"It Still Feels Like a Gut Punch" - Niecy Nash Discovers Her Ancestors' History as Slaves
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- Niecy Nash is awestruck when she reads a will that bequeaths her 4th Great Grandfather to a plantation owner's daughter -- the first tangible evidence that she's ever seen of her family's history as slaves.
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I had a moment when she said “not just because it was hard but because it was meant to destroy you.”
You have to ask why they want to destroy black people. Why was the devil so determined to destroy black people? Black people must be very special indeed.
That "No Matter What" is beyond powerful. Thank you for sharing Niecy.
The “no matter what” really got me and brought me to tears. Because that precious 8 year old baby boy had to steel himself and face each hardship every day, and continue on, no matter what.
My grandson is now 8 years old and the thought of him in that situation guts me. Knowing what our ancestors went through should make us all stand taller and try to do better.
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@@allisonyoung4273 It’s a heartbreaking feeling because of how many babies, boys and girls faced that for so many generations.
@@antoniocasias5545 What??!!
@@jackiefloyd8003 just don't know how the quote relates to what you are saying
Niecy Nash is a wonderful person, a brilliant comedian and a stunning human being. This lady needs to be recognized and remembered forever!
Niecy is so beautiful. Her ancestors are proud of her.
@@dennisheaverlo228 I’m confused. I said Niecy is beautiful and you responded with this. What’s your problem?
@@averageamericangirl6819 Sorry, personally I think her butt and face were switched at birth
@@dennisheaverlo228 your weird opinion 🤷🏽♀️
@@averageamericangirl6819 Try walking down the street as a white man and have near every black individual want to commit harm to you, that sounds like racism to me. you in your confused little mind think you have it bad. We are sick and tired of being accused of slavery and you were never a slave so KISS MY ASS
@@dennisheaverlo228 you are crazy. You need meds
The resilience of a people is beautiful. No one understands how we can still smile, love, laugh and dance in spite of living amongst evil and their doers.
It's nothing unique. Jews, Rwandans, South Africans, Albanians, Croatians etc have all lived through evil and deep trauma and are still laughing, dancing abd living. It's called human resilience
@@tvs9978 so what was wrong about what they said?
@@Joemamahahahaha821 who is "they" and did I say there was something wrong with whoever "they" is, said?
@@tvs9978 is it really that hard for you to figure out who I was talking about?
@@Joemamahahahaha821 Is it that hard for you to be specific ?
This touched me- when they say "They made it hard" I felt the gut punch as well.
....and STILL DO!
@@indiansexposedinvestigations Sad, but no truer words have ever been spoken.
Human beings passed down generations like objects...we owe it to our ancestors to never forget them and what they suffered and to never allow the erasure of their experiences nor for it to be trivialized
I love Niecy Nash. Such an amazing person.
It is a gut punch. Because that's family being sold.. that hurts.
I bet it does!
I don't understand how anyone ever thought slavery was ok. How do you look at a human being and only see the color of skin and convince yourself and society these aren't people? So sad this was ever allowed.
Slavery wasn’t always about colour, in fact it never was in most parts of the world. Africans enslaved other Africans, often more powerful tribes terrorising weaker, poorer tribes. Middle Easterners other Middle Easterners, East Africans and Balkan Europeans, East Asians enslaved other East Asians, Europeans were enslaved by other Europeans. Slavery became racial. It was never racial to start with.
Slavery still exists today
The bible/Christianity. It's explicitly fine with it and even talks about how hard to beat them.
Slavery has been present since the beginning of time. I am British and the Romans took Britons back to Rome as slaves 2,000 years ago.....Ancient Egypt built the pyramids with slaves. The practice still exists in many parts of the world today. Just look where our mobile phones, clothes etc are made.
Slavery was about people using other people. It was about power, if you were in a powerful position, you could use another human being less powerful than yourself.
I love it when guests of Dr Gates takes the time to really reflect and contextualize what they’ve learned from a little nugget of their family’s history into a broader understanding. Niecy Nash did that so beautifully and more than once! To watch her mind work as she processes this incredibly sad information be revealed is fascinating but so devastating as she realized that seeing the concept of slavery get personalized because she is a descendant of that person.
Just think about a tinnie tiny drop of blood from all your ancestors running about through your bloodstream making you who you are, and for hundreds of years back and it is traveling through your heart. God is so good. ❤️
If we knew our true history, we would all have a stronger understanding and motivation
He is good indeed.❤🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
Violet Bennett Your comment is so "Awesome"! WOW! 😲 You just stated: "Truth & Facts"! (It's well ARTICULATED Indeed). NOTE: My Beloved Mother told me that her grandfather (which is my great--grandfather & ancestor) owned 168 acres of land back in the 1900's! That is so "REMARKABLE"! Yes GOD is good!!!!!! 🙏🦾❤️
What sort of nonsense did I just read? There is no 'blood' from your ancestors in you, literally zero. Also blood doesn't make you who you are. You seem insane, particularly based on the last sentence.
WE ALL COMF FROM ADAM AND EVE. HALLUJAH
The ripple effect of the cruelty of slavery never ends.
It continues only if you want it to.
@@paulascott5701 Plse explain what you're saying. And be specific.
@@robyndismon394 she can't, n a foolish, also cold hearted statement. Certain ppl told constantly to forget, no matter, forget n move ON.
@@robyndismon394 A victim mentality sets you up for failure. Specifically - "Some of my ancestors were slaves! Woe is me!! By god the world owes me!!" This is a sure recipe for failure.
@@paulascott5701 Slaves were victims. However the ramifications of American slavery have yet to be eradicated fully. Understanding the negative impact of slavery is an important first step.
Binge watching ALL of these! Amazing! I would love a detailed history of my family tree.
this one made me cry, Aaron was a child....
Dr. Gates your work is extraordinary. I’m always amazed by what you uncover. Keep doing what you’re doing.
There have been so many amazing guests over the years, and they all react differently when presented with their family history. Niecy Nash's reactions, her observations and the way she reckons with all the revelations, are at one moment profound - the "no matter what" of it all - and the next moment hilarious. "Dirty pots and pans!" It makes me wonder what was edited to keep the episode from running long.
Enslavement didn't end--it evolved! So of it runs deep into the laws, justice system, even the air we breathe etc. That's why today there's so much backlash about history!
I hope they discuss which Tribe sold her family.
@@bubgum0079 You do realize they sold them under the guides of indentured servitude not chattle slavery ... not to mention y'all went and STOLE more people. You id*ots will do anything to negate responsibility.
@@bubgum0079 Since you know that all tribes were involved, why don't you share your knowledge of it?
FACTSSSS, say that! 🗣
No?
I wish I had the money to pay him to look up my family history not knowing my father or anything about my mother's family kept me sad & lonely my whole life 😞
Well I do know that there are genealogy courses offered at public libraries. That might be VERY helpful. I sincerely hope that you are able to find ALL of the information out there regarding your family lineage.
Plse don't give up!😅
You can get an ancestry test at least that could lead you to people that shared your same DNA, go to the website
Tears. A resilient people we are and we come from. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I never understand how you can still be so nice and friendly I boiling from anger when I see it and I'm not a woman of colour. You most be so proud of those lovely people that were your great great great grandparents
Be proud of yourself love you
It’s amazing what this race went through. But look at them now! Dominating every profession they get into!! Bravo!! What strength!! 💪🏼And will!! 🙏🏽 My ancestors are from Mexico!
Every race has went thru slavery😂
@Urrealdad Lolololol Thanks for that brilliant insight
Did every race have to endure Jim Crow? Were other races enslaved because of their race? Did other races inherit slavery status from their mother? Were all races sterilized without their consent? Did every race have American citizenship denied to them based on their race? Were all the races excluded from having the Homestead Act work in their favor? Other races denied the right to ownership and passing down genertaional wealth? You are so clever
Really? Are they dominating in the medical profession, scientific research, in education, law and engineering?
@@tvs9978 Yes
@@wileyjohnson5681 🤣🤣 in your wildest...
yes it is "NO MATTER WHAT" is powerful thank you Ms. Nash for your contribution to the arts and sharing this! God Bless you.
Her ancestor, the tiny boy, Aaron, witnessed and lived through *slavery*
*The* *cotton*
At 8-9 years old
From dawn to dusk
Then, thereafter,
Her ancestor Henry,
OWNED his own land! He *worked* *the* *Land* that was *HIS*
HUNDREDS of ACRES.
This. ❤ Hopefully, that land is still in their family.
Sister Niecy, we all have to know the where, who, and how in regards to our past Ancestors, this enables us to navigate the future outcome to better honor them and yourself as you add to the list, story, and memories to share with those younger people so they can Learn more about themselves and continue the story.
I watch ancestry videos. I watched Paula Dean yesterday and Nancy today. The contrast was striking. Nancy and her ancestor are inspiring. Paula was so entitled that I was horrified. Thank you so much for this video. It helped me to feel more positive about people.
We are so proud of Niecy Nash, we love you.
As a white person I watch all of these and I can’t imagine the horrific things all people of color went through. I’m so sorry but I try to understand and educate myself and my family. I have biracial grandchildren and I love them dearly! I’m so very sorry for your tribulations. White people can’t ever understand.
Are you gonna tell white slaves who were galley slaves in Mediterranean and Western Europe, they don’t understand what slavery is ?!
Update: 6/12/21, over 35 years ago, upon two occasions, a neighborhood friend out of the Blue, I don’t know what prompted him to state this, “your relatives aren’t exactly who you think that they are, your grandmother could be an aunt or a cousin”; or instead your granddad could be the uncle or the cousin. I didn’t think that this concerned me at all because I believed what my parents told me that those were their parents and relatives, but they weren’t too happy with the relatives and often complained; me and my siblings complained too, these relatives weren’t treating us right. I found out 15 years ago that there were many unofficial adoptions from the beginning of time up until the 1940s for the United States and still continuing all over the world (I imagine in war torn countries where children were/are orphaned))when there were no paperwork, no attorney nor court, nothing legal. You just take the baby, infant, toddler, small child, and teen home with you and when the ‘census records takers’ comes around you just tell them that its your daughter/son if they will be too young to remember that they were separated from their biological parents; they are not never told about whatever happened to their parents, that they were/are not their children, and that they are not the parents. Not only did relatives take in the orphans but none relatives or friends of the parents and neighbors. Back then heads of households took in strangers when they didn’t have nobody to stay with; and the census records aren’t correct as to the ‘role’ of the infant, baby, toddler and small child to the head of households. In many cases if the infant, baby, toddler and small child is believed to be no kin, then they are mistreated badly, not talked to, nor cared about nor looked out for nor encouraged to do better or stay in school; this is the reasons that you may not be liked, respected, cared about, talked to, looked out for by who you thought was your parents, grandparents, greats, aunts/uncles, first cousins and other kin, because they believe that you are not related/kinfolks. This is why you can’t find ‘Midwives papers’ 1.)because who you were told and grew up believing is your parents and grandparents believe that you are not which isn’t always true because the men folks were stepping outside of their marriages and dropping babies 2.) because the babies, infants, toddlers and small children weren’t old enough to remember that they were separated from their parents for whatever reasons - one to a few out of one hundred reasons. There’s many reasons why babies, infants, toddlers, small children and teens are separated from their biological parents. Collect the Family history anyway, because you possibly could be 2nd to 10th cousins, you would have to get an Ancestry dna test or 23&me to find out for sure. Is. 53:4-6; Ro. 1:9.
WOW! so true!
I think we could solve a LOT of problems of more people had the opportunity to do a deep dive into their ancestry. It would equalize people. Such a beautiful story.
With all do respect is this service available through Mr Gates to others at a reasonable cost. I see the stars paying for their truth. Can you help me out at my affordable price. I know the services are not free and I do not expect them to be. I want to know can you help Me at an affordable price?
King 🤴🏽Henery Thank you, for doing this what you do as important appreciate you investing your time to find important things out that THEY discarded as nothing. Thank you for seeing us and making it something 😢.
Love Niecy. She's such a strong and wonderful woman.
This is wonderful.
This is the reason we all need to find out who our ancestors are so that we know who we are to pass it on to our children. Finding out about the past is very important to us right now because it can take us back to our roots of Africa.
Amazing story ❤
I felt that “No Matter what”….
When she first looked up at him from reading, it hurt my heart. Her eyes told it all.
Wow. Very powerful.
Kinda gave me chills wow
WOW, I love Black people. Our history and culture is awesome!
Hard bc it was meant to destroy u, that one phrase “No Matter What “ says an entire lot ❤❤❤❤
Absolutely it was meant to grind us into the ground I have serious medical issues and there are times I wanna give then I think about tht scence in Amistad the movie where the mom slowly scooted off the back of the boat with her baby in her arms choosing death OVER slavery and I get a feeling my chest "you ain't taking me" no matter how hard the medical issue is I just breathe the ppl before me suffered way more
BUT GOD 🙏🙏
So all those who keep saying we were never enslaved and that we are Native American and not African please sit down and be quiet. 🤐✋🏿🟥⬛🟩
I think they were saying some Blacks/Africans or whatever you choose to call them were already in what is called the USA before slaves were brought over.
@@amehka5416 Let's not be ignorant about history.
there were some of us who came from Africa but were already here.
@@HumanofTerra @amenka is right. My ancestors were already here. They were enslaved during the Removal Act, when indigenous people were forced off their lands by immigrants
@@amehka5416 you are correct
Love you Niecy Nash and am not surprised you are such a strong person. I know your mother was a strong lady too. Mayhem and foolishness ❤
& the conversations he evokes with people such as Niecy Nash & many others
3:45 Can we appreciate how the man let his dog sit in his chair for the photo? A photo back in their day must’ve been so hard to come by… and he still wanted his dog to be showcased. ❤
Niecy you were meant to survive through us and by us ~The Ancestors
$850 worth of land back then!!! This brother had more wealth than most people of that era, regardless of race.
"no matter what" ... I have chills
Dr Gates... wow! From the Motherland with much respect and honor 🌍👑🎯❤
No matter what we continue with our lives …. Strong ,we not being selfish we can be sad and the biggest way to honour our ancestors is to keep living and living well enough for the next generations to follow the example.
My family's last name is Bruzual and I have the names of grandparents and great grandparents but that's it, it gets a big foggy after that...would love to know.
You may know this already, but the census takers back in the day were not allowed to ask people how to spell their name, so they were tasked with the responsibility to spell each name to the best of their ability. With that said, try different spellings of the surnames of your ancestors and see if you get a breakthrough that way. Good luck!
@@JoieJoyJoi we're not from America so it may be different for us!!
@@zizib7399 Oh okay. Well, good luck in your search.👍🏼
She had that aha moment
I love her ❤
😮 Union County, Arkansas is literally 35 miles from me. You can still see traces of Southern racism here through old murals painted on the side of the town square depicting black people as slaves😢
Slaves didn’t just “earn money”…there is more to that story.
*The enslaved
They made money for the brutes who owned them, not for themselves.
They had such beautiful penmanship back then.
Cried until the land was purchased. God is good, all the time!!!
I love her
♥️ ♥️
Is it only celebrities on this show? No average ordinary people? Interesting.
I have always thought these celebs can afford to do this out of pocket, no sweat. Us ordinary folks can never dig to the level of this research without $$$. So I agree with you.
I was curious too
Why would anyone want to watch a show about my roots?
They wouldn’t get as many views and without views you can’t pay for the investigation and show. People get indignant about the weirdest things when simple elementary mathematics could tell you why certain decisions were made 🙄
who want to see ordinary folks? and what do you refer to as ordinary? if you're here making comments, you can upload your own line/roots
I love this show.. i wish I could do mine
To fight forward is essence of survival. ❤
History, at times, was very sad. Certain things had to be allowed to take place to make us all who we are today. Our personal history defines us, but it does not mean that we have to stay in those boundaries. We can make our dreams come true if we choose to.
What happened to the land? Is it still in the family?
It might be a hit in the gut but it allows you to deal with your perception of the opposite race. Sometimes you may learn to love or accept you identity.
Most blacks in America who are fortunate enough to dig through their roots will see these stories. No one can right the wrongs of the past, especially on what was done to black slaves. That said, you go forward, and live a life to a higher standard
Update: 8/18/21 6:02 PM; 5/26/21, I found out 16 years ago that there were many unofficial adoptions from the beginning of time up until the 1940s for the United States and still continuing all over the world where there were no paperwork, no attorney nor court, nothing legal. You just take the baby, infant, toddler, small child, and teen home with you and when the ‘census records takers’ comes around you just tell them that its your daughter/son if they will be too young to remember that they were separated from their biological parents; they are not never told about whatever happened to their parents, that they were/are not their children, and that they are not the parents. Not only did relatives take in the orphans but none relatives or friends of the parents and neighbors. Back then heads of households took in strangers when they didn’t have nobody to stay with; and the census records aren’t correct as to the ‘role’ of the infant, baby, toddler and small child to the head of households, in many cases if the infant, baby, toddler and small child isn’t no kin then they are mistreated badly, not talked to, nor cared about nor looked out for nor encouraged to do better or stay in school. This is the reasons that you may not be liked, respected, cared about, talked to, looked out for by who you think is your parents, grandparents, greats, aunts/uncles, first cousins and other kin. That’s why you can’t find midwives papers 1.) because who you think is your parents and grandparents are not 2.) because the baby, infant, toddler and small child wasn’t old enough to remember that they were separated from their parents for whatever reasons - one to a few of one hundred reasons. There’s many reasons why babies, infants, toddlers, small children and teens are separated from their biological parents. Collect the Family history anyway, because you could be possibly cousins, you would have to get an Ancestry dna test or 23&me to find out for sure..
I’ve always liked her.
I think I might be kin to Niecy. When she found out who her real grandfather was, I was (Frank Jackson). I was like Hmmmm...thats my grandma last name." Then, when he said they were from St. Louis and somehow came to Tipton Tn. I said that not too far from where my grandma said they moved to. My grandma father name was Rufus Jackson. He was from St. Louis and they moved to TN right around Tipton area. I need to really look into this. I love Neicy Nash! It would be cool to be her cuzzin. I know for a fact I'm kin to Tina Turner on my Granddad side, but I knew that for years. But I never knew too much about my grandma side but that I knew her father name.
No Matter What - wow
She got emotional!
I would love to find out about my ancestral background.
Interesting...
❤️💐
i love how people with no idea and no connection can feel the pain of folks 160 years ago
If you have a heart you just do. Some people don't. They can't feel anything.
It shows the strength and determination of black people.
I'd a been mad about learning how the institution of slavery exploited my family members who came before me!
And he still got some property, that's resilience!
Nice nails. Red looks good..
❤🖤💚
As a Nash (surname), I wonder if my lineage began here with Henry as well. Either way I’m empowered.
Love Henry Louis Gates jr!
ADOS REPARATIONS!
No you did not know what slavery was like growing up unless you're 150 years old
They were put to work as early as 5 years of age....(so much for 3/5ths of a human being)
Beulah George Tann, known as Georgia Tann, was an American child trafficker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Wikipedia
Born: July 18, 1891, Philadelphia, MS
Died: September 15, 1950, Memphis, TN
Victims: 5,000 estimated children stolen; at least 19 killed due to abuse
Resting place: Hickory, Mississippi, U.S
Organization: Tennessee Children's Home Society
Parents: Beulah Isabella Tann, George Clark Tann
Siblings: Rob Roy Tann
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Tennessee Children's Home Society was an orphanage that operated in the state of Tennessee during the first half of the twentieth century. It is most often associated with its Memphis branch operator, Georgia Tann, as an organization involved in the kidnapping of children and their illegal adoptions. Wikipedia.
You said something incredible happened. Look up the defintition of the word incredible.
So where’s the land now? It should be returned back to the family
I know where Tuscaloosa is
This won't let me like this video.
Wow just passing people around and down like inademate objects. In a will like property. It's a wonder they're any black people left here. To think how we treat one another sometimes is astounding to me. We were taught to be this like this to one another. May God have mercy . I think alot of people are gonna be surprised when they see Yahushua. He is a black man. Amen
Nicey the Sacrifices our Forefathers made for us says the True Values of the Dream they had for the stories they left for us b Proud for them do it pains yes deep I can feel their pain their suffering 😢 u r not Along I Sincerely hate black on black crime I believe if we make it so hard for them in every State they will stop fighting racism and black crime is an Huge Challenge it can b done for our future generations it has to B done
This is why I celebrate Juneteenth!
God that's a beautiful black woman 😘💕
Slavary shouldn’t have never happen treated us like we wasn’t human selling us like we was a bag of chips just wasn’t right hurting people anit right no matter what color you are doing evil acts to any human is not right. My heart was broken when I was a little girl and saw in jet magazines what they did to Emmett Till I was so Darden because how can you hurt a child and beat him like he was not human that stuck with me never ever forgot the image out my head that was pure evil and I hope in death there souls never rest .
Some people are evil and will always be. Period.
Do they only do celebrity’s cuz I wanna know my roots now 😂 seriously I have always been curious of my lineage back to African slaves all I know is that both my great grandparents were slaves and I’m 36 I found this out recently in my early 30’s after the passing of the only great grand parent I ever knew my great grand mother she lived to be 92
So where is her inheritance...who owns the land now
Never again!
But yet nothing for the slaves in Africa digging for the elements for the rich peoples electric cars right now.