Mary Ellen Pleasant Becomes a Rich, Black Abolitionist (feat. Lisa Bonet) - Drunk History

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @martinaevans6860
    @martinaevans6860 5 лет назад +4983

    A trailblazing Black businesswoman who hired and freed slaves. Why wasn't I taught about her in school?

  • @acarmyofone
    @acarmyofone 5 лет назад +7049

    Mary Ellen Pleasant had light-skin privilege, realized this, and instead of hiding it & only using it to her personal advantage, used it to the advantage of Black people. A Queen.

    • @MexIndio1
      @MexIndio1 5 лет назад +96

      She did not have light skin privilege. She had the privilege of being half European. She's not a black woman!

    • @nyanzarojas8776
      @nyanzarojas8776 5 лет назад +92

      She had white privilege not light skin privilege.

    • @gracefaithjanet2673
      @gracefaithjanet2673 5 лет назад +34

      @Whitney A its great she helped most mixed people have helped blacks time for them to be recognised

    • @johannanicolaisen4676
      @johannanicolaisen4676 5 лет назад +151

      @@gracefaithjanet2673 She was most likely Biracial, you hear in the video that was, indeed a slave she can be both white and black or just simply a black woman with a lighter skin tone.

    • @edoras85
      @edoras85 5 лет назад +141

      @@MexIndio1 By their standards back then she would of been considered black

  • @northernsoutherngirl
    @northernsoutherngirl 5 лет назад +4254

    💕 when Lisa Bonet shows up in the most random places!

    • @Littlething41
      @Littlething41 5 лет назад +65

      CC: Hey will you be in a skit on Comedy Central playing a freed, mixed, passing slave?
      LB: (shrugs shoulders).....................sure! lol

    • @slloyd5124
      @slloyd5124 5 лет назад +19

      I live for it!🤣💯✔

    • @twoplustwo07
      @twoplustwo07 5 лет назад +40

      Her and her daughter just popping up everywhere lately.

    • @cliffordford1002
      @cliffordford1002 5 лет назад +8

      I live!!!

    • @DScott-be7pg
      @DScott-be7pg 5 лет назад +23

      @@Littlething41 LB: Jason been home all day since GOT went off the air and he's annoying the fuck outta me...sure 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @catalinacurio
    @catalinacurio 5 лет назад +4344

    Mary Ellen Pleasant, strong black genius who played the system against itself. 💙💙💙💙

    • @bigjayabc
      @bigjayabc 5 лет назад +96

      On her death bed I bet she was like "Punk ass system played itself" 😂

    • @jenkinscourtney11gmailcom
      @jenkinscourtney11gmailcom 5 лет назад +58

      Make a movie about Mary Ellen Pleasant staring Lisa Bonet

    • @catalinacurio
      @catalinacurio 5 лет назад +12

      @@jenkinscourtney11gmailcom Brilliant idea, I would watch it fr one. 😊

    • @pamm5287
      @pamm5287 5 лет назад +3

      @@catalinacurio Same Here. 💯❤

    • @enochbelieve2459
      @enochbelieve2459 5 лет назад +5

      Very well said!!! In fact, I could not have said it any better. Thanx 4 writing it.

  • @momarius31
    @momarius31 5 лет назад +2642

    There’s like 18 movies about Al Capone. And I just learned about this lady. Explain yourself America

    • @Wednesdaywoe1975
      @Wednesdaywoe1975 4 года назад +151

      White man go bang bang. We love that. Black woman take on the world? Not so much.

    • @openskies11
      @openskies11 4 года назад +17

      RIGHT????

    • @mssweets6119
      @mssweets6119 4 года назад +9

      Exactly

    • @crystocious6715
      @crystocious6715 4 года назад +3

      True true!

    • @delirmaryland
      @delirmaryland 4 года назад +4

      @@Wednesdaywoe1975 Al capone was southern Italian tho, not exactly white but not far off either. A very different culture from the anglo-saxons tho

  • @theconciousentreprenure
    @theconciousentreprenure 5 лет назад +1854

    I looked up her park and from what I understood it's her actual house and garden. I understand why it was labeled a 'park' so her house had to be preserved so her work will forever be remembered.

    • @ashsnowfrost2092
      @ashsnowfrost2092 5 лет назад +22

      @Adrián Durán well the city hasn't bulldozed it to a Kmart parking lot, so they at least preserved it. So far.

    • @lgbtorion
      @lgbtorion 5 лет назад +3

      ash snowfrost oh wow well in that case do you want us to give them a cookie?

    • @ashsnowfrost2092
      @ashsnowfrost2092 5 лет назад +9

      @@lgbtorion a cookie? Well better be oreos

    • @oliviablais778
      @oliviablais778 4 года назад +8

      Unfortunately the house and garden are not included in the "park" which consists of some eucalyptus trees, half a block of cement, and the memorial plaque. Her mansion was demoed in the 1920s and the new house on the property is, I assume, a privately owned home.

    • @78divalicious
      @78divalicious 4 года назад +7

      That is correct. However, rumor has it that she still haunts it. I took a picture at night there and it came out with an orb! Also, apparently a guy who had slave owners in his family tree was harassed by her ghost on a walking tour once :)
      Once a BAMF...always a BAMF!

  • @SGTMinguez
    @SGTMinguez 5 лет назад +3259

    Watching Lisa Bonet mouth "that wasn't me farting" with a concerned look on her face will be that highlight of my week. Don't know how she didn't break on that line.

    • @xpieerd
      @xpieerd 5 лет назад +33

      SGT Minguez I’m pretty sure she broke several times and they probably had to do several takes

    • @merwinpique
      @merwinpique 5 лет назад +5

      Hahahahaha

    • @amorrissey9264
      @amorrissey9264 5 лет назад +9

      It was the chair!! 😂I don't see them doing retakes, they add in all the burps and slurs on other videos, so why not a fart or a...chair noise! 💨🤭

    • @jjmusiclover3
      @jjmusiclover3 5 лет назад +19

      I was like how old is James brown

    • @QueenOftheScorps
      @QueenOftheScorps 5 лет назад +2

      jjmusiclover3 LMAO!!!

  • @jemma.p
    @jemma.p 4 года назад +196

    "I'd rather be a corpse than a coward" is such a good phrase and I really want to start using it more in my life.

  • @ocalexander3360
    @ocalexander3360 5 лет назад +1529

    Damn, this was fascinating. I knew some of Mary Pleasant's story, but not a lot of detail. She would be cited as a historical figure for Black History Month, but these references omitted that she had passed for white. She did not list herself as black until after the Civil War; it would not have been safe to do so before this. And obviously and sadly, she was labeled as "Mammy" by racists whites to make sure that she would be shunned by the white society that she previously moved in more freely. One estimate of her wealth put $30 million as equivalent to $647 million in 2017.

    • @CaribbeanAtheist1978
      @CaribbeanAtheist1978 5 лет назад +110

      That also goes to show/prove how hypocritical racist whites were, and still are to this day.

    • @paintpink7300
      @paintpink7300 5 лет назад +1

      Derek

    • @daniellejackson5439
      @daniellejackson5439 5 лет назад +15

      What happened to her money?

    • @ocalexander3360
      @ocalexander3360 5 лет назад +90

      @@daniellejackson5439 A great deal of her wealth was consumed in various court battles. She sued San Francisco for having segregated street cars. She won, but the case took a couple of years to resolve. She tried to help a socialite in a marriage case against a powerful former senator. She was involved in a case against the family of her former business associate, Thomas Bell. It was all kind of sad, and the San Francisco high society types who loved her when they thought she was white largely turned against her.

    • @That1CoolChick
      @That1CoolChick 5 лет назад +17

      @@ocalexander3360 wow, insane

  • @allthatishere
    @allthatishere 5 лет назад +681

    "I guess it depends on how you feel about things."
    lmao that's like the best line ever!

    • @cyberpokey
      @cyberpokey 5 лет назад +25

      the answer to end all debates/arguments

    • @missybarbour6885
      @missybarbour6885 5 лет назад +13

      It's also the conclusion of every episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural

    • @christophernevins4952
      @christophernevins4952 5 лет назад +3

      I was mid drink on my beer when she said that. I now have to find paper towels to clean off my screen. Lmao!!

  • @minisun7410
    @minisun7410 5 лет назад +1476

    Lisa was perfect for Mary Ellen Pleasant

    • @JLDReactions
      @JLDReactions 5 лет назад +14

      Mini Sun Well, not really. Lisa couldn't pass for white.

    • @CandlesAndFlamesDaughterOfZion
      @CandlesAndFlamesDaughterOfZion 5 лет назад +4

      @@JLDReactions exactly.
      This should have been played by Amber Rose, Mariah Carey, or Vanessa Williams or Rashida Jones

    • @JLDReactions
      @JLDReactions 5 лет назад +9

      @@CandlesAndFlamesDaughterOfZion Rashida Jones and Amber Rose could pass but Mariah Carey and Vanessa look visibly mixed to me.

    • @rozzie5651
      @rozzie5651 5 лет назад

      69 Candles and Flames Daughter of Zion or jasmine guy

    • @misssterling3094
      @misssterling3094 5 лет назад +3

      @@CandlesAndFlamesDaughterOfZion Vanessa Williams' hair would give it away.

  • @cristinasolano6487
    @cristinasolano6487 5 лет назад +731

    It’s nice to see Lisa Bonet again!☺️

    • @kkibela
      @kkibela 5 лет назад +5

      I know right.. Where has this queen been???

    • @angelamitchell6657
      @angelamitchell6657 5 лет назад +5

      @@kkibela Screwing Jason Momoa. LOL

    • @l.michelleindigenousred2757
      @l.michelleindigenousred2757 5 лет назад +3

      What???? Lisa has been Biker Boyz, Ray Donovan tv series, and Road to Paloma movie with her husband Jason, she's still acting in movies and tv shows

    • @daonlydustin5944
      @daonlydustin5944 5 лет назад +1

      It really is

    • @amitkenan3878
      @amitkenan3878 5 лет назад +1

      She and her daughter look so similar that it makes me shudder

  • @Theekeys2thekingdom
    @Theekeys2thekingdom 5 лет назад +349

    I feel ashamed that this is the first time I’ve heard of this abolitionist.

    • @LadyGrey260
      @LadyGrey260 4 года назад +14

      keys2thekingdom It’s absolutely terrible we weren’t taught about her in school...

    • @kaydenpat
      @kaydenpat 4 года назад +3

      Me too.

    • @michaelmcclelland2208
      @michaelmcclelland2208 4 года назад +4

      Don't be ashamed, It's the fault of the establishment not yours.

    • @ashleyshim2078
      @ashleyshim2078 Год назад

      ​@heyitsmexoxo4074Alot...

  • @ItssRochellee
    @ItssRochellee 5 лет назад +165

    See the internet teaches me more than school because I literally was never taught about this phenomenal woman until now

    • @yow2363
      @yow2363 5 лет назад +5

      This is why we need to extra research, the gems are hidden.

    • @i_ben-e-dict211b2
      @i_ben-e-dict211b2 5 лет назад

      Make sure you tell a friend. Side note that smile looks well deserved

    • @blakjak8443
      @blakjak8443 5 лет назад

      Schools can’t teach all of this, unless you want to be in high school until your 50s. They can’t just cover every single person that did something in history

    • @evildeathcuddles886
      @evildeathcuddles886 4 года назад +6

      @@blakjak8443 this is a 5 minute video. I've spent weeks on a single topic in school. They can spare the time

  • @Littlething41
    @Littlething41 5 лет назад +225

    I see Lisa Bonet I click!
    Now I gotta go look up Mary Ellen Pleasant!

  • @maybewise
    @maybewise 5 лет назад +347

    Happy to hear John Brown's name in something popular. He's severely under-appreciated.

    • @maybewise
      @maybewise 5 лет назад +25

      @DroidXPhone A highly interesting man. Whenever I think of the question "Dead or alive; who would you like to have dinner with?" I think of him. Because I'd love to pick his brain and figure out everything that motivated him to not be content with his privileges as a white man, and go to battle for such a cause. I heard it be alluded that he felt God had chosen and guided him to do what he did. But I'd like to hear his own words.

    • @MalrexMontresor
      @MalrexMontresor 5 лет назад +4

      @DroidXPhone Not just a man, a saint.

    • @OneJamalWonder
      @OneJamalWonder 5 лет назад +3

      foreal

    • @talynhastime9343
      @talynhastime9343 5 лет назад +8

      @@maybewise He took the phrase "I'd kill for [insert cause here] " and he actually took it there. A righteous anger borne from the unlawful death of a dear friend, Elijah P. Lovejoy, who was an abolitionist. He was John Wick and Lovejoy was his dog.

    • @garywhite3936
      @garywhite3936 3 года назад +5

      When I was growing up, I was like, why would this White man give up his life for BLACKS, they made it seem like John Brown was just a crazy man. I think he was one of the most interesting people in UNITED STATES history.

  • @DuncanUdaho67
    @DuncanUdaho67 5 лет назад +469

    This show just keeps upping the ante with their casting.

  • @ThunderTaker1215
    @ThunderTaker1215 5 лет назад +422

    I love Lisa Bonet so much❤️

  • @candyxoxo19
    @candyxoxo19 5 лет назад +399

    Now this is the black history we never get in school. Thanks for this funny history lesson. Can you do more black history? 💛✨

    • @MexIndio1
      @MexIndio1 5 лет назад +7

      This is not Black history, but Biracial history.

    • @candyxoxo19
      @candyxoxo19 5 лет назад +5

      @@MexIndio1 Yep. Okay thanks. ☺

    • @nitas3rd
      @nitas3rd 5 лет назад +2

      @@MexIndio1 I have never thought of it that way and you are absolutely correct.🤔

    • @cocoa5011
      @cocoa5011 5 лет назад +10

      Afro-Indio so serious for someone watching a drunk account of history. A high % of us were biracial. What she did was to empower blacks. That’s black history. If others have to research the subgroup before telling the story, I doubt anyone will be inclined to share even more about our rich history and others won’t be interested. The divisiveness is exhausting

    • @dmor9717
      @dmor9717 5 лет назад

      Divyne Luv then you’re defeating the purpose of claiming to empower culture. if you don’t get the full true source of the history you’ll never be able to empower and congregate the culture to its rightful place.

  • @user-iq9sz8gm8y
    @user-iq9sz8gm8y 5 лет назад +242

    No Lisa Bonet slander will be tolerated, period. She was one of my 1st girl crushes (after Vanity) and she's f-ing talented af and beautiful. She produces gorgeous children and bags THE HOTTEST men....I'm forever a fan!

    • @andresuston7692
      @andresuston7692 5 лет назад +3

      👍

    • @noirblanque5324
      @noirblanque5324 5 лет назад +3

      Your argument is ”Dont say anything i dont agree with about this woman!! Why? Because she’s pretty and I SAY SO!1!”

    • @andresuston7692
      @andresuston7692 5 лет назад +9

      @@noirblanque5324 Basically yes. 😁

  • @lorettalynndavis9695
    @lorettalynndavis9695 5 лет назад +147

    *Wow, So many stories that have never been told...* I absolutely LOVE the narrator!

    • @mateonoesfeo6857
      @mateonoesfeo6857 5 лет назад +2

      lorettalynn Davis it's Artemis from its always sunny. Look her up she's legit the funniest person I've ever seen

    • @lorettalynndavis9695
      @lorettalynndavis9695 5 лет назад +1

      @@mateonoesfeo6857 Yeah, she sounds like it lol! Thanks :)

  • @gilmoremccoy6930
    @gilmoremccoy6930 5 лет назад +114

    I love the attitude of the narrator ❤️. All players were great. Lisa BonNet acting was exceptionally well without talking out loud👍! Funny as hell 😂😂😂😂.

  • @hujajiblamble3337
    @hujajiblamble3337 5 лет назад +98

    This is my favorite drunk story. Lisa is the icing.

  • @daking901
    @daking901 5 лет назад +459

    Damn....
    Here I was thinking I was in a healthy relationship, but I've come to realize that I love Lisa Bonet.

    • @AprilPray
      @AprilPray 5 лет назад +9

      Me too.

    • @kelgreen99
      @kelgreen99 5 лет назад +11

      Figure out if they swing & I'll get Jason.

    • @natashafigueroa9198
      @natashafigueroa9198 5 лет назад +1

      I believe she is the longest crush of my life, at least since the Cosby days.

    • @Celcey24
      @Celcey24 5 лет назад +1

      Ready for some heartbreak? She's anti-vaxx.

    • @mathulizagoba2103
      @mathulizagoba2103 5 лет назад +2

      I was in awe when I saw her once in the late 80s in Brooklyn..Ive been in awe ever since

  • @needacleaner14
    @needacleaner14 5 лет назад +374

    I don't care what anyone says about Lisa Bonet, she is still the ish after all these years! #cosbyshowfan #agelessbeauty

  • @Red_Fox_07
    @Red_Fox_07 5 лет назад +79

    Watching Lisa Bonet lip sync curse words and all that other stuff made me lose my sh*t
    😅😆🤣
    I'm a BIG fan of Lisa Bonet
    😊
    I enjoyed this, and i learned something.

  • @belsnickel9568
    @belsnickel9568 5 лет назад +176

    Thank you James Brown. Your efforts will never be forgotten😂

  • @SalinaSoto
    @SalinaSoto 5 лет назад +128

    This was magical :D "where was I, historically?"

  • @gypsieladie
    @gypsieladie 5 лет назад +71

    As a severely straight woman, I'd risk it all for Lisa Bonet. AND Lenny Kravitz. AND Jason Mamoa. So the whole trifecta of perfection.

    • @jay-ki6ie
      @jay-ki6ie 4 года назад +2

      gypsieladie wtf?

    • @beyourself2444
      @beyourself2444 3 года назад

      Overrated af... Lenny's cute though

  • @jamesmodlin6279
    @jamesmodlin6279 5 лет назад +30

    That was awesome.
    She was one of the best story tellers on Drunk History.

  • @HoraceGold333
    @HoraceGold333 5 лет назад +204

    Anybody else notice the dude try to slip the “angry black woman” trope in there at the end? Artemis said “NOT! On my watch.”

    • @user-iq9sz8gm8y
      @user-iq9sz8gm8y 5 лет назад +41

      I did! Angry Black Female Ghost. Also that the rumors included the common most sickening misconception about us: we're the most promiscuous of the 'races.' That's by far the most laughable one to me.

    • @criticalthinking6929
      @criticalthinking6929 5 лет назад

      Horace Gold Yes I saw that ish hun😒

    • @criticalthinking6929
      @criticalthinking6929 5 лет назад

      anyius ringer ain’t it though😂

    • @dmor9717
      @dmor9717 5 лет назад +7

      anyius ringer
      if you believe in ghosts and believe this woman haunts that park, then yes she would have had to have been angry, all ghosts are. spirits only haunt when they are unsettled or have rage and anger in them they didn’t resolve before passing.

    • @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586
      @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586 5 лет назад +1

      That anger is a Benefit. I wish Black men would get angry😊

  • @bougie749
    @bougie749 5 лет назад +60

    The way the guy smile when he was "hung" ahhahhahahahahaha i cannnnot breeeeathe lmfao!

  • @TrishTruitt
    @TrishTruitt 5 лет назад +25

    Cool episode and with no less than Lisa Bonet!
    I love that you featured this fascinating facet of black history. I live mere blocks from Sanford Street Free Church, in Springfield MA, founded by John Brown. There's a pillar honoring him at the end of my street.

  • @evieyahya131
    @evieyahya131 5 лет назад +16

    You’re the best story teller ever.....I can hear you all day telling stories......😁

  • @SByers95
    @SByers95 5 лет назад +10

    Me and my boyfriend truly miss full episodes of drunk history on the history channel.. such fun date nights!

  • @skrrskrr6464
    @skrrskrr6464 5 лет назад +128

    I had, and STILL HAVE, the biggest crush on Lisa Bonet

    • @BM-jo2mn
      @BM-jo2mn 5 лет назад +5

      Sorry, she's married to Aqua Man.

    • @sarabarelyhugs4732
      @sarabarelyhugs4732 5 лет назад

      Same!

    • @skrrskrr6464
      @skrrskrr6464 5 лет назад +1

      @@BM-jo2mn Yeah I'm totally aware of that, and they're very happy too. Congratulations to both of them.

    • @Monolithic1m
      @Monolithic1m 5 лет назад

      I had it in the 80s

    • @williambatson2514
      @williambatson2514 5 лет назад

      @@Monolithic1m it wasnt Bonet, it was mono.

  • @Love_To_Be_Love
    @Love_To_Be_Love 5 лет назад +12

    If my history claases like this I would actually be inclined to pay attention and remember! Learning infinite ways! Thank you!

  • @TS-xn1mc
    @TS-xn1mc 2 года назад +2

    Please bring this show back!

  • @namaste91
    @namaste91 5 лет назад +149

    Daaamn,Lisa Bonet is so pretty!

    • @AprilPray
      @AprilPray 5 лет назад

      ...and fucking talented

    • @kelgreen99
      @kelgreen99 5 лет назад

      She aalriiite but Jason is prettier.

    • @Redscape_
      @Redscape_ 5 лет назад +1

      Exhibit A: Zoe Kravitz

    • @cas6356
      @cas6356 5 лет назад

      Gorgeous💜

  • @aryaess9881
    @aryaess9881 5 лет назад +386

    Feels like this episode was just an excuse for Derek Waters to play Lisa Bonet's husband

    • @ladymaiden2308
      @ladymaiden2308 5 лет назад +14

      Possibly. And they make an adorable couple!

    • @bigjayabc
      @bigjayabc 5 лет назад +7

      😂😂 I'd play her husband too

    • @Theomite
      @Theomite 5 лет назад +21

      I don't blame him ONE. FUCKING. IOTA.

    • @nebulousisgod
      @nebulousisgod 5 лет назад +15

      He saw an opportunity and took it

    • @theTruthSeekerishere
      @theTruthSeekerishere 5 лет назад +25

      One fact about her Mrs. Peasants real husband was that he was also passing for white although he was black also.

  • @Nyasiamonique
    @Nyasiamonique 5 лет назад +180

    LMFAO THE ROPE DIDN'T EVEN GO OVER HIS HEAD 2:19

    • @1xkoko
      @1xkoko 5 лет назад +24

      Did you want them to hang him for real 🤣🤣

    • @betsy5889
      @betsy5889 5 лет назад +2

      Nyasia Hammett 😂

    • @TheBrownIsland
      @TheBrownIsland 5 лет назад +5

      Wait you wanted him to actually hang and die? Lol🤣😆

    • @deborahbell6975
      @deborahbell6975 5 лет назад +2

      I know. 😂😂😂😂

    • @Sacred_Heart333
      @Sacred_Heart333 5 лет назад +5

      So, you wanted to witness a legit LIVE hanging???
      🤔😱😳

  • @m.coleman
    @m.coleman 5 лет назад +61

    Ugh! Lisa Bonet, you perfect effing human being! 😡😍

  • @Momtopreemie
    @Momtopreemie 5 лет назад +13

    I love this lady lol I could listen to her tell stories all day drunk lol

  • @nivekian
    @nivekian 5 лет назад +104

    Mrs. Momoa/ Queen Cougar

  • @crystalfrager3828
    @crystalfrager3828 5 лет назад +10

    Thank you on educating me in someone new to me in Black History. This was beautiful, enpowering and inspiring. 👏👏👏

  • @itsjusme6447
    @itsjusme6447 5 лет назад +12

    That was a pretty good voice over from all the characters. Good job Lisa Bonet.. I liked that 😆👏👏👏👏

  • @byram1
    @byram1 5 лет назад +4

    I’m intrigued. Please keep these episodes coming , they make my day.

  • @notaytguru8214
    @notaytguru8214 5 лет назад +2

    Lisa mouthing “F*ck all that” ( 0:41) made my day 😩😩😩
    Now I have to go find more drunk history episodes, the narrator is hilarious.

  • @modemmack
    @modemmack 5 лет назад +48

    Lisa Bonet is freaking 51. Once her daughter has a child, Lisa will be the hottest grandama ever. Haha 😍

    • @Wednesdaywoe1975
      @Wednesdaywoe1975 4 года назад

      @Dave Gordon I hated Cosby before it was popular for exactly this. He did screw her over. Well she's awesome and he's in jail so.

  • @paulasuniverse5029
    @paulasuniverse5029 5 лет назад +1

    Thx 4 highlighting one of my sheroes, Mary Ellen Pleasant. I teach (Entrepreneurship/Financial Literacy) and mention her (radio). I first read of her in a book about Blacks who settled the West. When California was and did become a state the racism negatively affected her, other Blacks and Mexicans. Their businesses and finances suffered.

  • @jasminehouston-burns1691
    @jasminehouston-burns1691 5 лет назад +32

    I just realized this wasn't her daughter, they look so much alike.

  • @renatacantoregross6283
    @renatacantoregross6283 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you for telling us that phenomenal story.🏆🏆🏆 I Love Lisa Binet even more now. What a great actor she is. She had so much pride playing this role. I can’t wait to see her next projects.

  • @magazinetoraver1587
    @magazinetoraver1587 5 лет назад +19

    Best quote of 2019 “ I guesss it depends on what you feel about it”

    • @kelly8099
      @kelly8099 5 лет назад

      Ha first uttered in 2014

  • @k5234
    @k5234 5 лет назад +2

    I absolutely love how the story was told , it gives you an idea about the person and makes you want to know more. It's hilarious

  • @betheone8292
    @betheone8292 5 лет назад +15

    This was informative and hilarious at the same time. 😂

  • @JoshuaOtusanya
    @JoshuaOtusanya 5 лет назад +85

    Just know that if you’re reading this, you’re awesome ❤️ be well, be blessed, and stay in touch :)
    -Josh Otusanya

  • @optique4
    @optique4 5 лет назад +9

    This lady can tell me a story any day, you are AMAZING LOL

  • @19stalkern
    @19stalkern 5 лет назад +60

    Lisa Bonet is, and always has been, THE sexiest woman alive.

  • @shecrazyhorse3122
    @shecrazyhorse3122 5 лет назад +3

    I loved this story 😍❤️ Loved the storyteller's delivery too! 😂🤣😂🤣💖👏👏👏

  • @nicoleford4654
    @nicoleford4654 5 лет назад +22

    But all jokes aside, no every black person was 'passing,' there were a lot of light skinned blacks who could pass and still helped their own.

  • @TNAquarius
    @TNAquarius 5 лет назад +6

    I didn't know that. Thanks Drunk History!

  • @SeptemberBluez
    @SeptemberBluez 5 лет назад +14

    when they kicked him to make it look like he was hanging i died😂
    she mouthing those word on point💀

  • @SaGa-xe3wr
    @SaGa-xe3wr 5 лет назад +23

    Lisa is 52 years old!! she is a vampire

  • @dawnjohnson1965
    @dawnjohnson1965 5 лет назад

    Here for this story and the narration!!!!!

  • @laica8600
    @laica8600 5 лет назад +10

    lisa bonet swearing is giving me life

  • @aristothearies
    @aristothearies 5 лет назад +8

    Lisa Just be popping up places, I love her so much

  • @laughsngasps
    @laughsngasps 5 лет назад +47

    PLEASE DO HIGH HISTORY!!

    • @EvaAnika
      @EvaAnika 5 лет назад +5

      I'm surprised they haven't started this yet! Especially considering the decriminalization trend.

  • @deborahcrawford5441
    @deborahcrawford5441 5 лет назад +8

    I love this woman telling history 😍😂😂 😂

  • @phanjazm
    @phanjazm 5 лет назад +9

    I love anything with Lisa M.F. Bonet!
    Dope lesson BTW!

  • @pamm5287
    @pamm5287 5 лет назад +21

    Lisa Bonet's Beauty Is Timeless. She's Like A Lotus Flower. 🌺❤😘

  • @fortheloveofgod7258
    @fortheloveofgod7258 5 лет назад +9

    Excellent history and story telling. Lisa Bonet was and is absolutely EXQUISITE. More Lisa Bonet Hollywood... Like NOW!!!

  • @1234OTAKUANIME
    @1234OTAKUANIME 5 лет назад +1

    I'm glad this was in my recommendations. Both educational and funny!

  • @MaleahsDiary
    @MaleahsDiary 5 лет назад +101

    THANK YOU FOR TEACHING us about Mary Ellen Pleasant! I knew nothing about her! (Please don't click on my face. I'm a germaphobe.)

  • @MercuryBubble
    @MercuryBubble 5 лет назад +7

    I saw Lisa Bonet and clicked immediately lol loved her since (whispers) Cosby show lol

  • @trbunkley
    @trbunkley 5 лет назад +25

    I actually passed a history test by watching these shows lol

  • @alexpatyababa5221
    @alexpatyababa5221 5 лет назад

    I love reading about these people after the episode, what a woman Mary Ellen Pleasant was, bless, I hope her actions are remembered as those of extremely beautiful quality, and devout integrity.

  • @brobs2522
    @brobs2522 5 лет назад +3

    3:02 LOL the sign...

  • @yvonneyvonne2513
    @yvonneyvonne2513 5 лет назад +1

    Award: Best obviously drunk Narrator. "That wasn't me farting, it was the chair." I feel her hangover. Best subject I never heard of and am grateful that's changed. Best use of the LOVELY Lisa "Moon" Bonet Momoa in a while. (Lip-syncing the fart remark with the precise amount of delicate Victorian dismay, not to mention the cursing.) Best use of supporting cast. And lastly, most number of my laughs ever in a Drunk History episode. Good job!

  • @lindacosta3381
    @lindacosta3381 5 лет назад +3

    I’ve never heard of this wonderful woman;) Thank you for sharing

  • @kaydenpat
    @kaydenpat 4 года назад

    What a great story. Never heard of her before and now I’m binge watching everything I can find on RUclips.

  • @momcrafty6774
    @momcrafty6774 5 лет назад +8

    Lisa Bonet needs to be in a movie , or on tv more. Natural Beauty 💕

  • @PMB827
    @PMB827 4 года назад +1

    I’m learning so much of my history via drunk people on Comedy Central

  • @roseking8555
    @roseking8555 5 лет назад +5

    1:45-1:49. Damn that was one ugly man!! I love how they went from the hunchback to Prince Charming!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂

  • @Toi84Toi
    @Toi84Toi 5 лет назад

    There’s so much I’m STILL learning! That’s why it’s imperative for us to keep teaching and not fall for the lie that we will stay “stuck in the past” if we revisit it...If anything we will never move forward if we don’t know where we came from and continue to learn from the past....PARENTS, please don’t drop the ball when it comes to making sure you and your children are educated about African American History! There are so many resource now, even on social media. You can not rely on the education system to teach them correctly!

  • @OneJamalWonder
    @OneJamalWonder 5 лет назад +10

    Artemis Pebdani is a babe and i love how she told this

  • @classyboy04
    @classyboy04 5 лет назад

    Best one yet!!!!

  • @The.End.Begins24
    @The.End.Begins24 5 лет назад +7

    I was scrolling past this video until I read Lisa Bonet. "Again that wasn't me farting"😂😂

  • @vivmol9774
    @vivmol9774 5 лет назад +2

    I'm so glad that Artemis actually acts like her character from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" 😂

  • @LRoshae
    @LRoshae 4 года назад +3

    Lisa Bonet is a Legend!!!! This narrator is also legendary status ✨🤣

  • @crazychicSHENA
    @crazychicSHENA 5 лет назад +1

    Great story 🙏💟

  • @NaturallyNerdeeNicol
    @NaturallyNerdeeNicol 4 года назад +3

    Drunk history is the best history class. At first I thought the narrator was holding her own then the tipsies started kicking in. 😂😂😂😂

  • @i_n_sist8641
    @i_n_sist8641 5 лет назад +1

    Omg ...I love drunken story time!!!❤️

  • @loes3000
    @loes3000 5 лет назад +36

    I spent 20 minutes trying to remember where the FUCK I knew the narrator from because she looked so familiar and I loved her but I couldn't remember why.....it was Scandal lmaoooooo. Hey Susan. Thanks, IMDb.

    • @Citizen_Krang
      @Citizen_Krang 5 лет назад +8

      🤔Not, Always Sunny in Philadelphia?

    • @loes3000
      @loes3000 5 лет назад

      CITIZEN KRANG Nope,never watched it lol

    • @sai261
      @sai261 5 лет назад +2

      Loes C OMG YESS, I was dying to figure it out lol

    • @nydea4realbaby
      @nydea4realbaby 5 лет назад +3

      Thank you for that

    • @Chestna1
      @Chestna1 5 лет назад

      Omg, smart giggling Susan. I didn't even recognize her.

  • @Ria-sd2ex
    @Ria-sd2ex 3 года назад

    This is literally one of my fave drunk history's. Thanks for teaching me about this amazing individual, Mary Ellen Pleasant. And Lisa Bonet...why is she so talented, beautiful, amazing as an actress and fine forever😩😍

  • @1blessedbrotha
    @1blessedbrotha 5 лет назад +15

    Ebony magazine ran the story first, they called her Mammy Pleasant!!!!!

    • @TB-ne1rw
      @TB-ne1rw 5 лет назад

      1blessedbrotha mammy?!?!?!!!?!! Nooooo

  • @MindYourOwn777
    @MindYourOwn777 5 лет назад

    Love this and all the other Drunk History reenacted stories 👍

  • @firebender1174
    @firebender1174 5 лет назад +3

    The john brown part had me dying lol

  • @monicacover3942
    @monicacover3942 5 лет назад

    GREAT STORY MORE PLEASE. I LEARN A GREAT DEAL IN BLACK HISTORY CLASS BUT THIS IS EVEN BETTER TO GIVE LIFE TO THE STORY. STUDENTS WOULD APPRECIATE THIS MORE.

  • @kiara198923
    @kiara198923 5 лет назад +3

    Why is this my first time ever hearing about her? Wow!

  • @mermaidtingzzz
    @mermaidtingzzz 5 лет назад +1

    Okay but that "fuck you, fuck you, fuck you" is an entire mood. 😂😂😂
    Never even heard about Mary Ellen Pleasant until now but I will continue to learn more about her and her badass legacy.