicious captors.
And they didn't know how to live like that, I think for some of them, just the thought of having to survive on there own was terrifying
They were like people in prison for decades, they were institutionalized and afraid to be on their own. They didn't know how. The fear of the unknown can be a terrifying thing.
And yet they all seem to have feet in the pictures.
@@vic6784 that's true
@Rice Glue I believe so too
Honestly slavery is vile and disgusting BUT I can’t imagine the existential crisis and anxiety of “freedom”. Like where do you go from there, how would you be treated , where do you start, where do you get property etc etc etc. I would be so overwhelmed
He talked about this in recent video. You are correct about all of this
You really spoke what's in my mind. Yes slavery is horrible but if I were a slave who has been groomed mentally that my purpose is to serve my master, a sudden independence would certainly makes me feel lost. The uncertainties post-slavery would be very scary.
I would have committed suicide Death is better than bondage
Exactly. You're 50 years old; slavery and life on a plantation are all you have ever known.
Now you are told you are free to go. Go where? How? What could you possibly do? There would be no way to wrap your head around it.
@@MrJayehawk ikr, it must have been a very difficult moment for them. The existential crisis post-slavery... God bless all of them 😔
Wait... some slave owners lied about it?
I'm starting to think them slave owner folk might not have been very good people... 🤔
@Don Clark because the actions of our ancestors reflect the actions of our current president? You are quite bigoted and ignorant mate~
@Josh because it was simply "the way things were" back then? Nonsense, there were reasonable people existing in that time that knew it was wrong just as it is now.
@Josh
"you like slavery? i suggest you try it." --John Brown
@Josh The slaves formed an army.. Did it all by themselves...all black army ..Harriet tubman was their war General... Civil war was black vs white....That's what really happened???. You're brainwashed.
@@Onionbagel Neo Nazis believe in slavery. Trump calls them good people.
Use your common sense 😂
There are some amazing interviews with former slaves on RUclips from the early 20th century where they discuss this topic. I remember more than one of them used the phrase “turned out like cattle” to describe what happened after they were freed. They were no longer slaves, which was obviously an improvement but they were turfed out to fend for themselves with no money and nowhere to live. I think people forget that ending slavery was only the first step forward for these people and their lives remained very hard.
They were first taken to one of the Caribbean islands too, for 6mos to a year, in order to be "broken" and taught their purpose on earth was to serve the white man.
You should check out a book by
Sowande' Mustakeem, "Slavery at Sea; Terror, Sex, Sickness and the Middle Passage", she lives in my home town of St. Louis, and is a professor at Wash U. It's a tough read, it was absolutely brutal. Then I saw a video just the other day about slave breeding, and the horrors of that aspect of slavery, some owners flat out didn't even have a plantation, just a giant "breeding camp" like a puppy mill. Young boys were expected to perform and impregnate by age 13 or they were often castrated, and woman by were supposed to start birthing by 14 and have at least 15 -18 babies before menopause. Nightmares beyond imagination.
Thanks for sharing this. When did it start getting better?
What? It never did. They nor their family got reparations for their abuse or free labor. It never improved
@@9395gb No you're right, freed slaves never got financial compensation or help. They made new lives using just their skills, contacts and hard work and determination. It's an amazing testimony to the human spirit..
@@jeanhind8198 testimony to their survival but slavery is an injustice that has never been rectified reparations have not been paid. The situation descendants of US slavery has not improved and I don't see how anyone could say otherwise.
White owner: "Ok, well, you're free to go."
*Awkward silence*
"Soooo, we good?"
White owner: *extends fist for a fist bump*
@@xaiga2056 😂😂😂
White Owner: Lincoln you fucked us, look at 2020-2021 will be the same.
@Krazee Kracka MAN That's fair...
~ lol, OMG I seriously did NOT think I would laugh watching this lol ~
We can all be glad we don‘t have to endure such pain like they did.
Just wait... if Criminal Biden becomes President you'll be able to experience it firsthand.
@@monkeygraborange oh no for sure he’s definitely going to enslave black people again and bring back Jim Crow. Do you people even read what you type?
@@mesij6798 this was obviously a joke dont get ur naps all in a bunch
@@crybabyfans3162 oooh... what a burn! 🥱
@@aluminumfoil770 😴😴 k didn't need that
Imagine if Abe had Twitter to announce slaves were freed.
I'm sure Twitter would be quick to "correct" his tweets
1860s Twitter is a delightful thing to imagine
@Don Clark they took down the new york times post
...or if Jesus had Twitter to announce that the inherent money worship of capitalism would lead to an amoral society.
He would have been blocked immediately!!
It's incredible that all this happened recently enough in history to be captured in photographs! Brings it home..
150 years ago is like yesterday to you? Also you can still go take photos of plenty of slaves that exist to this very day in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East!
The Movie @Emancipation!!!...🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@@werewolflover8636
Keep trying to downplay American black slavery....just ridiculous..
@@yepisaidit1507 exactly, that shit boils my blood! They want to sweep it under the rug so bad like this was centuries ago when people today still feel the effects
@@eazybaby5094 stop repeating history shi annoying
I suspect it was a gradual change. News didn't travel as fast as it does today.
Not just gradual. And it's not just a little faster now. You get news live as it happens. They didn't get that then. And even so it was during a war. The words of Lincoln didn't matter until Lee surrendered. And in reality the words didn't really matter. Lincoln hated the slaves and the EP was a PR and military move. Sad how people celebrate him when he didn't care about them at all. People forget about the Corwin Amendment.
@@davidfence6939 yeah, Lincoln didnt care about equal rights and stuff, they teach us to celebrate him in schools but he's not worth it
@Krazee Kracka MAN its true, google it, its very sad but true
@Krazee Kracka MAN nah I got a whole bakery🎂🎂🎂
@Krazee Kracka MAN Because Lincoln said himself he wouldn't have freed slaves if he didn't have to. Educate yourself outside of what you learned in the American education system. Why do you think America is not going to make America look good
My formerly enslaved gr gr grandparents (born in the 1840s) left the plantation but lived elsewhere in the city using their skills and connections to work and survive. Eventually my grandmother, along with her parents and siblings, left the plantation state (in 1920) to move to the Midwest for better opportunities and to get away from the kkk.
Where in the Midwest. Alot of states didn't exist back than and where still Native American territories.
That’s very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to be a slave first, but then what it was like to be freed.
@@garrisonnichols7372 My maternal grandparents moved to Kansas in the late 1920s. (My grandma brought her elderly parents with them.)
@@monacoofthebluepacific2571 why Kansas? What's out there? Seems like a boring place to live
@@monacoofthebluepacific2571 is it because the taxes are cheaper. Alot of people are leaving Massachusetts because it's so expensive here.
It's so weird to think that I would have been a slave if I was born in the wrong generation and or in the wrong place, I would be owned by someone, that's just so messed up😔
I'm sorry our country is so terrible to you guys. People today still are extremely racist and I'll never understand
have you seen the opening of the new season of Fargo?
"i am a criminal. i stole this head, body and limbs from my master." (paraphrased, possibly)
somebody was cutting onions when i was watching it, i am quite sure.
Also weird to think I could have been wealthy and happy and could just dedicate myself to my passions and my family if I’d been born in a different place and to different people :/
The really sad part is there own people is who sold them to us
Or today if you were born into a poor family in for example Bangladesh. Working for a dollar in some sweatshop for western companies. Slavery is still relevant today.
Or for Apple.
medium.com/modefica-global/from-apple-to-adidas-brands-use-ethnic-minority-slave-labor-in-china-cd3ce41864ac
It’s crazy to think slavery was a thing… people are just cruel.
It still is a thing in many parts of the world. In total numbers, there are more slaves today than there ever have been
That’s what happens when you have millions of uneducated people reading the Old Testament. Which is a disgusting version of the Bible that needs to be burned.
Slavery is alive and just as horrific today. Many are lured in by the promise of employment in other countries (call center agent, construction work, nanny, model, etc).
People ????? you mean WHITE PEOPLE ?!?!
NO, PLEASE DONT PUT ALL OF US THAT FUCKING BASKET
The fact that a former slave was able to save 3 years worth of money from washing clothes and then buy a house in the city says a lot about the current economic crisis in America. No working class American doing the equivalent could save money for 3 years and purchase a house.
In Detroit you can!
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@@cezz1105 Nobody wants to move to Detroit tho 😭
@@blackroyalbrand1287 bro don't believe all the stories and rumors you hear about Detroit. Did you know downtown Detroit was voted as one of the top ten tourist spots in the US? Now I'm not saying Detroit isn't without it's problems. But believe me there are a whole lot of worse places to live.
It makes me ill.
Thing is they weren’t actually “freed” for another two years
@David DeVito Are you truly that ignorant or just a good troll?
Sounds like they were.
155 years on slavery is still going on in America
Slaves in the border states weren't really freed until The 14th Amendment.
@@johnclaxton9878 yes in sex trafficking.. not African American slavery.
Some stayed as employees so they can save enough to purchase their own land and home. Not only was it unthinkable changes but without any currency, where would they live? At least there, they had living quarters, they knew the work and stayed with their loved ones.
It’s so sad I still can’t wrap my mind around how you can take ppl against their will and sell them like a dog to another human and then buy someone like they are property. And it’s still happening today wth
Well, it was a profitable business for them. They didn't care about other communities. While minor communities couldn't defend themselves. So......
And slavery still goes on quite frequently in Africa all these centuries later.
@Jo Sm Mohammad was a slave trader? Where did you hear that? Every text I read describes him as a regular merchant albeit an extremely prolific one.
@Jo Sm Wow, just wow. I grew up in an Islamic theocracy that portrayed him as a freer of slaves. He even had a black apostle (Ballal) who was supposed to be the representative of the freed slaves. Not that I liked him before - he and his 14 wives, the youngest of whom (age 10) he married when he was 50 - but this takes the ick to another level.
@Jo Sm I like how you have actual quotes to back up everything. So they even lied about Aisha. Our religion teacher said she was married at 9 (the official age of consent in Islam, for girls,) but Muhammad waited until she was 10 before he consummated the marriage, which was another lie. I also remember verses in Koran talking about Muhammad's female slaves (called 'Kaneez') but again, our religion instructors translated that as female servant, even though Muhammad had sex with one of them while two of his wives listened. The surah that told that story was about how those wives had no right to complain. Now that I know she was a slave, it makes it even worse. What an icon. 😒
I read a slave account from a lady who was maybe 20 when she was freed. She said the master called a meeting and told them they were free. Everyone was upset because a meeting usually meant someone would be sold. Anyway none of them knew what he saying and they all just went back to working. Then a union man came and told them in simple terms and they all left.
They couldn't believe what they where hearing. It didn't make much sense in those days. Glad they all left
They had a Union...?
@@jeanhind8198 the union army!!!!!
@@FBA_God_Emperor_Doom (laughing!) OK, thanks DJ - makes sense now!
@@jeanhind8198 HAHAHAHAHAHA this comment got me laughing so hard. Jesus Christ
Former Slaves: we free now?
Americans: yes but actually no
Americans: I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move
Incorrect
@@bostic3 Well they were technically free, but many got arrested for small or insignificant/madeup crimes and were forced to work to pay those crimes, for loong time
@If you don't vote for Biden, YOU AIN'T BIDEN Oh yes it does, people forget that crime bill that basically sent bunch of people especially black to lifetime of prison for having pot
@If you don't vote for Biden, YOU AIN'T BIDEN yup and we should think this election is perfect no fraud
The idea of owning another person, and treating them like animals is horrendous and appalling, in every way, shame on all involved, and all who looked away!
“Hey boss what’s that newspapers say?”
“You dont need to worry about it...”
Lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
LOl...That's messed up!
🤣🤣🤣
I can only imagine, they were probably harassed, treated like dirt,spat at , ripped off etc, another hell they had to go through.
A lot of slaves who were treated humanely by plantation owners often stayed. Because of uncertainty, they knew were free and could leave , but what was out there for them? Legal racism. A lot stayed awhile until they felt safe. But still suffered backlash, hatred, discrinatiom. This wasxa psychological slavery.b
Sadly Slavery is still a thing.
@@ayopaulie9116 sex trafficking, even in some cases domestic abuse, kiddie porn etc many African Americans treated like crap, discrimination, jobs poverty, get rid of racists cops in police force. Not all whites are bad there are good caring people out there. But it's scary to think 70 million racists in America.v
@@maryannemelenka9250 when did I ever say that... Im saying there is still slavery in other country's sadly.
Where the slave actually freed? Or did the slave patrol came into existence putting the
ex-slaves in prison to continue doing free labor. There is a book and a movie called:
“Slavery by Another Name”
Slaves: we sa free!! Are we citizens yet??
Supreme court: nope
Are they gungans?
@@biglammo LMFAOO
Damn, pretty much 😂💀
@@biglammo hahaha
The quote from the Lincoln movie is perfect. The only way for him to get the approval was to make compromise. A quote from it goes like you can have a compass that points noth to take you north, but it won't take you around the swamps, mountains and hostile areas.
The end goal was always to free them, but to get everyone on board it took time.
As a Mexican I'm more than certain some of my ancestors were slaves, same for most Mexicans.
I've went to the places there in Mexico they worked slaves to death. Most recently a place where they smelter metals to send back to Spain.
It was absolutely horrible. I'm certain that place is haunted. Tiny little places to sleep in, barely enough for everyone to lay down. Surrounded by walls. It was horrible hearing how most slaves there would've probably met their end.
And to think the Spanish crown still refuses to admit it didn't anything wrong while ruling its colonies. "In their right" they say.
Messed up
Hola. Yo soy de Puerto Rico. La historia de la esclavitud en hispanoamérica sigue en las sombras. El que pudiera ocultar que era negro lo ocultaba y hasta hoy en día en Cuba y en Puerto Rico se habla casualmente de "mejorar la raza"
Tbh every race was enslaved
@@MaskedMazter some worst than others though.
@@MaskedMazterthat doesn’t mean they have the right to enslave others
Interesting that they decided to skip the vicious cycle of sharecropping where they bought supplies on credit and then worked for a year to pay it off and once that was done they had to do it all over again.
There are soooooo many families in Louisiana and Mississippi still working off those “inherited debts”.
Sounds like peonage masquerading as tenant farming.
@Rudol Von Stroheim I’m from Louisiana (New Orleans) and I still have family in Mississippi who haven’t left their “situations “ . It’s really sad and unfortunately, slavery came with mental chains as well. There’s a woman in New Orleans who finds these families and tells their stories. I’ll include a link. There’s also a short documentary done by Vice on the subject.
I do the family research my own family members and have copies of share cropping contracts signed be my ancestors that would make you want to vomit. The wording used, was so blatantly racist but they had no choice if they wanted to put food on the table.
www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.eurweb.com/2020/01/20/black-families-still-living-on-plantations-in-mississippi/amp/
So title max and high interest rate cars is like sharecropping??? Lol
YES!
To go from being slaved to being free was a scary experience for many. Stories of old slaves remaining on plantation were common, while many settled for a system that resembled bondage: share cropping.
There are stories of black families wandering the roads.
@@SandfordSmythe It is for this reason Southern states aimed to enact “Vagrancy Laws” that created a convict lease system, locking up propertyless wanderers and *forcing them into slave labor.*
American corporations willingly participated in this system just as German corporations willingly participated in Jewish slave labor in WW2.
No wonder it’s deemed slavery by another name.
Don't forget,grandfather clauses,black codes,sundown towns and the mess incareration of black men for new,petty laws.
Most people prefer a Familiar feeling of Pain to an Unknown release.
@Mitistouchyamama why ?
I'd never even heard of Juneteenth Day until I got stationed at Fort Hood in Texas 1993.
Cause it was started in Texas
I never hear of it and I'm a Texan
i learned of Junteenth and Black Wall Street, just this past year.
Many things are their just not popular. Just like most Americans have German ancestry and most of them don't celebrate their ancestry. But it's a fact many states celebrate German festivals which I think Americans don't know about. Things don't go popular until people want it. I wonder irish potato famine day would be mention too as many Americans have ancestry of them
This shows a lot about history classes. This is new to many smh.
Slavery was the worst crime against humanity
Yes, slavery has plagued the world since the ancient Greek and Roman days and continues today with sex trafficking. Horrible to enslave and individual.
The government promised the freed slaves "Forty acres and a mule". Yeah...right.
TPAB
Is that what they told you in school?
Along with freedom comes responsibility of oneself.
@@luthercase9001 that’s like telling an abused child to help themselves get better.
@@luthercase9001 If one is treated like an inferior creature for generations, looked down on and discriminated by everyone in your community, without any education and without any capital and safety net, it's really difficult to "start new life" and be "responsible of oneself" The USA should have provided help for these tens of thousands of newly freed people that were more of less helpless.
I love all these historic photos. Amazing to get even a glimpse of that time
Let's be real, Hays feared repercussions, that's why he let them get drunk on his liquor reserve
If “Hey guys ,we’re cool right ? 😅..” was a person
@Sherry smh
If he feared repercussions, the last thing he wanted was to give them liquor.
@@meirsolomon5626why? He got them drunk and partying. As one comment above said it's a way to say "we're cool, right?"
@@NoName-hg6cc drunk people can act up
Imagine that she was able to buy a house after only three year's of savings.
You can't talk about American history, without
mentioning slavery and the massive contribution
it provided for the foundation of the country.
The ORIGINAL Americans--whether you like it or not--is made-up
of two races: Whites and Blacks.
(Anglos and Africans)
The rest of them are "Johnny come latelys.
Now you will have to spend your life or 25-40 years to own a home these days.
@@davidestate honestly was just going to write this. it's absurd to think that three years of work could actually get you a house in the 1800s
@@AndreyEvermore Yes, it's before that greed of home sellings came into play. A home was sold only on the bases of how much someone wanted to sell it for. Now, we use comps and seller greed to price homes. I home today it still cheaper to build then what it sells for. I live in Canada, and the homes in 1985 where I live were sold for $190,000 where as in Toronto they were $55,000. Today where I live the homes sell for $1.8 Millions and in Toronto average $900,000. A new home in Brooklyn, NY cost $2,500 (1853)
IMAGINE HOW PEOPLE'S BUSINESS AND HOUSES 🏘️ WERE JUST TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF MOB VIOLENCE
Man, that's something. Former slaves faced an uncertainty about their future after the Civil War ended. I watched a series on DVD about Reconstruction from PBS. It shows a very different view of what happened after the slaves were freed. Some people left, others stayed at the plantations, some asserted their right to vote, and some created communities of free people. At the same time when it was going on, Southerners were faced with reality. Much of the region was destroyed, the economic growth which they depended upon slave labor was over, the men of military age of the South were coming back from the war seeing the world in which they had known been changed, and the people were struggling to get by. While freedom was rung in the South, a group of Southerners formed the Ku Klux Klan in 1866 at Pulaski, Tennessee with the idea of maintaining their way of life and making things difficult for the newly freed slaves. This would be an open fight which would determine the future of the country after a time of war.
The KKK was then declared a terrorist group and outlawed, the same year the NRA was formed. Nathaniel Bedford Forrest actually left the KKK that he had formed and denounced it due to its increasing violent nature. The KKK continued to exist in small quiet pockets for years until the 1950s when they came back to the forefront with its public and violent acts. In the late 1960s the KKK leaders denounced the violent actions of its past and reorganized as more a civic group, carrying out more peaceful protests and being more involved in the community and charities and declared its religious base. The Neo Nazi party (which formed shortly before WWII) then took over as the more violent group, though their group, like most pro-white groups has faded in influence, power and members in the last 40 years or so.
I also watched that series its really worth a watch
Zachariah Laryea. Thanks for the information! I’m gonna have to check it out
@Anthony Conino the trend for the white power groups have faded, but the black power groups have been on the rise since the 60s. The black panthers were the most prominent group (and in some cases also violent), they also faded into more peaceful work in the 70s with the rise of the NAACP. But the recent trend is that black power groups are rising again and becoming more violent which could force white power groups to ramp up in response. Who knows? Maybe Charlie manson’s predicted race war will come to fruition but not in his lifetime.
@@CamaroAmx White power groups have never had as much power as they have now, members are straight up getting voted into congress, and for the last 4 years a open racist have been president,
Amazes me that my mother still want to claim that there are ‘good’ slave owners. If you own human beings then by definition you aren’t a good person.
Yes, they was the Father's of many slave's. No more free sex for them.
Good pimps and kindly cartel leaders also abound on planet earth...
@Mary Lou Irick *cough* Thomas Jefferson *cough*
I've often wondered why the slaves, of whom, when they first came over here had brought with them their primitive African religion of snake worship, but then, instead of continuing this atavistic and barbarous practice, they eventually came around to adopt the religion of their oppressors, Southern Baptist!
So, for all that, was their oppression nothing but work, intimidation and beatings. In short, hell on earth?
Don't get me wrong! I'm not saying that the practice of slavery was right! By all forms of justice, it simply couldn't be!
If one listened to the folk songs sung by former slaves, it would seem to indicate that they were relatively happy, despite their lives of bondage.
@@vincentperratore4395 Christianity has inflicted more acts of mass barbarism on more humans than any indigenous African religions ever have. The various branches of the church were among the biggest investors in slavery in the early colonial period of the americas.Do some reading. Africans worshiped a vast array of things then as they do now. Ethiopia was full of christians and muslims long before Europe was. Most of the enslaved were young including many children from many different cultures, so, breaking them of cultural roots was easy. The people whom you claim were so happy were 150 years or more into a process of cradle to grave indoctrination into a death cult called christianity which promises, with no proof whatsoever, that its gets better in death, after a life of misery. So, expecting most of those who have been brainwashed into subjugation and into that world view to do anything other than show a happy face to those holding power over them is really silly.
Because we don't talk, dress, or work like this anymore. It feels like it was a long time ago. But the Emancipation took place only SIXTY THREE YEARS before my grandma was born in 1925. I grew up with her, listened to her stories, & helped in her garden. I'm only 27... The US is having a hard time with race today, partly because it wasn't that long ago that slavery was ok.
Hopefully she told you that Africans enslaved 1.5 million white people. It's easier to understand race issues when you know world history and not just American History .... as every group of people owned and had them at some point.
My grandfather was born Feb 1900. He still was a sharecropper up until 1985.
@@danimotherofchickens479 🤡
@@danimotherofchickens479 yea but they were north africans not sub saharan africans that enslaved whites . they also enslaved black people during the islamic slave trade . it was a brutal slavery they would castrate the slaves so they couldnt have kids . that is why there are almost no black or whites left in the middle east they butchered them instead of freeing them after slavery .
@@danimotherofchickens479 What a disingenuous comment. The writer is sharing a personal story on how they were affected by slavery in this country.
This is classic "whataboutism." Just admit that what happened to a lot of black people in the 19th century (and before) was horrible.
This is like me learning history in history class all over again. Only now I'm more interested this time.
Read Deuteronomy 28 15-68 for a real black history lesson
James T Ayers deserves a movie.
Definitely would make a good history film
My first thought, our country needs a reminder that our past even though is not perfect, is full of great people and courageous heros.
praising white people for doing the right thing? (which is the bare minimum and they're actually still gaining something from it) That is so american!
Was just thinking the same thing. HE is one BADASS MotherLover.
@@jimpsjrmichel7423 maybe. But regardless of color, he did a great thing.
You know what’s weird history.... I am from West Point, MS. Where you showed that first slave picture at. My whole family if from there and my grandmother still lives there today. For all we know... that could be our family. That’s what comes with being black in America.
Have you asked your grandmother for stories? Try to record them if you can for your future generations.
Wow, you should find out!
@precision haze ... you still have time to delete this
@precision haze do you know most non British Europeans came in usa through indentured slavery. So you're great into ten grandfather must be slave of British too.
And the Holy Bible "God" is ok with Slavery Exodus 21:20-21, Leviticus 25: 44-46 & Jesus also said Slave obey your masters Luke 12: 47-48 if you black & believe in the Bible you are a discrace & should be ashamed of yourself
I love to brag about how much I freed the slaves and helped America survive by killing Vampires and Zombies.
Edit: Cmon guys, why do you people have to take a simple joke so seriously!
U only freed them to cripple the south not because u though slavery was immoral☺️
@Sherry He did not own slaves
@Sherry He just didn't own slaves though. I'm well aware of the existence of google. Say what you want about Lincoln, tyrant, invader etc. Man didn't own slaves.
@Cruiser that was his only motive and he doesn’t deserve any praise for it ....why should I praise a man for using my ppl as pawns
pres-slaves.zohosites.com/abraham-lincoln.html
www.quora.com/Did-Abraham-Lincoln-own-slaves
www.history.com/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-lincoln-slavery-and-emancipation
www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/08/abraham_lincoln_owned_slaves_1.html
Read specifically the last one and stop spreading bullshit
There's a girl down in the messages and didn't know that slavery was that slavery was bad I'm a nine-year-old and I know that
„So now we are equal citizens, yes?“
„Ask again in 100 years“
100 years later: Still no.
In Africa, Philippines and South America its true
@@stefanc4520 the Civil Rights act made a lot of headway. But it definitely took that
@@TheEnabledDisabled South America is very racist what are you talking about
@Melissa Farfalle It very true in China, Africa, south america, philipines, russia
Slow very slow. I visited my aunt in 1969 in Oklahoma and we went to the Astro Dome in Texas in chartered buses. Once we crossed into Texas the buses pulled over and all the Blacks were ushered into one bus. When we stopped for breakfast and later went to the rest rooms we were talking with a group of ladies who happened to be Black and I asked how they liked the breakfast and silence. My aunt looked at them and smiled and I said I was from California. They smiled back and my aunt told me she would explain to me later. Later she told me in Texas the Blacks had to wait until after all the whites had eaten before the were fed and they ran out of time so they didn't get breakfast. A Black woman came up to my aunt and asked how I took it and she said the same as any decent person who have taken it, I was appalled.
@J Smith Who are you talking about?
Appalling
This would have been more complete if you mentioned the black codes and Jim Crow laws.
People don't like to say the wrongs of democrats
@@danimotherofchickens479 every time someone normal talks about the civil war they are speaking of the wrongs of democrats
pretty sure those are the same thing
@@danimotherofchickens479 who were conservative at that time. The Republicans were the liberals.
This should be CONTINUED to be taught in schools.
@andyd3447 folks like DeSantis doesn’t want this to be taught. Why would that be? Proper education is powerful. Knowledge is powerful. However, it has to be applied. We can’t wait for the school system to teach U.S. History. As adults we must do it. I’m tired of hearing this lies “O, this will make white children feel bad.” How many years have black children been feeling bad, and treated badly.
Perhaps this is the fear. Little white children may learn their grandparents, and great-grandparents may have been the ones stopping the Nine black students from entering Little Rock Central High School.
Or learn about Ruby Bridges, who at age six, was the first Black child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary. Daily she faced racial epithet from mostly white women. We got photos. Perhaps they may see their ancestors angry faces darting at this child.
@NoSleep-th7uu why?
I want to learn about how vassals functioned under kings or emperors in medieval times.
I mean they'd tribute to powerful people because Europe was pretty poor at the time... In fact common citizens were generally poor up until the 1950s... So they kinda swore to those masters because it'd grant them land and land was the most valuable thing before money and industry became a thing (that's also why China and India were richer than Europe up until the 19th century, too). The king or nobles gave them land and other privileges and the vassals joined their military and other services, wasn't much like slavery as in that they weren't literally forced to do exhaustive labour, but rather coerced in trade for something
I wish more people would do diligent research to see the truth for themselves. I was raised in Alabama. Since I have looked at the facts instead hearing my uncles and family tell stories that sad to say were not always let's say unbiased.
I live in Chicago. I am american. I can do Anything. I pay taxes. I obey the laws. I show respect to everyone I meet. I stand up for the sick and frail. I help ANYONE I can." and don't care what race you are"
I AM FREE !!!
We need to put aside our differences.
My dad and uncle was both murdrers and both died in prison. I could be filled with hate but I'm not because they killed three black men and the black owner of the gas station in Dothan Al. That was the turning point in my life. I'm now 82 years old don't know how much longer I have on this earth. But I wanted to give everyone a chance to learn what it took this old man a lifetime to understand.
Well said
I live in Louisiana and was fortunate enough to have a mom who raised me around black people. There is an amazing black man that I call my dad. And yet, even I didn't understand how bad slavery was and especially the fallout after the civil war. You know as well as I do that Southern history classes were deficient in that area...
@@sydmil0719
Deficient is an understatement.
It was, and has been an attempt to erase history and the facts.
Watch the Tulsa Massacre on May 31
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You don’t know how lucky you are. I see home-bred racist people everyday especially online, clouded with a thick smoke of hate and ignorance. Trying to imagine them seeing the light through all that smoke is damn near impossible.
I like that we are getting a video about African American History. There should be more weird history from other cultures as well.
go through the channel playlists, there's tons of videos about europe, egypt and other cultures already
Exactlyyyyy not just Americans and English people.
Let it happen organically. No need to force it and pander or the audience will resent it. The history covered on is plenty diverse already
@@recluseren You are right there is a
(few) videos. Just saying, I want history from different perspectives. This is a great RUclips channel
All of history for lefty's, liberals and Dems started about 500 years ago.. right before that it was Adam and Eve. Of course they only talk about black slavery in America cause that's how life began...
From a book years ago I learned that many left the plantation the very day they were freed. However, once they got off the property, they realized they didn't have anywhere to go. Many of them soon returned to the edge of the land, sitting along the road with no place to go. In their case, freedom really was a word for nothing left to lose.
I encourage everyone to read The Slave Narratives. Its an archive of interviews of the ex slaves.
They are written in the black Southern vernacular as spoken by them. It helps to read them out loud to understand them and get a feeling for a real person talking. This style of speaking has many levels to it. It can be very ironic and understated, with sly sense of humor.
Heart rending true stories.
I Think this leaves out a lot. The confederacy did not recognize the Emancipation, wasn’t it only after they were occupied that they were forced to recognize it? what about the former slaves becoming “contraband” of the advancing union troops. also, no mention that EP did not include Union slave states such as Delaware and Maryland. this makes it sound like the EP immediately freed the slaves and the slaveholders just went along obligingly....
The Confederacy didn't recognize the Emancipation Proclamation because they didn't recognize the authority of the federal government. It is also possible that Union officers used the Proclamation as grounds to make emancipation a condition for paroling Confederate prisoners; this may explain why some plantation owners in Texas freed their slaves after their sons were captured in battle.
The Emancipation only affected slaves in the states of the Confederacy.... Maryland where slavery was allowed but had not seceded from the nation still fell under the fugitive slave act... also, Lincoln is on record saying if he were able to preserve the Union without freeing a single slave he would do it... he is on record saying the brown man was not the equal of the white man... but overall slavery didn't end until the war was over...
who cares about the south and emancipation. no seceret that the south was for the most part pro slavery. i want to hear why the union slave states keep their slaves until the 13th ammendment was ratified. 8 months after the war was over and done. TEACH TAHT SHIT SCHOOLS.
You're surprised that a 10 minute video about a very deep and complex historical topic left things out?
You're right about the non-confederate States ("the states not in rebellion") continued to hold their slaves. That ended with the 13th Amendment after the war. There's a special (2021) about Lincoln that shows the extreme effort he had to exert, to get the 13th Amendment ratified before the Southern states rejoined Congress.
It is weird to realize that people actually enslaved people and treated them like they ment nothing.
Slavery happened all sound the globe not just to blacks
@@weshal5732 I know people love to push the idea demonizing white people like it's our fault
@@weshal5732 It happens now in the US Prisons
@@breh8327 I ain't white but if u wanna solve slavery u shouldn't demonize either side
@@weshal5732 nothing in the comment you replied to implied there was only slavery of Africans in North America. You okay, Joe?
I’ve learned more about history from RUclips. Than I’ve learned from school
The video makes an important point. The ex-slaves already had a job they knew how to do, and a home. This was a time when most people did farming.
It was great for those who wanted to be farmers. However there were many scientists, doctors, Engineers, Statesman, and entrepreneurs born into a condition of picking cotton from sunup to sundown
Sharecropping was not a fair days wage for a fair days work, I would not not like a 'home' down Slave Alley in a slave shack - I would have wanted an education & to progress. Don't forget Jim Crow came hot on the heels.
Modern wage slaves know that we’re free because the people in charge of us have taught us so 😆
You are free as long as the weather is good and your belly is full. If you want food or shelter you have to have money.
Ok, let’s hear about the Tuskegee Airman.
YES
as a black Airman, I love those guys!
Thank all of y’all and I appreciate you sharing your experiences with me. I want to learn so much more. I even appreciate the architect of the Romans in the Colosseum. We all make this world beautiful. Just like when they built the pyramids.
Let's talk about Liberia. What the former slaves did to the Africans.
I remember a few years ago when I was at a military base here in Washington State with my dad and sister for the 4th of July, that I met one of the surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen. And he told me he was proud that I was going to college to become a veterinarian. It honestly felt like he was my grandfather and being so honored to listen to his stories with the limited time I had to speak with him❤️❤️❤️❤️
6:46 Ex-slaves felt bad for their former owners. I wonder if that wouldn't be a case of Stockholm syndrome...
@J Smith Yeah I know, but what I'm saying is after everything they had to endure their entire lives, they still pitied their former masters.
You’re assuming that every single slave was treated like a dog. I’m sure out of all the slave owners, there were at least a few that didn’t treat their slaves poorly. I’m sure a small handful treated them kindly, fed them well, etc.
@@nmiller248 Damn you're right, man. I think I've been watching way too many historically inaccurate movies about slavery 😑
Thanks :)
@@fabianatrindade56 Alongside what the other guy said, many of these slaves grew up with the families that owned them (assuming they weren’t sold). Think of it like leaving an abusive family member; yeah, you’re better off now, but you’re probably still always going to have some kind of feelings towards them.
@@Adsper2000 True...
They were enslaved Africans, not “slaves” like that was their personhood.
They were born and raised in the US they were not African they had never even seen Africa
@@chriscade6918 still of African descent
That's like saying I'm European America lol do you see how dumb that is?????
@@chriscade6918bro they are africans you don’t know what being African is
Before watching: well they weren’t actually freed yet plus JIM CROWE LAWS
Separate drinking fountains just means shorter lines for everyone :P
@@tylerdurden4392 go away.
Indeed, and all products of the democrat party. They didn't give up their crusade of oppression either. LBJ (D) signed Legislation which to this day keeps blacks in chains (hypothetical) on the democrat plantation.
Legislation: The Great Society Act
When: 1964
President: Lyndon Johnson
Party: Democrat
@@ddylla85 I don't understand why people think everyone from the democratic and republican are evil. Everyone thinks differently.
Thank the democrats for that
What they did to slaves is the worse someone can do to another human being. the way they separated families,the way they humiliated and the way they sold them like cattle and the way they overworked them and abused them both physically and emotionally it's disgusting.I have no words.. I admire each and everyone slave that ever existed for being so brave and for still having faith for not giving up and for doing whatever it is that needs to be done in order to stay alive..🥺 However as a Christian I know that all of those souls were taken straight to heaven and are now happy the Lord is Good and whenever someone suffered as much as they did because of human cruelty God heals their souls and in heaven gives them all the happiness and love they deserve.💖
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Doesn't "christianity" require that people need to accept a specific messiah dude (possible con artist) named jesus as their savior homie otherwise you'll burn in hell regardless of how you live your life or how much you suffer in life? Romans 10:9-10, Acts 4:12, John 3:16, Acts 10:43, Philippians 3:20, Ephesians 1:7 or some other bible shit like that? Otherwise it sounds like you're picking and choosing what parts of the bible you want to believe? "CHRIST"iantity means it's confession of Jesus as savior or it's hell and there is no exception or middle ground. Your super-important holy book says it clearly, if these poor slaves didn't openly accept JC as their savior they are destined for eternal suffering. PS all religion is dumb.
This is really interesting. I always wondered what happened slaves, when first freed. Thanks for the video.
as of 2021 it's officially a federal holiday! CRAZY we had to wait this long for that date to be recognized.
Y’all need to watch the movies, “North and south” I will warn you, there old, and have a sope opera vibes... but it’s really good, and dives deep into this very topic, and much others!
Freed into a Country that isn't theirs nor yours!
can you shut up? all countries have slaughtered natives to colonize the region, the mongols, japanese, african tribes and many european nations... it's not just the usa.
Abraham only released them due to a war measure, NOT for some generous act of kindness.
To quickly end the war.
Lincoln was pretty racist, but he personally did believe slavery was morally wrong. His political stance on slavery was pretty neutral and his focus was on union preservation.
So many slaves were murdered gruesomely once 'freed' and nothing was mentioned :(
I made the same comment !
What’s life is like during Khmer Empire era ( Cambodia)🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭
Being from Dallas, I know all about Juneteeth...at first, when I was young in the late 60s, it was only for blacks...but by the late 70s, it was open to everyone...and Big Red soda (a Texas drink) was everywhere...there was no anger, but just celebration....
abilene tx. rememeber it well. good times.
This "weird history is awfully sugar coated. Huge amounts of black people were caged and left to starve to death while others starved on their own.
He says that slave owners lied what do you want him to say " they took by the neck slammed him chocked him beat him ... no everyone wants to forget about this... I'm just saying I learn more my from this channel them actual highschool ,,, stop hating on probably the best channel for kids to learn things they'll never get a chance to learn in school... no hate towards you at all but check out some more vids bro🖤💯
@@gxthblxde Yes I want them to explicitly say that, intentionally skipping over of forgetting horrific details is grave injustice to thousands of slaves who suffered, fought and lived through hell.
I also disagree with John a little, you can't call this video sugarcoating as it doesn't try to paint all slave owners as somewhat nice people, instead it talks about some anecdotes which are certainly interesting, I do find it a little weird that all anecdotes present somewhat good side of slave owners, but it could because people expect and know about horrific anecdotes of slavery so creators of video wanted to surprise the audience, I could be totally wrong about the last bit though because I don't have good knowledge of about general perception of slavery in present day USA.
This video could be called as cherry picking to whitewash slavery but I think that's unfair too, because purpose of this channel is surprising and unexpected anecdotes. But I do agree with your overall sentiments John, this video can make some people (not well aware about slavery) think that slavery wasn't so bad and special care should be taken when talking about sensitive and important topics like slavery.
@@prathameshpatil6888 but when anyone other then a black person brings it up they get called a racist and I'm white n Mexican and I've been called racist for simply bringing up slaves... and I get they dont wanna hear that shit so I respect it yeah it should be taught in school and you do get taught this in school
@@prathameshpatil6888 slavery was horrible and disgusting and as a mexican and white myself I look down on my own grave sometimes because they still continue to be racist but I think it's more of the south tbh... but still I here people use the hard r still n shit and it's sad I just wish people would grow up... slavery in other countries was far worse but slavery in general is cruel
@@prathameshpatil6888 sry if I spelled any of that wrong I'm 14 and I just wanted to explain there still people out there living like it's the 1700s
3 years of saving to buy a House !?
I been saving for 9 and half years I can barely afford a down payment.
Maybe I am a slave as well.
Thank you weird history for covering this difficult topic. You covered it as always with dignity
He covered it in a way that coddles a white audience. This vid is bullshit and gross. 1/4 of slaves died in the 8 years following slavery. Do you get that from the tone of this cheery ass video?
Chastitee Bowman What are these things that have never changed?
@@JesseBrown-qf6zp I could go on and on but one stat says it all; wealth share. It's a tricky number to pin down but American slave descendants/ADOS currently have 1-2% of the total US economy. So basically up 1% since freedom, lol. Basis of ALL of black American issues derives from this. Anyone saying otherwise is full of shit.
And lies slaves owner never celebrated with third slaves they killed most of then they would rather have them dead then free
They should've did this without a law being passed.. they knew it was wrong
You're correct. "All men are created equal" should have covered it right there.
Sometimes people who want to do things need a law to back them up.
It’s highly frustrating how whenever theres an educational video about slavery, people (mainly white people) have to come in and try to justify certain things or play it down. Let it be a video about the Holocaust though and everyone is so sympathetic and there are no disputes at all about the horrific things that happened.
Before you all come crying about how people “demonize whites” let me say that if you feel demonized from people talking about actual history, you’re probably guilty of partaking in it in some fashion.
Y’all have no problem with calling out black people on their crime rate and culture when it’s convenient, but let us tell the truth about slavery and racism then you want to cry and say “NOT ALL-“ “WHAT ABOUT-“
@@mesij6798 what does modern crimes rates have to do with something that was
abolished over 200 years ago?
@@crybabyfans3162 Im not surprised you wouldn’t know that the prison system is literally slavery. And when I mentioned crime rates it had nothing to do with slavery in that moment. Try reading what I said in a different context
@@mesij6798 the jail system isnt slavery, inmates work because they are stain on society their paying their debts to society. Who cares if they work anyway?
@@crybabyfans3162 lol the 13th amendment will tell you it’s slavery. The prison system should be about reform, not “work” or “punishment” (with some exceptions). Why do you think there are so many repeat offenders? And why do you think people who go in come out most times worse.
They were held hostage in America until this day, and they were made to be a cheap workforce
Kind of sad that even after the emancipation the following years that insued involved heavy discrimination, segregation and human rights violations. Makes you wonder if they were really freed.
We're not free yet, still slaves to the system and unwritten laws. After the south conceded both sides agreed As it was before, meaning how we treated them during slavery is how we will always treat them.
While the federal troops were there during reconstruction, they were doing pretty well even holding public office. Then a single vote caused the withdrawal of federal troops and it all went to shit
So when are we making June 19th a federal holiday? Isn't it something we can all celebrate?
I'm floored that it's not a national holiday
President Trump already recognized it as a federal holiday this year
@@josenba No, he didn't. An attempt was made but it didn't make it through the senate if I'm not mistaken.
govtrackinsider.com/juneteenth-national-independence-day-act-would-make-june-19-a-federal-holiday-celebrating-the-end-f54c63bf90c7
"You'd think they'd get off the plantation as fast as they can?"
"They decided to stay?"
Wow! I'm sure they'd have moved w enough means and safety.
Because they didnt know a life outside of plantation work. So once they were free many of them went back to what they only knew.
It’s not that they had no money or idea what to do outside, you neeed money to live on your own and you need to have an idea of what it’s like outside the plantation to have an idea of how go survive also they had no rights or anyone fighting for them so bigots (half the country) could just murder them if they ever thought to be free, some slave owners lied about the freedom of slaves to keep them captivated others had complexes with enslaved people like I don’t remember who (sorry on my part) but one of America’s presidents had a on going “relationship” with a 14 year old enslaved girl (what’s disgusting and revolting is that documentary’s now make it seem like a love story or romantic mishap ughhh it makes my skin crawl) and basically this meant that slave owners were not willing to let go of there enslaved not only cause it was a financial drain but partially because of complexities in there relationships with slaves it’s actually an unspoken part of history.
I’m willing to answer questions about this not stupid statements (also sorry for my grammar English is my 4th language)
@@RhinoXpress This is just you making up reasons from the top of your head.
@@RightWingRadioShow nope
Aw wasn't that sweet of Massa?? He never put an overseer or dogs on them. How nice of him! WTH!!!
Only time I like learning is when I watch your videos
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explanatory
Same
And the Holy Bible "God" is ok with Slavery Exodus 21:20-21, Leviticus 25: 44-46 & Jesus also said Slave obey your masters Luke 12: 47-48 if you black & believe in the Bible you are a discrace & should be ashamed of yourself
@@realshattas541 what are you on about everyone can believe what they want and you shouldn't judge anyone
That’s interesting. I thought the slave owners and confederates would all reject emancipation but many of them actually followed through and freed them. Also interesting how some slave owners also had good relationships with their slaves.
yes, a few bunch had good relations with their owners, and that included aunt jemima (the woman who made the syrup bottle). read her book! it's quite a read and her owners actually allowed her to sell the syrup and eat at the table with them, as well as live under the same roof- i wouldn't even consider it being a slave-slave owner relationship in my opinion. a lot of people assume all were racist or horrific (a big portion, yes) but there were a couple who slipped through and was genuinely caring for the blacks.
@@cjakuman5567 'made the syrup bottle,' eh...
Few
@@cjakuman5567 What a load of crock. made up fairy tale.
@@cjakuman5567 that sounds more like being a servent but in most households devents ate in the kitchen
How any of those slave owners ever believed they had a right to own human beings is beyond me.
If you want to do something rase awareness of today's slave traders. If you can presure your leaders into doing something.
Church said it was OK.
Because as unthinkable as it is to us nowadays back then it was the norm. Most humans are social creatures and are slaves themselves to whatever the social norms of their time are. It’s sad but when it’s all you know and are raised to know it takes time sometimes generations to undo a set mindset in a family.
@@vikafrench2429 Nope. They chose their ignorance for the benefit of free labor and casting their insecurities as aggression towards their slaves. They knew what they were doing but and chose comfort over righteousness.
There was a civil war you know! These people never actually changed their minds. They were forced to act like it or they would go to jail.
There was no “coming to” for these racists, they just found other ways to manifest their anger and maliciousness.
Thank God good and justice prevailed.
We will say the same about abortion in years down the line
This video from Weird History really touched me as being one of the BEST so far for its detailed profound description of those times! Excellent work!
Several decades later they cut down the statue of Lincoln for _some reason?_
Wtf
Exactly one of histories biggest bruh moments
@Xavier Moore Yeah we should have statues of noble heroes like George Floyd, a crackhead who holds pregnant women at gunpoint and Rayshard Brooks a repeat sex offender
Slavery is very much alive and well today. The only difference is that the slaves think that they are free, and the masters pay just enough to keep them working.
and Wall Street is the auction block
@@naddarr1 True
This is true pritty much you must work to live right lol
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-couple-enslaved-girl-guinea-west-africa-southlake-mohamed-toure-son-president-a8724966.html
Slavery with all different kinds of people still happens today. It is estimated that 40 million people are enslaved worldwide due to trafficking.
and just like that, racial inequality and hatred was forever relegated to the back pages of history....
Umm
@@amyswanson4039 it was a sad joke
@J Hemphill was??? We’re still living in it
@@Ms.DevinetheTeacher You're something else. I hope you are enjoying your Cash welfare, Section 8, Food stamps, WIC, Free daycare, Free breakfast and lunches for your kids, Free public transportation. The list can go on and on. You aren't a slave. No one is treating you poorly and you have had your reparations over and over again courtesy of White taxpayers. If you really think you have it so bad here, Go back to an African country. You are FREE TO LEAVE. But you won't leave because you know your life would be absolute garbage.
What world do you live in
Never forget that the man that helped Jesus carry the cross was black! One race! No black not white. Human race! May God be with us all.
It is not "weird" that age, health, and disability issues played a role in whether freed people would choose to leave their old slave homes or stay. It was just complicated, like life in general.
No money no rights yet you think they just decided to stay ?
@@elliotthoward4738 they stayed because they had no way to live outside of the plantation. Health, age, lack of skills meant that it was often safer to stay where they knew and were familiar. Some times their masters would not mistreat them because they had no one else to do the work they lost the rest of their slaves to do.
Booker is undervalued. He should be taught to every child
Crazy how he was a 5 time WCW champion after being freed. Can you dig it suckaaaaa
He worked for advancement in a place where making a mistake can get you lynched.
@@HANKHILLPROPANEARLEN ha
@@HANKHILLPROPANEARLEN Lol
RUclips: Recommends this when I’m learning about the civil war
Christ Jesus can free us way far more than the Emancipation Proclamation ever could
This is such a nice watch! My grandmother was born free, but her father was born a slave, and eventually was freed! He also was allowed into the military! He had his own small farm near a plantation they used to work on, and when he was freed he got his own land and had my Nana and her sisters after he met his wife who was also recently freed. They all stayed in the same places they were enslaved in deep Orangeburg South Carolina. They couldn't really go anywhere or do much with no education.. my grandmothers education ended at 3rd grade. Orangeburg is Somewhere im scared to freely roam to this very day. I always wonder what it must have been like growing up in the early 1900s down south. I wish I knew them better to learn about this life before they passed on. I couldn't imagine it if I tried. They didn't run away from this no matter what. They established themselves in such a terrifying place during a terrifying era and didn't give up on freedom no matter what. I love my ancestors I wish I knew more about them.
This is a good subject for Weird History. The more I have seen of the US and the more I’ve learned about the Civil War, the more it seems the politics had little concern for the slaves themselves. The North was also extremely racist and after the fighting the victors showed no real concern for the welfare of African descendants. Like so many wars it sometimes seems it was just a battle between elites under the guise of a noble cause. As a young person I was taught a history where we patted ourselves on the back for having the moral superiority to have actually gone to blows to end a vile institution. But then what? Nothing really. No real ideas about integrating millions of people. If we really had respect for what the conflict meant we would take some serious steps to change this situation.
Juneteenth, the end of one horror, but the beginning of another.
I know it's two years ago, but way?
@@noabengal7071 The rise of the KKK, The Jim Crow Era. Just because the slaves were able to walk off the plantations, doesn't mean their lives were going to be any easier.
In Miss. where i was born and raised there has allways been blacks with nice farms and property, it was not given to them by the Government they got it like everyone else hard work, and faith in themselves
Haha the old dudes like nope I'm out, I mean they didn't start up again. But that's a wise move.
Please do the iriquois conference
They never show Nat Turner...I guess killing the slave master is not supposed to happen
That was 30 years before the end of the civil war bro. this video is about what it was like for freed slaves. Nat Turner wasn’t free and took it into his own hands
And the Holy Bible "God" is ok with Slavery Exodus 21:20-21, Leviticus 25: 44-46 & Jesus also said Slave obey your masters Luke 12: 47-48 if you black & believe in the Bible you are a discrace & should be ashamed of yourself
While our history is dark and complicated, I believe we have come a long way and like anything in life we can only improve. As for the history pertaining to the video you made, well done on the coverage. It sad that some of the owners attempted to do them wrong while others were humane in their partings as they should have been and offered wages.
No one said we are proud of our dark side, but even as an American Indian that loves Thanksgiving, I'm proud that we grew past that and that we peacefully work together to only better our country.
I agree what you said, out nation like all nations have dark pass, but how we learn to forgive and move pass it is a truest test of our growth.
The slayves were bought from the Africans seling them. They were also selling them to the Ejws, Arabs, Spanish, Portuguese - but mostly to other Africans.
They also stole Europeans to sell - over 1.5 million is a rough estimate.
Europeans also sold white people to the highest bidder - here in the UK, roughly 1 in 10 white people were slayves. Barbados was created by 25,000 slayves - over 21,000 were white. The original people in America - over half the white people who landed were slayves.
Arabs and Africans have had slayves since recorded history. Native Americans had slayves too.
Chinese, Japanese, Indians - all long history of owning slayves.
Thank Allah for the enlightenment of Europe - and I say thank Allah because if the Islamic armies didn't conquer Greece, then their writings would not have been moved to Germany for safekeeping - those writings started the modern world!
@SINCITYLASVEGASFAMILY Makes you long for the days of the Empire - at least they had clear, noble goals!
The European/American history is just too much, and the fact they never even stopped their massacres nor genocides, it makes everyone question wether if they should forgive them or not.
Slow progress is still progress.
We would like to watch “what did the slaves eat in America?”
Probably chicken
I can definitely let you know. They were given the nastiest pieces of animals! Chitlin is literally the small intestine of a pig. Eating that can result to cancer, heart problems, & high blood pressure. Please don’t disrespect the community by asking ignorant questions like this.
@@bigxkebo10085 agree with you
Not much
@@bigxkebo10085 I’m black myself. Its just curiosity
Imagine being a slave and rather than the usual morning address master comes out saying y'all is free now come on down to the wiskey cellar with me
Imagine being taken away from your house and land, being enslaved and then they give you freedom, I mean, for sure they must have felt lost by the fact that they had to start all over in a foreign land😢
The enslaved people that were taken from Africa were dead by the time any enslaved person was free in America
@@hoopty2767 nah.. last slave ship in the US arrived 1860. Slaves freed 1863
What house? And someone sold them to the foreigners to start this
What I love about this: It's an accurate description of what happened in this country. A lot of people want to hide the dark history of the country, but this is what happened. I love this ❤