Hello Everyone! Can you believe this was 1 year ago! As we are now in the month of June, I wish you all a happy Caribbean American Heritage month and I hope that you take this time to learn more (even outside of these videos) about the vast cultures of the Caribbean. What other topics/videos would you like to see in the future?
Would love to know, your views on Caribbean not knowing/proud/ ignorant to being African. And who was in the Caribbean b4 they were stolen from African? And your views on what I just said please. Look forward to hearing
They weren't introduced to christianity, christianity was beaten into them because they practiced their African spirituality against the slave masters. (obeah, voodoo) This is why they demonize African beliefs so much. Haiti defeated the French physically, but they also used their spirituality against them. Thanks for the video sis. Much love from Trinidad !!
Absolutely correct! We were converted to christianity to Make the slaves more submissive hence why they used the bible n quoted scriptures saying God said to turn the other cheek , God said to obey your earthly masters as you would obey christ... Knowledge Is Power much love from Trinidad also!
Don't be fooled, not everyone that says they are Christian are true Christians. For example Roman Catholicism is a mixture of Christianity with pagan practices. The truth about this life can only be found in the scriptures of the Bible which came before all this happened. God is our creator and human sin and the deception of the devil causes a lot of evil and suffering in this world. God is not the problem, sinful mankind believing the devil's lies in this world instead of the truth of God's word in the Bible is the problem.
One of the main reasons why the death rate was so high in the Caribbean, was not only because of poor conditions, but mainly because these slaves were killed during rebellions, and quite a few ran away, formed communities away from the plantations. There were many slave who chose death over slavery. There were multiple rebellions, that resulted in death of thousands of slaves. I know I may get flack for this, but the American slaves were more docile, hence the higher survival rates.
Imagine being kidnapped from your family, and then taken to a land soooo far away to be treated like an animal, never to comeback again.. i cant imagine the misery 😭😭😭. 2020 isnt that bad afterall.
Cold reality to it is you weren’t kidnapped. Most likely another black sold you out to the white man. Just a Pawn on the Chest board and Money is Queen
Nuff respect for telling those who don’t know the entire history! Iam also a 1st generation Jamerican on both sides of my family. My family on both sides, have been in Jamaica since the Slave Trade from the West African countries of Sierra Leone, and Ghana. Keep up the great work, especially being a fellow West Indian!
Very powerful education sweetie. Though I'm a topical African (South Sudanese) by origin and now leaving in Canada, we all felt terrible about the Slave trade to the Western hemisphere. This is being throughout the continent among the 54 independent States in Africa. There are books called titled "Africa learns about Europe" and "Europe learns about Africa". Basically, those books were after the abolition of the Slave Trade. However, they talk a lot about the colonialism. Or Europe scrambled about Africa. After the Berlin conference. One thing we all know about this trade, is most powerful African Kings, Queens, Sultans and Chiefs did sold or exchanged out there subordinates and even prisoners of war to the Europeans for just beads, bullets, guns, clothes and even mirrors! These usually happens in areas where the Europeans are even scared to access. The first people to start stealing the slaves from East Africa and the interior were the Arabs in early 1246 to 1493. The Europeans were just copying after realizing that; it's a lucrative business. Particularly the Portuguese.
Very interesting topic. Thanks for enlightening us all. This helps me to understand the cultures while traveling & different ethnicities. I always pay close attention to peoples facial features, hair textures, body build, etc. Great video!
hi, I am From Angola and I am very interested about the slavery.... Angola was the first European Colony and I always thought that all slaves took from Angola were sent in Cape Verde and Brazil as Angola has very strong Cultural Connection with Brazil specially in Bahia(a state in Brasil)... But I was wrong...there are many Angolan descents in Haiti, in Mexico, in Peru and other Islands....I would like to know more about about it and one day I will visit these places and if possible meet those people who their ancestors were from Angola....Thanks for the video ..
That was amazing!! I liked and subscribed.. you are an inspiration! I really appreciated learning more about this history - I found the video because I'm researching whether I should take a class on the french revolution and Napoleon, and the class includes books about the slave revolution in the Caribbean. You are a great story teller of history, and you take an inspirational, freedom-fighter take on it! Love it!
Hi thanks for watching, I totally agree with you. Language is important and key. This video was made 3 years ago when I was a college sophomore studying as an African American Studies Major. Had I made this video within the past 2 years or now, I would have definitely been more cognizant of how I worded certain aspects of my lesson. We were enslaved, not inherently slaves. Thanks for the input! 100% agree with you.
Actually NOBODY “captured” anyone! Africans sold their own people to us Europeans to be enslaved! Get it right!!! Bc either way you’re little African ancestors look like crap. They sold off their own people, or in you’re delusional mind they were captured. IF they were captured, then why didn’t their families or any Africans fight back and try to save their people huh??
@@tinydancer867 I don’t know why you chose to insult these Africans and their diaspora cousins! Where in Africa was there an auction? What money was used? Pesos, Guilders, Sterling pound, dollars, Kroner? None of these currencies was ever useful to Africans in the 15th, 16th,17th,18th and 19th centuries! Again Industrial Revolution happened at the early stages of 19th century when slaves became redundant! In the Guyanas 9 horses was equal to 1 matured slave! Remember cotton is a tropical plant and Africans started wearing clothes from cotton a couple of millennials before our ancestors had it in Europe. They used jute clothes in the Summer time and leather in the Winter months! So what did our European forefathers have to exchange for the slaves? Please don’t say guns! Those Africans weren’t easy to deal with and again any fool would have turned the guns on the Europeans and robbed them dry! It didn’t happen! Europeans arrived with armed militias. They captured these spears and arrows warrior Africans where possible. Again they obtained prisoners of war by fighting alongside weaker kingdoms to conquer stronger kingdoms, taking sides in many African state, and tribal wars. The African winners were glad to see their enemies carried away because of future revenge!( example:battles of Kromantin between 2 royals of the same clan)! In Benin, at the port city of Widah, there was European quarters, a district of the city where the Europeans could thrive easy under its militia! Portuguese, Dutch, French, Danes and later the British! The King of Benin Hurron who stood against the raids(even his guards were victims) was captured and exiled to Elba by the European residents and replaced with Terrifon, his teenage nephew to give way to slave capture. This happened under the captaincy of D’sousa, a Brazilian born Portuguese with his biracial son,assistant( documented facts)! Industrial Revolution resulted to slaves redundancy where new founded engines took the place of slaves! Slaves became redundant and Europeans in the Americas were in fear of the overwhelmingly huge black population! These blacks were shipped first unto the Caribbean islands. The rest was later shipped by The British Canadian government to the first African resettlement location around 1800 in Sierra Leone( capital, Freetown)! The success of this settlement prompted America, in particular the Carolinas(south mostly) to ship theirs to Liberia under the leadership of Monroe, thus Monrovia, its capital city around 1845! European forefathers were in power of major African cities. The success of Industrial Revolution led to the acquisition of more and better raw materials in Africa to feed these new industries, thus the beginning of colonisation. African nation states became the battle grounds of Europeans powers leading to the Berlin conference and partition of Africa. Abolition of slavery didn’t come out of moral recognition but redundancy of slaves! In fact Canada shipped out black residents to replace them with refugees in tatters of the collapsed Austria-Hungarian empire! Again The Carolinas got rid of their black slaves to be replaced by our economic refugees running from Irish potato famine of 1845-1849! These indentured servants that couldn’t afford the passage had to work for a period of time for their sponsors to cover their transportation cost! Again no slave trade in Africa but slave capture. Slave trade happened only in the Americas. There are still ledgers, accounts books, other documents in details of every slave auction in the Americas yet not a single account in Africa, nor is there any auction site! Question: What about the “Slavery of the Pacific Islanders” in the Antipedes? Did we buy the Australian Aboriginals and the Maoris as well?
I love your videos..your a very intelligent girl and you really do know your history. Although i'm not Caribbean but Nigerian (West African), I have to say that i am very pleased with you. After visiting T&T i really enjoyed their history specifically because they go way back..SO do continue your videos gurrl!!! LOVE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CARIBBEAN xx You cracked me up when you stated out the differences with PLAN-TIN and PLAN-TAIN..we get this debate all the time in the UK Lmaooo
Lol first of all Afro-Caribbean’s is just an ancestral branch of Alkebulan (later called “Africa” by a Roman-European general). We are all connected in melanin & in our rich history that many forget. They don’t teach about the great Patrice Lumumba who was assassinated by Europeans... M. Garvey a Caribbean who founded the Pan-Alkebulan (African) Movement which proves that we are all linked in our origins fam. The European-whites are who separated us, told us “you’re different, no you’re better” to make you forget the greatness we come from. How black people as a whole have roots to Alkebulan (Africa) in every single continent on Earth. See? “I kno how fa talk de crio” if I need to but I’m Northeast African/East African lol. Don’t separate. Let’s learn to LOVE our Melanin. 🖤💯 TANK-E!
👋🏾♥️🇹🇹 Hope you come back... after Covi‼️ I will visit your country in a few years. Looking into spending part of my year in ? State in Africa.🤔 Not sure where yet‼️ Now hooked on Nigerian shows.. lol.
Hi Lyndsay Elizabeth: Yes, we are royalty. Would you please do a video on slavery in Belize? I am Belizean living in the US and trying to get a more comprehensive sense of slavery at home. I am aware of small scale rebellions in Belize but not much information. The slave trade in Belize involved valuable hard woods like mahogany used as wood and dyed for clothing. To my knowledge there was a treaty which prohibited having plantations like occurred in many parts of the Caribbean. Thanks.
People forget, if they ever knew, that the diagram of a packed slave ship was made and distributed by British abolitionists. It was based upon the practice of slave ships at that time. The production and distribution of the diagram helped to increase public sympathy for slaves in Great Britain.
Hello, I'm half Puerto Rican. I am obsessed with history. Why do afro-Americans only concentrate on slavery in what many still call "The New World"? It actually was a Euopean/Arabic idea as well for Centuries before? It was practiced there first. When Columbus discovered what is now the "Americas" that those who had been in slavery counted only the now United States as the beginning of slavery? And yes, though you cant see it in my profile. I am about 1/4 black through my Puerto Rican side of my family. And yes again. They were slaves.
An unpopular opinion but fact is that African slaves were not kidnapped by Europeans but sold by fellow Africans. Am Nigerian, its sad our leaders did this and are still doing it,it was a trade by African leaders
I may not have african ancestry but i do have irish ancestry which i have read about the indentured servitude in the Caribbean, jamaican and the virgin islands. Both the irish and african coexisted with eachother because they both were treated horribly by the English.
Peace Queen I love this video but let's not forget about Queeny Nanny of the Maroons of Jamaica 1739 forced the mighty British military to concede. Sign a treaty of autonomy making several Maroon communities, that numbered in the thousands the first free Africans. These communities still exist today in Acompong & Moore Town, Jamaica.
Amen! Definitely a woman of strength that transcends generations. I didn’t mention her in this video, but I was thinking of making a video dedicated to her and the maroons! Thanks for your comment! Much respect
Lyndsay Elizabeth first Afro-Caribbean’s are just an ancestral branch of Alkebulan (later called “Africa” by a Roman general). We are all connected in melanin & in our rich, beautiful history that many forget. They don’t teach about the great Marcus Garvey a Caribbean who founded the Pan-Alkebulan (African) Movement, Haitians & 1814 which proves that we are all linked in our rich origins. The European-whites are who separated us, told us “ha no you’re different, no you’re better” to make you forget the greatness we come from. How black people as a whole are the only to have roots back to Alkebulan (Africa) in every single continent on Earth. “I kno how fa talk de crio well well” if I need to but guess what I descend from Northeast Alkebulan /East Alkebulan (African) lol. Don’t separate. Let’s learn to LOVE. 🖤💯 I really loved your video & I’d love to chat more via email the old-fashioned way being a Historian myself ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
You impress me. You’re pleasant and articulate. I get a sense of vindication or maybe a subtle rebellion from you. Your pride is intoxicating. I want to hear more from you but could you provide some citations or your sources? It would be greatly appreciated. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Yes indeed, she is very articulate, eloquent and well researched...as far as citations and sources, you can try wikipedia for a start and this will give you a glimpse of what she has most eloquently simplified here...more grease to her elbows!
This video was informative and information on point. in the same breath ,The persons that dislike this video seems to be from an ancestral linage that have supported, promoted, had active interest and are responsible for the death and inhumane treatment of millions of Africans and people that were of African decent.
Interesting, valuable info. ''Amelioration Act'' I've got to Google that b/c I don't recall hearing of it. Question is. Did the plantation Owners adhere to it? The BBC did a You Tube VIDEO series titled ''Slavery in Jamaica'' in one of the videos a Cane Feeder got his hand stuck & YES, the only way to free him was to chop off his hand. It was AWFUL. My ppl went through hell on Earth, They had to be strong mentally & physically to survive. Gratitude to the Ancestors!! because of THEM, I am/ we are. SALUTE! WE should NEVER forget. Thanks for sharing
Its sad to know this actually happened my little boys grandma was from west indies I still cant understand why no compensation has been paid .it will come I'm not sure when but it will
My family owns the Island of Saba and I’m telling you now that we will NEVER pay anyone compensation! Bottom line! If you don’t like that, who cares, bc you have NO say over our land and my family!
The british didn´t kidnap people in west Africa but traded them from dominating tribes there, who enslaved weaker tribes. Slavery existed on all continents, in all cultures. The legal slavery ended in the twentieth century due to the british fight against it. Unfortunately there are still 40 millions unlegal slaves today.
" but traded them from dominating tribes there," for weaponry which British and other white slavers used to take advantage of rival tribes. White slavers also did this very same thing with Native Americans and even some Asians. So it's very likely that if you were in the African or Native American or Asian position, you would have done the same thing if it meant keeping up with your enemies in the arms race that the white slave traders introduced. We have to tell the WHOLE truth in context, and stop half-assing it.
Thanks for posting, thumbs up and you explain everything well, it's sad what happen to us, but we must never forget. On 23&Me my DNA matches individuals from Haiti, Tridgad, and Jamaica, my family lived in United States, immediate family is from Sussex, Virginia.But we have family where we never been or lived at.
Me too! I always say that we have some of the strongest ancestors because they had to endure so much, but was still able to hold onto small bits of their African heritage and build a new culture from that.
And i say how I feel being cuban and puerto rican decent great grandfather west Indian great grandma decedent of india from slavery to the isla de cuba
Why did she say kidnapped instead of sold? Is she implying that a boat full of people pulled up and took people from their land? Is she saying that an entire country was was under control of a boat full of people?
Once a slave always a slave its just a different kind of slavery smart people know it or the people on the top ..if you have money in your pocket your a slave
it was the Kongo region not angola that's just what it's called in present day... those slaves taken from that region were from the kingdom of kongo who are called bakongos
The Carribean heritage, is almost impossible. It's land inability, being islands makes it harder to become, 💯% influenced by other cultures, giving it taste, and ambition. Still every continent is represented here,💪how? Sons and daughters of historic adventurers and slaves all brought here by divine fortune. Most speak the language of The ancient civilizations of like Tainos, African, or Latins even Arabs. Here the culture is assimilation. With religion we are some of the most inclusive, yet very socialist by nature.. since it's an island.. The DNA pool is an absolutely phenomenal miracle, the circumstances and universal events that had to occur to bring together, such amazing elements, into a living soul, Making a utopia of peaceful, brotherly societies. It's uniqueness, is so multi-dimensional. It just can't be denied. But it most be, guarded, and investigated more. The Carribean tectonic plate itself is a marvelous feature! It's growing up while the north american plate goes under the Carribean. It's crazy.
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Hello Everyone! Can you believe this was 1 year ago! As we are now in the month of June, I wish you all a happy Caribbean American Heritage month and I hope that you take this time to learn more (even outside of these videos) about the vast cultures of the Caribbean. What other topics/videos would you like to see in the future?
The development of Caribbean music.
Would love to know, your views on Caribbean not knowing/proud/ ignorant to being African. And who was in the Caribbean b4 they were stolen from African? And your views on what I just said please.
Look forward to hearing
I love your videos my sister
@Muse Verdant So they say ......
They weren't introduced to christianity, christianity was beaten into them because they practiced their African spirituality against the slave masters. (obeah, voodoo) This is why they demonize African beliefs so much. Haiti defeated the French physically, but they also used their spirituality against them. Thanks for the video sis. Much love from Trinidad !!
Absolutely correct! We were converted to christianity to Make the slaves more submissive hence why they used the bible n quoted scriptures saying God said to turn the other cheek , God said to obey your earthly masters as you would obey christ... Knowledge Is Power much love from Trinidad also!
@@herbopil6569 which means they had a knowledge of the bible prior to contact with Europeans.
Don't be fooled, not everyone that says they are Christian are true Christians. For example Roman Catholicism is a mixture of Christianity with pagan practices. The truth about this life can only be found in the scriptures of the Bible which came before all this happened. God is our creator and human sin and the deception of the devil causes a lot of evil and suffering in this world. God is not the problem, sinful mankind believing the devil's lies in this world instead of the truth of God's word in the Bible is the problem.
talk that talk queen. ✊🏾💯
NO! Y’all do that Voodoo & Hoodoo mess and that’s the Devil!!! Bottom line!
One of the main reasons why the death rate was so high in the Caribbean, was not only because of poor conditions, but mainly because these slaves were killed during rebellions, and quite a few ran away, formed communities away from the plantations. There were many slave who chose death over slavery. There were multiple rebellions, that resulted in death of thousands of slaves. I know I may get flack for this, but the American slaves were more docile, hence the higher survival rates.
This was so inspiring. The feeling I have after watching this is indescribable. I am a Trinbagonian and i needed to see this.Thank you for this.
Hi is a go to with
Imagine being kidnapped from your family, and then taken to a land soooo far away to be treated like an animal, never to comeback again.. i cant imagine the misery 😭😭😭. 2020 isnt that bad afterall.
Cold reality to it is you weren’t kidnapped. Most likely another black sold you out to the white man. Just a Pawn on the Chest board and Money is Queen
@@billphil846 Africans were kidnapped... We didn't sell our people.
@@ndifrekeotu9086 some of them were traded by their leaders for the advanced firearms that the Europeans had
@@ndifrekeotu9086 that's incorrect, crazy you know nothing about your own people
It was not uncommon for African woman especially in poverty who had say 10 children to simply sell off some of her offspring into slavery.
Well said.I love it when you said, we came from a lineage of people that were strong and survive, and that we are descendents of Kings and Queens.
literally watching this video the night before my csec caribbean history exam, it really helped me thank you so much.
Aw I'm so happy to hear that! I hope & pray you do well on your exam!
Strong and beautiful African Queen.
"We are royalty" love that
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My Hebrew brother’s and sister’s, Yah is with us and he will never leave us. So remember don’t forget Yah ✌️
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Nuff respect for telling those who don’t know the entire history! Iam also a 1st generation Jamerican on both sides of my family. My family on both sides, have been in Jamaica since the Slave Trade from the West African countries of Sierra Leone, and Ghana. Keep up the great work, especially being a fellow West Indian!
Really great presentation. Speech, explanations, references to modern day locations, everything.
Very powerful education sweetie.
Though I'm a topical African (South Sudanese) by origin and now leaving in Canada, we all felt terrible about the Slave trade to the Western hemisphere.
This is being throughout the continent among the 54 independent States in Africa.
There are books called titled "Africa learns about Europe" and "Europe learns about Africa". Basically, those books were after the abolition of the Slave Trade.
However, they talk a lot about the colonialism.
Or Europe scrambled about Africa.
After the Berlin conference.
One thing we all know about this trade, is most powerful African Kings, Queens, Sultans and Chiefs did sold or exchanged out there subordinates and even prisoners of war to the Europeans for just beads, bullets, guns, clothes and even mirrors!
These usually happens in areas where the Europeans are even scared to access.
The first people to start stealing the slaves from East Africa and the interior were the Arabs in early 1246 to 1493.
The Europeans were just copying after realizing that; it's a lucrative business. Particularly the Portuguese.
Peter Wani: It is true. It was mainly the Nigerians that sold their people.
Anyone watching this during quarantine?
Love your Video, I am from the Bahamas Thanks for your wealth of knowledge
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I have a Caribbean Studies exam tomorrow and this is helping me sooo muchhhh 🤸🏾♂️
We are the survivors, the black survivors.❤
It's fascinating material you offer to your audience. Thank you very much for contributing. A heartfelt thanks!
Very interesting topic. Thanks for enlightening us all. This helps me to understand the cultures while traveling & different ethnicities. I always pay close attention to peoples facial features, hair textures, body build, etc. Great video!
hi, I am From Angola and I am very interested about the slavery.... Angola was the first European Colony and I always thought that all slaves took from Angola were sent in Cape Verde and Brazil as Angola has very strong Cultural Connection with Brazil specially in Bahia(a state in Brasil)... But I was wrong...there are many Angolan descents in Haiti, in Mexico, in Peru and other Islands....I would like to know more about about it and one day I will visit these places and if possible meet those people who their ancestors were from Angola....Thanks for the video ..
That was amazing!! I liked and subscribed.. you are an inspiration! I really appreciated learning more about this history - I found the video because I'm researching whether I should take a class on the french revolution and Napoleon, and the class includes books about the slave revolution in the Caribbean. You are a great story teller of history, and you take an inspirational, freedom-fighter take on it! Love it!
they didn't 'capture African slaves'...they captured Africans who they enslaved; language is important
Hi thanks for watching, I totally agree with you. Language is important and key. This video was made 3 years ago when I was a college sophomore studying as an African American Studies Major. Had I made this video within the past 2 years or now, I would have definitely been more cognizant of how I worded certain aspects of my lesson. We were enslaved, not inherently slaves. Thanks for the input! 100% agree with you.
Lyndsay Elizabeth I’m pleased to hear you say that because most of us use language that enslaves the mind
Actually NOBODY “captured” anyone! Africans sold their own people to us Europeans to be enslaved! Get it right!!! Bc either way you’re little African ancestors look like crap. They sold off their own people, or in you’re delusional mind they were captured. IF they were captured, then why didn’t their families or any Africans fight back and try to save their people huh??
@@tinydancer867 right- they voluntarily walked to the coast and into the ships
@@tinydancer867 I don’t know why you chose to insult these Africans and their diaspora cousins! Where in Africa was there an auction? What money was used? Pesos, Guilders, Sterling pound, dollars, Kroner? None of these currencies was ever useful to Africans in the 15th, 16th,17th,18th and 19th centuries! Again Industrial Revolution happened at the early stages of 19th century when slaves became redundant! In the Guyanas 9 horses was equal to 1 matured slave! Remember cotton is a tropical plant and Africans started wearing clothes from cotton a couple of millennials before our ancestors had it in Europe. They used jute clothes in the Summer time and leather in the Winter months! So what did our European forefathers have to exchange for the slaves? Please don’t say guns! Those Africans weren’t easy to deal with and again any fool would have turned the guns on the Europeans and robbed them dry! It didn’t happen! Europeans arrived with armed militias. They captured these spears and arrows warrior Africans where possible. Again they obtained prisoners of war by fighting alongside weaker kingdoms to conquer stronger kingdoms, taking sides in many African state, and tribal wars. The African winners were glad to see their enemies carried away because of future revenge!( example:battles of Kromantin between 2 royals of the same clan)!
In Benin, at the port city of Widah, there was European quarters, a district of the city where the Europeans could thrive easy under its militia! Portuguese, Dutch, French, Danes and later the British! The King of Benin Hurron who stood against the raids(even his guards were victims) was captured and exiled to Elba by the European residents and replaced with Terrifon, his teenage nephew to give way to slave capture. This happened under the captaincy of D’sousa, a Brazilian born Portuguese with his biracial son,assistant( documented facts)!
Industrial Revolution resulted to slaves redundancy where new founded engines took the place of slaves! Slaves became redundant and Europeans in the Americas were in fear of the overwhelmingly huge black population! These blacks were shipped first unto the Caribbean islands. The rest was later shipped by The British Canadian government to the first African resettlement location around 1800 in Sierra Leone( capital, Freetown)! The success of this settlement prompted America, in particular the Carolinas(south mostly) to ship theirs to Liberia under the leadership of Monroe, thus Monrovia, its capital city around 1845!
European forefathers were in power of major African cities. The success of Industrial Revolution led to the acquisition of more and better raw materials in Africa to feed these new industries, thus the beginning of colonisation. African nation states became the battle grounds of Europeans powers leading to the Berlin conference and partition of Africa. Abolition of slavery didn’t come out of moral recognition but redundancy of slaves! In fact Canada shipped out black residents to replace them with refugees in tatters of the collapsed Austria-Hungarian empire! Again The Carolinas got rid of their black slaves to be replaced by our economic refugees running from Irish potato famine of 1845-1849! These indentured servants that couldn’t afford the passage had to work for a period of time for their sponsors to cover their transportation cost!
Again no slave trade in Africa but slave capture. Slave trade happened only in the Americas. There are still ledgers, accounts books, other documents in details of every slave auction in the Americas yet not a single account in Africa, nor is there any auction site!
Question: What about the “Slavery of the Pacific Islanders” in the Antipedes? Did we buy the Australian Aboriginals and the Maoris as well?
The end speech was amazing
Epic Video! This helped me in ways that you can't comprehend.
Very informational. Thank you! Keep posting
Thank you for the encouragement, same to you!
I love your videos..your a very intelligent girl and you really do know your history. Although i'm not Caribbean but Nigerian (West African), I have to say that i am very pleased with you. After visiting T&T i really enjoyed their history specifically because they go way back..SO do continue your videos gurrl!!! LOVE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CARIBBEAN xx You cracked me up when you stated out the differences with PLAN-TIN and PLAN-TAIN..we get this debate all the time in the UK Lmaooo
Lol first of all Afro-Caribbean’s is just an ancestral branch of Alkebulan (later called “Africa” by a Roman-European general). We are all connected in melanin & in our rich history that many forget. They don’t teach about the great Patrice Lumumba who was assassinated by Europeans... M. Garvey a Caribbean who founded the Pan-Alkebulan (African) Movement which proves that we are all linked in our origins fam. The European-whites are who separated us, told us “you’re different, no you’re better” to make you forget the greatness we come from. How black people as a whole have roots to Alkebulan (Africa) in every single continent on Earth. See? “I kno how fa talk de crio” if I need to but I’m Northeast African/East African lol. Don’t separate. Let’s learn to LOVE our Melanin. 🖤💯 TANK-E!
👋🏾♥️🇹🇹 Hope you come back... after Covi‼️ I will visit your country in a few years. Looking into spending part of my year in ? State in Africa.🤔 Not sure where yet‼️ Now hooked on Nigerian shows.. lol.
Hi we are special we are we are Royal
Jamaican here, thanks for clearing this up. Subscribed.
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoyed the video! Big Up!
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Hi Lyndsay Elizabeth: Yes, we are royalty. Would you please do a video on slavery in Belize? I am Belizean living in the US and trying to get a more comprehensive sense of slavery at home. I am aware of small scale rebellions in Belize but not much information. The slave trade in Belize involved valuable hard woods like mahogany used as wood and dyed for clothing. To my knowledge there was a treaty which prohibited having plantations like occurred in many parts of the Caribbean. Thanks.
This is so well-spoken and intelligent. I learned a lot! Thank you :)
CAR AH B UN... nor Ca rib e un. !
Thorough and articulate. Thanks!
People forget, if they ever knew, that the diagram of a packed slave ship was made and distributed by British abolitionists. It was based upon the practice of slave ships at that time. The production and distribution of the diagram helped to increase public sympathy for slaves in Great Britain.
Thank you for this wonderful video!! ❤
Shoutout to you sis from Barbados
Fantastic discourse. You are indeed wonderful at what you do. 😊
Good to learn about my people and ancestry. Great job👌
Hello, I'm half Puerto Rican. I am obsessed with history. Why do afro-Americans only concentrate on slavery in what many still call "The New World"? It actually was a Euopean/Arabic idea as well for Centuries before? It was practiced there first. When Columbus discovered what is now the "Americas" that those who had been in slavery counted only the now United States as the beginning of slavery? And yes, though you cant see it in my profile. I am about 1/4 black through my Puerto Rican side of my family. And yes again. They were slaves.
This video was extremely informative!!! Thank you so much!!
Beauty and brain. Blessings!!!. New follower from DR
Excellent video my Beautiful Sista! Well elaborated and factual
An unpopular opinion but fact is that African slaves were not kidnapped by Europeans but sold by fellow Africans. Am Nigerian, its sad our leaders did this and are still doing it,it was a trade by African leaders
Yes many were sold but many were captured too.
Have you heard of Strong Inspirations show on youtube where people share black history stories?
I may not have african ancestry but i do have irish ancestry which i have read about the indentured servitude in the Caribbean, jamaican and the virgin islands. Both the irish and african coexisted with eachother because they both were treated horribly by the English.
What a great video and beautiful words of tribute to our ancestors.
Peace Queen I love this video but let's not forget about Queeny Nanny of the Maroons of Jamaica 1739 forced the mighty British military to concede. Sign a treaty of autonomy making several Maroon communities, that numbered in the thousands the first free Africans. These communities still exist today in Acompong & Moore Town, Jamaica.
Amen! Definitely a woman of strength that transcends generations. I didn’t mention her in this video, but I was thinking of making a video dedicated to her and the maroons! Thanks for your comment! Much respect
Lyndsay Elizabeth first Afro-Caribbean’s are just an ancestral branch of Alkebulan (later called “Africa” by a Roman general). We are all connected in melanin & in our rich, beautiful history that many forget. They don’t teach about the great Marcus Garvey a Caribbean who founded the Pan-Alkebulan (African) Movement, Haitians & 1814 which proves that we are all linked in our rich origins. The European-whites are who separated us, told us “ha no you’re different, no you’re better” to make you forget the greatness we come from. How black people as a whole are the only to have roots back to Alkebulan (Africa) in every single continent on Earth. “I kno how fa talk de crio well well” if I need to but guess what I descend from Northeast Alkebulan /East Alkebulan (African) lol. Don’t separate. Let’s learn to LOVE. 🖤💯 I really loved your video & I’d love to chat more via email the old-fashioned way being a Historian myself ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Hey . Thanks for speaking out and educated others .
I'm a descendant of africans slaves in the Guadeloupe island (french caribbean island ) and this history is very important 💪❤️
You impress me. You’re pleasant and articulate. I get a sense of vindication or maybe a subtle rebellion from you. Your pride is intoxicating. I want to hear more from you but could you provide some citations or your sources? It would be greatly appreciated. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Yes indeed, she is very articulate, eloquent and well researched...as far as citations and sources, you can try wikipedia for a start and this will give you a glimpse of what she has most eloquently simplified here...more grease to her elbows!
Great job I loved it. Very informative
great video Trinidad and Guyana actually got Indians and African as well
This video was informative and information on point. in the same breath ,The persons that dislike this video seems to be from an ancestral linage that have supported, promoted, had active interest and are responsible for the death and inhumane treatment of millions of Africans and people that were of African decent.
Interesting, valuable info. ''Amelioration Act'' I've got to Google that b/c I don't recall hearing of it. Question is. Did the plantation Owners adhere to it? The BBC did a You Tube VIDEO series titled ''Slavery in Jamaica'' in one of the videos a Cane Feeder got his hand stuck & YES, the only way to free him was to chop off his hand. It was AWFUL.
My ppl went through hell on Earth, They had to be strong mentally & physically to survive. Gratitude to the Ancestors!! because of THEM, I am/ we are. SALUTE! WE should NEVER forget. Thanks for sharing
I’m trying to find out about my ancestors. Do you know any where I can find anything about Belizean slave trade? X
Are you following Know Your Caribbean on IG?
@@alannamorris2947 I shall have a look
love this video. i’ve been trying to figuring out my family’s true origin , prior to being brought to Saint-Vincent. It’s hard as hell though lol😅
Its sad to know this actually happened my little boys grandma was from west indies I still cant understand why no compensation has been paid .it will come I'm not sure when but it will
My family owns the Island of Saba and I’m telling you now that we will NEVER pay anyone compensation! Bottom line! If you don’t like that, who cares, bc you have NO say over our land and my family!
@@tinydancer867 bye Karen why are you so mad? 😩
Thank you for posting this video. Most Americans are not taught about slavery in the Caribbean.
Alot of Caribbean people don't focus on slavery in America. That wasn't what I learnt about in school.
Amazing video. Learned so much!
Fantastic .. Work we love it up here at CITV
The british didn´t kidnap people in west Africa but traded them from dominating tribes there, who enslaved weaker tribes. Slavery existed on all continents, in all cultures. The legal slavery ended in the twentieth century due to the british fight against it. Unfortunately there are still 40 millions unlegal slaves today.
" but traded them from dominating tribes there," for weaponry which British and other white slavers used to take advantage of rival tribes. White slavers also did this very same thing with Native Americans and even some Asians. So it's very likely that if you were in the African or Native American or Asian position, you would have done the same thing if it meant keeping up with your enemies in the arms race that the white slave traders introduced.
We have to tell the WHOLE truth in context, and stop half-assing it.
Such an educational experience
Very educational for me, thanks.
VERY INFORMATIVE! Thank you!
Thanks for posting, thumbs up and you explain everything well, it's sad what happen to us, but we must never forget. On 23&Me my DNA matches individuals from Haiti, Tridgad, and Jamaica, my family lived in United States, immediate family is from Sussex, Virginia.But we have family where we never been or lived at.
My family is from the French Caribbean it's good that we talk about this
We in the Caribbean do not get much if any, written history of our islands
This was very informative, thank you!
We’re the descendants of victims not survivors and I demand reparations and our own country just for us
Yes i take pride in my black american & black jamaican side ; iam my ancestors from both sides in 1
Me too! I always say that we have some of the strongest ancestors because they had to endure so much, but was still able to hold onto small bits of their African heritage and build a new culture from that.
Thank you so much for this! Well explained 😄
Very Informative keep up the good work !!!
thank you for this queen!
I remember eating sugar cane in America at the age of 4 in the 70's. I was glad to be able to try the experience.
If your area has a Caribbean supermarket, you can find it there! Some places will even juice it for you!
I didn't get what i came for but this is beautiful
And i say how I feel being cuban and puerto rican decent great grandfather west Indian great grandma decedent of india from slavery to the isla de cuba
Great video! Thanks for sharing. :-)
Wow wow wow! Incredibly good. Thanks! ❤❤❤
Love this. Keep it coming!
You are a very articulated and attractive. Hope to see more videos because it is very informative.
Great channel smart classy and beautiful
Big up sista love what you doing !
Big up Miss Louis Bennett!
Teach The Youth The Truth
Our history begin in the Bible deuteronomy chapter 28
2:42
as a white person black people dont owe anyone an apology for there anger we should all understand where they come from
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Which Caribbean Island are you from?
Isn't she African American?
Abraham Isaac Mucius III
She’s of Jamaican descent
Well said.
I'm here trying to find out when slavery began in the Caribbean.
Thanks for your efforts
Your video or so good keep it up 👍👍👍
Jamaica! i'm a Jamaican RUclipsr :)
Why did she say kidnapped instead of sold? Is she implying that a boat full of people pulled up and took people from their land? Is she saying that an entire country was was under control of a boat full of people?
Which country would that be?
Once a slave always a slave its just a different kind of slavery smart people know it or the people on the top ..if you have money in your pocket your a slave
Great video, how do you know so much? Wow.
love this video .
The kings and queens sold us into slavery wasn’t a land of Kong’s and queens everywhere
it was the Kongo region not angola that's just what it's called in present day... those slaves taken from that region were from the kingdom of kongo who are called bakongos
You look like Morgan, from the RUclips channel: ItsHeyMorgan.
The Carribean heritage, is almost impossible.
It's land inability, being islands makes it harder to become, 💯% influenced by other cultures, giving it taste, and ambition. Still every continent is represented here,💪how?
Sons and daughters of historic adventurers and slaves all brought here by divine fortune.
Most speak the language of The ancient civilizations of like Tainos, African, or Latins even Arabs. Here the culture is assimilation. With religion we are some of the most inclusive, yet very socialist by nature.. since it's an island..
The DNA pool is an absolutely phenomenal miracle, the circumstances and universal events that had to occur to bring together, such amazing elements, into a living soul,
Making a utopia of peaceful, brotherly societies.
It's uniqueness, is so multi-dimensional. It just can't be denied. But it most be, guarded, and investigated more.
The Carribean tectonic plate itself is a marvelous feature!
It's growing up while the north american plate goes under the Carribean.
It's crazy.