These Divers Search For Slave Shipwrecks and Discover Their Ancestors | National Geographic

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024

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  • @NatGeo
    @NatGeo  5 лет назад +1126

    This community of divers is reconnecting with their heritage in a unique way. What intrigues you the most about their exploration?

    • @lafaundaklaus
      @lafaundaklaus 5 лет назад +155

      When she says.."we never forgot about you, we came looking for you and we found you"! Just beautiful.

    • @RickGrimes007
      @RickGrimes007 5 лет назад +89

      When male diver instructor on side of boat say"It's meditation feeling under water but the feeling when he touched the wood from ship he could "feel the agony pain " Of the slaves who died on ship😖😣😖I believe that's true when you're connected to this world and/or a project of pain and torture suffering YOU DO FEEL IT✊it's a very powerful feeling indeed.. Beautiful story ty

    • @elkudos6262
      @elkudos6262 5 лет назад +17

      Why the drowned are called ancestors. You have to survive to leave any progeny.

    • @y.c.2181
      @y.c.2181 5 лет назад +40

      The video from start to finish is very touching. I'm still crying and feeling the pain. Thank you so much!

    • @vinny4149
      @vinny4149 5 лет назад +9

      They can see them in Africa

  • @615BlackBarbie
    @615BlackBarbie 4 года назад +1572

    "we never forget about you." " We came looking for you" " and, " we found you! " 💕

    • @mgwrite
      @mgwrite 4 года назад +17

      Whew, that part took me out! I went back and replayed it.

    • @sB-ip7xi
      @sB-ip7xi 4 года назад +23

      @tan j maz I read your other comments and just to let you know America is a country if immigrants. The only real Americans are the native indians.
      You understand America is a country of immigrants? Unless you are native American.
      America was founded because of the British and the Spanish who went over and colonised the land slaughtering native Americans, and who brought slaves over to build their mines and trains from Africa, China, south America and more.

    • @sebastianbolt7886
      @sebastianbolt7886 4 года назад +13

      But have you noticed, we are discovering the truth day by day, it's unstoppable. 👍🏾👏🏽✊🏾✊🏾

    • @sebastianbolt7886
      @sebastianbolt7886 4 года назад +3

      @tan j maz oh gob away, with your stung spirit. Shoooo!! 🧟

    • @615BlackBarbie
      @615BlackBarbie 4 года назад +1

      @@sebastianbolt7886 I have and I'm going in all gas no brakes. 🖤

  • @Chezzar007
    @Chezzar007 5 лет назад +2735

    “Until the lion has its own historian, the hunter will always be the hero.” El Mina Castle

    • @mrbig809
      @mrbig809 5 лет назад +42

      Love that!

    • @jbp6994
      @jbp6994 5 лет назад +13

      👐🏽
      @Silver Fox
      Duly noted & infinite DITTOs to shared TRUTH!!!!!!!
      *** would add herstorian as well. Personally, as well as professionally as a RN have found that if One doesn't write/share their own story using a variety of means then someone or ones will tell & or write it FOR YOU! For the most part, if not in EVERY CASE it will be FALSE---> FULL OF EITHER HALF TRUTHS OR OUTRIGHT DECEITFUL LIES!

    • @skyfish30
      @skyfish30 5 лет назад +15

      Very powerful saying...

    • @channahisrael2004
      @channahisrael2004 5 лет назад +37

      PRAISE YAH! I HAVE MY HISTORY IN YAH ETERNALLY BY HIS HOLY WORD. YAH HAS NOT FORGOTTEN, I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN! I TELL MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. SO THEY WILL NEVER FORGET "DEUTERONOMY 28:68

    • @blee6815
      @blee6815 5 лет назад +7

      @silver fox I figure they made this up as well, cant find black aboriginal royalty ,what's next the Laguna monster?

  • @dari4303
    @dari4303 4 года назад +582

    Idk why i can't stop crying. I'm just thinking about all the men, women, and children drowning on those ships my heart bleeds for them. We will never forget you ancestors. We found you. We love you. You mattered. Thank you.🖤

  • @KatherineAsuncion
    @KatherineAsuncion 4 года назад +228

    When they talked about the feelings they felt when they touched the ships underwater, it sent shivers down my spine.

    • @David.lovesU
      @David.lovesU 3 года назад

      Do you have the ac on?

    • @timwiggins3795
      @timwiggins3795 2 года назад +1

      Go study 180bc you haven't heard or seen anything yet

  • @jeffcoleman3349
    @jeffcoleman3349 5 лет назад +782

    A powerful gesture to let our Ancestors know we have not forgotten

    • @waynesmallwood2466
      @waynesmallwood2466 5 лет назад +10

      Let the truth be brought to light for the sake of our children

    • @waynesmallwood2466
      @waynesmallwood2466 5 лет назад +4

      Excellent

    • @fullthrottlealways
      @fullthrottlealways 5 лет назад +7

      The people that perished in the Middle Passage had no children in the Americas; they are not your ancestors.

    • @McKennish
      @McKennish 5 лет назад +3

      @Virgil Parks Ancestors means people you descended from, if people on a ship from africa to america drown they wouldnt have any descendants would they?

    • @kawanayahyisrael3023
      @kawanayahyisrael3023 5 лет назад +11

      Omniscient 1 How do you know that? Families were separated, sent on different slave ships.

  • @askchrishetrades
    @askchrishetrades 5 лет назад +988

    I am a black diver and my family is from Jamaica and Panama. This is dope! Need to go on a dive with this group.

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  5 лет назад +82

      We hope you are able to connect with them. That would be wonderful!

    • @Vetiver386
      @Vetiver386 5 лет назад +45

      Lol @ the people who gave a thumbs down. They're so pathetic in their hatred, smh.

    • @charlotteroberts975
      @charlotteroberts975 5 лет назад +18

      You should! It makes me want to start diving.

    • @stevedavis9457
      @stevedavis9457 5 лет назад +31

      Reach out to the National Association of Black Scuba divers.

    • @BellaPanamena
      @BellaPanamena 5 лет назад +11

      I always wanted to learn to dive to. My family comes from Jamaica and Panama too

  • @nkosiimpi7
    @nkosiimpi7 5 лет назад +822

    When the elder said what he felt when he touched the wood of the shipwreck. The vibration he felt sent chills throughout my body. To all my brothers and sisters around the world I LOVE YOU Now Reclaim your heritage✊🏿🔥💯

  • @Greystorm1619
    @Greystorm1619 4 года назад +734

    This is THE COOLEST, black divers being able to find and document our history is just amazing

    • @Jay-jb2vr
      @Jay-jb2vr 4 года назад

      Yea

    • @m_rastovic5152
      @m_rastovic5152 4 года назад +9

      Y did you have to say black, you could just say divers

    • @MTA3
      @MTA3 4 года назад +16

      _ XxRaStAxX_ because the video focuses on black divers?

    • @A_name_is_a_name
      @A_name_is_a_name 4 года назад

      Not really surprising. Just archeologists studying history of a market that is no longer morally just.

    • @kenadielise7780
      @kenadielise7780 4 года назад

      @jay dabs who said that that's a legit stereotype which is qtong5

  • @lenubienne9971
    @lenubienne9971 5 лет назад +335

    I got open water certified in Thailand last year, and I have been looking for more opportunities to dive. I think I just found my calling. This is incredible, and I can't stop crying.

    • @ashbook88
      @ashbook88 5 лет назад +23

      lenubienne I cried uncontrollably. This made my spirit beat war cries for all of my lost people.

    • @waynesmallwood2466
      @waynesmallwood2466 5 лет назад +14

      Bless you bro because it just brought tears to my eyes go get them

    • @megaoldskool76
      @megaoldskool76 5 лет назад +9

      lenubienne Many, many blessings to you! And may you fulfill your diving destiny!

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад

      Wow you sheep believe everything they show you on tv
      I can't help you lost souls

    • @anitanorisha8730
      @anitanorisha8730 5 лет назад +1

      Goodluck love 💐💐

  • @Diesledee
    @Diesledee 5 лет назад +111

    My heart weeps for the lost lives of ancestors forgotten but now remembered. This was BEAUTIFUL.

  • @supervegitok956
    @supervegitok956 5 лет назад +1326

    This project is brilliant and should be offered to black children nation wide what a way to be educated about our past

    • @Detroiy2k
      @Detroiy2k 5 лет назад +11

      No it shouldn't

    • @supremesabree7315
      @supremesabree7315 5 лет назад +9

      It should get a NOBEL!

    • @drmayesmt
      @drmayesmt 5 лет назад +34

      I agree. It would not only connect our children to an important aspect of our history, but also free them from the limitations of of their existence in a racist society. Those who disagree don't want this type of evolution of our people, which means they have a stake in maintaining the status quo. I'm definitely sharing this link. This is extremely important.

    • @davluv4422
      @davluv4422 5 лет назад +2

      @@drmayesmt so will I share and thank you

    • @senzubean95
      @senzubean95 5 лет назад +29

      It should be offered to ALL children. To show the truth and educate

  • @alyiafrisby
    @alyiafrisby 5 лет назад +275

    I’m in tears....this is so inspiring.....I love being black we’re so powerful we never stop fighting to recover our history and make our ancestors proud 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

    • @Realdeal1416
      @Realdeal1416 4 года назад

      Same happems to me😥😓

    • @sadonoomspa5046
      @sadonoomspa5046 4 года назад

      lol the lady just said black is a outsiders description, yet you still cling to it smh

    • @karlaitchison1159
      @karlaitchison1159 4 года назад

      Hahahahaha what! so powerful ummmm you must be meaning something else coz they sure aint powerful getting conquered left and right

  • @SCMAN42
    @SCMAN42 5 лет назад +123

    Thank u for posting this . I will never forget my ancestors.

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад

      Name one of your ancestors that was a slave

    • @tomhope8653
      @tomhope8653 5 лет назад +1

      @@streetjezus2581 hahaha with a name like odel hes from waisteland africa!

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад

      @@tomhope8653 lol

    • @cypher8499
      @cypher8499 5 лет назад +3

      @@streetjezus2581 name one of your ancestors that was a slave owner

  • @byronking7463
    @byronking7463 5 лет назад +48

    To the West Africans & Central Africans who were strong and resilient and passed that strength down generation to generation - I thank you. It’s because of your strength that I am here. God rest your souls.

    • @JessJayEel
      @JessJayEel 5 лет назад +3

      Central Africans as well. Haitians have ancestry traced back to the Congo.

    • @byronking7463
      @byronking7463 5 лет назад

      Jess J : I just edited it. Thank you for correcting my error. In my own ignorance I left them out - thinking of my ancestry only. I trace back to Mali & Nigeria. Again my apologies ❤️

    • @Bentwest
      @Bentwest 5 лет назад

      Stop calling your brothers and sisters “blacks” that’s a insult to your ancestors learn where you’re from BLACKS is what they called us when we were slaves we’re all from a tribe called Benjamin / Judah we’re called Israelites gods people

    • @TNJSRP
      @TNJSRP 5 лет назад +1

      @@Bentwest ** I love being black, and that is my privilege.

  • @jordanfreytag893
    @jordanfreytag893 4 года назад +889

    Keep having Black People tell us their history, Nat Geo. This was powerful.

    • @hellosweetheart3350
      @hellosweetheart3350 4 года назад +12

      It hit me hard when she said they never seen themselves as black. I suppose every race feels this way. What a heartbreaking documentary.❤️

    • @juliawho3896
      @juliawho3896 4 года назад +7

      Replace "black people" with *humans* plz we are all one race! Human

    • @amyrush9951
      @amyrush9951 4 года назад

      Yes, I want to learn ❤️

    • @zoey8128
      @zoey8128 4 года назад +2

      Marissa Lopes are facing*. Not “faced”.

    • @learningtolivewithhumans1859
      @learningtolivewithhumans1859 4 года назад +4

      @Marissa Lopes stop watching the tv programming its not just black humans that see racism its all humans , people need to stop with the victim BS its old and boring

  • @PecanTan1992
    @PecanTan1992 5 лет назад +234

    I'd like for my children to engage in activities like this✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼🖤

    • @DurdenTyler001
      @DurdenTyler001 4 года назад +3

      King First the tribes and empires in Africa that didn’t comply with Europeans got meant with guns and war. The Europeans then showed what they did to other kingdoms and sold them guns for slaves telling them it wouldn’t happen to them.

    • @PecanTan1992
      @PecanTan1992 4 года назад +6

      @King First Who exactly are you referring to when you say "you people"? 🤔

    • @KatGlos
      @KatGlos 4 года назад +7

      Ignore the stupid comment. I think it's an amazing idea to teach your children about their heritage and let them go on adventures!! The ocean preserves history like a time capsule.

    • @PecanTan1992
      @PecanTan1992 4 года назад +2

      @@KatGlos Thank you for your comment. I still think it's interesting to actually see our ancestors 🖤

    • @KatGlos
      @KatGlos 4 года назад +5

      @@PecanTan1992 It is!! I know it's not the same thing, but my great-uncle died in World War II when his ship went down off the coast of Norway. I found out the exact location of the wreck and will one day dive down to see it.

  • @jasminm2026
    @jasminm2026 5 лет назад +186

    All I can say is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
    R.I.H MY MY BLACK AFRICAN QUEENS AND KINGS I LOVE YOU ALWAYS🙏🏿

    • @brownbagz
      @brownbagz 5 лет назад +1

      Yes! That is beautiful!

    • @alanandbarbclark1627
      @alanandbarbclark1627 5 лет назад +5

      Your NOT AFRICAN !!

    • @GregarringtonArrington
      @GregarringtonArrington 5 лет назад +4

      Jasmin M no disrespect we must quit using the word black black boy black girl boy and girl or the noun black is the adjective 3rd grade etymology we are not crayons or inanimate objects example old shoe or black leather coat also the word Black come from a old high German word meaning bleached up and pale also we should not use the word kid that word means goat as in a animal Black's Law Dictionary OG Arrington back to the study

    • @ceeron7774
      @ceeron7774 5 лет назад +2

      You are not a crayon
      You are not a hammite (african)

    • @dozisrael4377
      @dozisrael4377 5 лет назад +5

      Alan and Barb Clark we are Israelites the people of the Bible. APTTMH

  • @rainydaylady6596
    @rainydaylady6596 5 лет назад +344

    This is wonderful and bitterly sad. Everyone should see this. Especially every child in school everywhere.

    • @mosess187
      @mosess187 5 лет назад +2

      But they won't!

    • @andrepaul7020
      @andrepaul7020 5 лет назад +11

      RainyDayLady It’s up to us to teach our children these things. How do expect the enemy to teach you right when he treats you so bad?

    • @blee6815
      @blee6815 5 лет назад +2

      This already been forced into the intellect of our children for sake of self doubt, humiliation, and self conciousness what's so amazing they found the titanic before this,🤔 thumb nail looks like some wakanda deep sea edition. Something smells fishy and it ant the water.

    • @jamesposs593
      @jamesposs593 5 лет назад +2

      Keep going we need more

    • @GregarringtonArrington
      @GregarringtonArrington 5 лет назад

      RainyDayLady thank you so highly for using the terminology child instead of kid because kid refer to a baby goat an animal thank you sis you are brilliant back to the study OG Arrington also we must quit using the word black black is an adjective 3rd grade etymology black girl black boy boy and girl are the noun black is the adjective also black comes from the old High German word meaning bleached up and pale blacks Law's dictionary

  • @mayrayment8551
    @mayrayment8551 5 лет назад +40

    I just came across your video, it brought me to tears. My own story is my parents are from Jamaica, I live in Uk and my mothers maiden name is Lynch, and recently it occurred to me that my ancestors were on the Willie lynch plantation in Jamaica - my heart breaks when I realised how close that connection is. You're doing a great job in trying to put all the pieces together for yourself and other black people in the diaspora.

    • @kniterata
      @kniterata 3 месяца назад

      Willie Lynch never existed, and the "letter" was written in the 20th century by an African American professor, perhaps in the Midwest.

  • @marisaosodo7133
    @marisaosodo7133 5 лет назад +169

    It was easier to find the Titanic in 1986, that sank in 1912, but no one is bothered with the 1000 shipwrecks that went down to the bottom of the sea during the slave trade. The lies continue up to today, and it is our responsibility as black people to acknowledge the painful loss of our ancestors in order for healing to take place.There is still so much to do and hopefully one day, we will discover them and will be able to rewrite this tragic history of our time.Thank you so much for this documentary, I will certainly pass it to my children and great grandchildren so that they can know who they are as a people.

    • @erraticonteuse
      @erraticonteuse 4 года назад +7

      If it makes you feel any better, the mission to find the wreckage of the Titanic was a cover story. They were actually looking for a nuclear submarine and its nuclear torpedoes that the US government had lost and didn't want the Russians to find out about. Actually finding the Titanic gave the cover story airtight credibility (at least until this was all declassified a few years ago).

    • @Yourmomma568
      @Yourmomma568 4 года назад +8

      not saying that it isn't inportant, but why wouldn't it be easier. slave ships syopped coming to america in the 1850's. and they were made of organic materials, and they were much smaller. why wouldn't it be harder to find older, smaller, more degradable materials?

    • @Yourmomma568
      @Yourmomma568 4 года назад +3

      @Catahoula Life i also don't think there is a valid comparison between the two. again, one is a much more recent, intact and well documented wreck, of one of the most famous ships in history. the others are an assorted collection of much older, and possibly unidentifiable ships that no one has ever heard of. it's a tragedy and a travesty, i'll give you that, but just look at the wreck in the video. no one, apart from underwater archaeologists, could even identify that as a ship wreck. and as for the money thing, there are literally hundreds of spanish treasure ships that were lost around the same time that no one has found. millions of dollars in gold and silver sitting at the bottom of the ocean, and no one has found them. it's not for a lack of concern it's just really, really, ridiculously, hard to find 200 year old wooden boats at the bottom of the ocean. the ones that are found are usually very famous or their location prior to sinking is well documented. for context, the most famous shipwreck in canadian history, where we have journals and oral reports of last known position, has never been found.

    • @jesuschrist9597
      @jesuschrist9597 4 года назад

      Erraticonteuse it was a Russian sub but the cover story is correct

    • @jesuschrist9597
      @jesuschrist9597 4 года назад

      Einstien Brown you must be looking at the wrong thing bud it was only one sub and it was russian research it

  • @pdclarke1
    @pdclarke1 5 лет назад +1581

    Knowledge is power.
    Yet they want black people to just move on.
    Capturing people and diminishing their self-worth will never ever be acceptable!

    • @elzenec.williams9450
      @elzenec.williams9450 5 лет назад +52

      No they don't want us to dig deeper because we will/are finding our lineage. They are afraid, it is written.

    • @baconneggs2406
      @baconneggs2406 5 лет назад +7

      @@elzenec.williams9450 lineage is not lost it's written

    • @baconneggs2406
      @baconneggs2406 5 лет назад +6

      I don't know who your talking about when you say they because race is thrown in our faces everywhere we turn..

    • @isamuhammad5671
      @isamuhammad5671 5 лет назад +18

      @stefan davis A mixture of falsified racist statements by yourself. Are you trembling in fear of something ?

    • @rabbittlolaparker
      @rabbittlolaparker 5 лет назад

      pat Andy32 💯 💯

  • @nevrcn4get
    @nevrcn4get 5 лет назад +133

    The dolphin in the end was a representation of balance and harmony between our ancestors who experienced the Transatlantic and their descendants. The dolphin also symbolized resurrection and protection. These divers resurrected the story(ies) of our ancestors and our ancestors, in turn, have offered them their protection. I loved every minute of this piece. ASHE.

    • @Log-On-Line
      @Log-On-Line 4 года назад +1

      no it isnt its a dolphin

    • @lynchpin111
      @lynchpin111 4 года назад

      Logan Ainsworth ignorant

    • @Log-On-Line
      @Log-On-Line 4 года назад

      @@lynchpin111 realistic

    • @jacanewkirk6511
      @jacanewkirk6511 2 года назад

      @@Log-On-Line that what they said

    • @mel8517
      @mel8517 2 года назад +1

      @@Log-On-Line And Ifnot what exactly was it?Maybe some baby Manatee or small Whale that swam up n down!No in the end when they sent out the Palm Fronds,wrapped in flowers,then one quick moment of a Dolphin appeared!🐬 Stop tha Hate!

  • @manuelruffin5743
    @manuelruffin5743 5 лет назад +147

    R.I.P. to our Lost Ancestors 😢😢😢😢

    • @WelcometoDeathrowbishes118
      @WelcometoDeathrowbishes118 5 лет назад +9

      @Sizzle Wrap
      STFU!
      You're so f*ckin Tone death. Heartless etc🙄

    • @578sundriedAZ
      @578sundriedAZ 5 лет назад +8

      @Sizzle Wrap Are you RIP for all meth mouths and needle thumpers which surpassed all murders in DARK MELANATED communities? Those stringy haired journalist will not expose that because we know who is in charge of media broadcasting!

    • @EZIEKIEL26
      @EZIEKIEL26 4 года назад +1

      Asé

  • @SongofaBeach2012
    @SongofaBeach2012 5 лет назад +205

    They tried to erase our roots, our history but look at us, we are rediscovering our beloved stolen ancestors and we are healing. I hope this continues and we as black americans descendants of slaves can rise and keep reclaiming our strength and our sacred humanity. 💖

    • @ketaviopinion8083
      @ketaviopinion8083 4 года назад +1

      Love_Galore. Let’s not entertain this ignorant person please. Let him fool himself to believe ppl just woke up and dreamt of being killed, raped, beaten for fun for the sake of being enslaved n not slaves.

    • @ketaviopinion8083
      @ketaviopinion8083 4 года назад +1

      ANTHONY WILLIAMS im South African. No need for that. So u deny that there was slaves?

    • @sadeeqwilson6467
      @sadeeqwilson6467 4 года назад

      This is dope to see as a Jamaican as well

    • @aguiheke7284
      @aguiheke7284 4 года назад +1

      @ANTHONY WILLIAMS that's a lie

    • @aguiheke7284
      @aguiheke7284 4 года назад +1

      @ANTHONY WILLIAMS who is they??

  • @shamusibalogun364
    @shamusibalogun364 5 лет назад +923

    “My wish, my dream, for other black folks around the world is to be able to exist inside of their wholeness..” (YYYYEEEEESSSSS!!!!)

    • @chesteradams2122
      @chesteradams2122 5 лет назад +8

      WELL SAID!!!

    • @GregarringtonArrington
      @GregarringtonArrington 5 лет назад +6

      Shamusi Balogun no disrespect brother we are not Black Folk we are from the tribe of shim also known as the israel lights you can also read my other comments to get deeper in-depth information on the terminologie back to the study OG Arrington

    • @jlivb
      @jlivb 5 лет назад +6

      period

    • @slyfox1983
      @slyfox1983 5 лет назад +26

      tan j maz that’s your problem if you all don’t talk about it. The difference between any other so called slavery is this trade is the only raced based enslavement. Don’t come here questioning people’s history.

    • @C.kBrown
      @C.kBrown 5 лет назад +25

      @tan j maz you also have financial freedom so calm the f down italian. When your ppls livelihood is threatened in evry category (schooling, housing, career-wise, credit opportunities) then holla at me. In other words homie you have a chance to turn your life around for the better period, stop siphoning off real sorrow woe. Last I checked Italians don't have trouble swimming upstream IN American society standards like we do.

  • @SpiritSoPoetic
    @SpiritSoPoetic 5 лет назад +111

    I like how the lady in the skirt makes it a point to say “people” and not slaves or Africans because, sadly most ppl have disassociated those terms with humanity

    • @finetuning13
      @finetuning13 5 лет назад +4

      Right, they were people that were enslaved.

    • @mentlinc
      @mentlinc 5 лет назад

      I prefer Nubian hostages

  • @roslynwilliams4917
    @roslynwilliams4917 5 лет назад +436

    "For out of the bowels of slave ships they rose, and their descendants are still here" Langston Hughes

    • @slady7072
      @slady7072 5 лет назад

      Roslyn Williams Amen🕵🏾‍♀️

    • @rupertplum1709
      @rupertplum1709 5 лет назад

      But they're heathens now.

    • @theunlockedbible
      @theunlockedbible 5 лет назад +4

      Rupert Plum no you are a HEATHEN. We are GODS CHOSEN PEOPLE! And you are going into slavery!!
      Isaiah 14
      Revelation 13:10

    • @rupertplum1709
      @rupertplum1709 5 лет назад +1

      @@theunlockedbible Yeeeah, Keep waiting on that, bub...

    • @rupertplum1709
      @rupertplum1709 5 лет назад

      @Nikki Law You're beneath me, from the looks of things.

  • @Kayla_Sage
    @Kayla_Sage 5 лет назад +795

    i felt like the dolphin that was shown was my ancestors saying, "thank you for coming back"❣️❣️❣️

    • @KaikalaMoon
      @KaikalaMoon 5 лет назад +39

      Gurl, that's when the tears ran while the credits rolled. Riveting...

    • @Lia_Alexis
      @Lia_Alexis 4 года назад +32

      Yes! We as people especially people of African descent are so closely connected to the Dolphins. Dolphins and whales have the highest consciousness on our planet. Dolphin like sea beings gave knowledge to the Dogon tribe

    • @wyldflwr
      @wyldflwr 4 года назад +12

      I noticed that dolphin too! That was special! ❤❤❤ This documentary moved me to tears.

    • @Isayah_613
      @Isayah_613 4 года назад +10

      I felt that as well.

    • @wyldflwr
      @wyldflwr 4 года назад +8

      @Evan Vanmol Maybe you need to get your grammar together before you try and insult me. If I'm the moron why do I know how to compose a sentence properly and you cannot?🤣🤣🤣
      Go crawl back under the rock you slithered out from under you racist piece of cow dung.

  • @belmont2168
    @belmont2168 5 лет назад +49

    “We never forgot about you”... bountiful, powerful

  • @christopherhermosillo5464
    @christopherhermosillo5464 5 лет назад +200

    What a beautiful story, the world needs more of this!

  • @Kimgdomgaljang
    @Kimgdomgaljang 5 лет назад +159

    I will be showing this to my students, they NEED to see this! There is such a huge responsibility!

    • @chooseorlose1100ify
      @chooseorlose1100ify 5 лет назад +9

      Well tell them about the millions of blacks already here n america dont just tell them we are slaves!! We brought Europe out of the dark ages taught them how to wash & bathe taught them how to cook their food! How to change their cloths, gave the asians the abacus taught them algebra!! I am moorish american (black) & my people were here before Columbus this is our land by birthright!! Share that with them...do your own research too if this is sooo amazing to you!!

    • @shandell279
      @shandell279 5 лет назад +1

      Thank you for sharing this. ASE! May the Ancestors and God bless you

    • @morena1484
      @morena1484 5 лет назад +5

      @Derrick Culler Melanated ppl inhabited every land mass on this earth as we were the 1st people. We migrated and traveled on our own merit before there was even a such thing as a caucasoid. I have no idea why you think the "Americas" just so happen to be an exception. Especially since much of these "continents" were not separated yet. North America was called Turtle Island and many highly melanated and mongoloid mixed here way b4 the middle passage. Please do your own research b4 so vehemently refuting based on what oppressors put in books.

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад

      Show your students more BS lies about a fake history

    • @artricemcclellan8849
      @artricemcclellan8849 5 лет назад

      @@morena1484 FACTS....

  • @faith4217
    @faith4217 5 лет назад +33

    What could possibly be more important than this? Evidence of a culture healing itself.

  • @GlobalFreeLiving
    @GlobalFreeLiving 5 лет назад +407

    The saddest part of the enslavement or oppression of any people is the lost of potential and life. We lost doctors, inventors, chefs, explorers, hunters, educators, etc... that's the saddest part to me.

    • @lordswint9062
      @lordswint9062 5 лет назад +2

      Well said fam

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад +3

      You already lost your mind believing what they show you

    • @MikeJones-tg8ym
      @MikeJones-tg8ym 5 лет назад +5

      @@streetjezus2581 you are a clown Joker

    • @kdooley41
      @kdooley41 5 лет назад

      So true

    • @dontrustwhiteyevery1
      @dontrustwhiteyevery1 5 лет назад +4

      @@streetjezus2581 You know the joker killed himself. Go do the same
      Cave mutt!!

  • @brendajohnson5525
    @brendajohnson5525 5 лет назад +196

    The dolphin who leapt out of the water after they laid the wreath was a message from our ancestors. Their stories are not untold. They live within us.

    • @gothbunny_
      @gothbunny_ 5 лет назад +2

      truly divine

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад

      LMAO

    • @michelecherek5392
      @michelecherek5392 5 лет назад +9

      I cried SO HARD when I saw that! My heart hurts whenever I se any of this, and makes me wonder why/how a people can be SO CRUEL and took PRIDE in uplifting slavery. I take peace with my pain, when I saw the dolphin...💖

    • @diane7352
      @diane7352 5 лет назад +2

      That is a beautiful thought

    • @fatgirlfreestyle
      @fatgirlfreestyle 5 лет назад +1

      I say the same. Ashe.

  • @joanjohnson2119
    @joanjohnson2119 5 лет назад +12

    The tears that I have is because my ancestors cried, suffered, died under extreme conditions, but watching the story and how divers connected with our ancestors, was the best way to honor those who really escaped dehumanizing treatment. Wonderful presentation!

  • @Native-Kitty
    @Native-Kitty 5 лет назад +78

    This is a beautiful project. Everyone needs to see this!

  • @lorrainestephenson5835
    @lorrainestephenson5835 5 лет назад +158

    God never leave us,,
    Certainly in the darkest of times,,
    Thanks for remembering our ancestors, laid helpless at sea..

    • @denisejohn5057
      @denisejohn5057 5 лет назад +9

      Really!! God never left us!!!! Really! Yes God did! And the God you talk about is still absent because black people is still going slavery but of another sort. Now mental slavery which is worst because black peoples the world over suffer from self hatred of the worst kind! How can God be with people that hate themselves? That also mean they hate their creator.

    • @yonnavidz
      @yonnavidz 5 лет назад +1

      Denise John the Bible states how no servant is greater than their master. If Jesus was crucified on a cross, we should prepare for what’s to come of us!

    • @lorrainestephenson5835
      @lorrainestephenson5835 5 лет назад

      @@denisejohn5057
      I'll stand tall with my self belief,,
      God Never leaves us,,
      If you pause
      If you go forward
      If you look behind
      Which ever direction you takes God will be there...
      SLAVERY, SElf HATE, GOD NEVER LEAVES US,,

    • @mariacardoza8093
      @mariacardoza8093 5 лет назад +5

      Denise John I absolutely agree with u 100%. I don’t understand how any black person reads and believes what is written in the Bible. It’s a book of control. so sad

    • @zandrashoffner4134
      @zandrashoffner4134 5 лет назад +1

      @@denisejohn5057 I could not have said it better. Where was god during this atrocity.

  • @cathrynholt5358
    @cathrynholt5358 5 лет назад +14

    I never knew this group existed. I am seeing this and crying at 1am. My 2 sons age 21 and 22 have to see this tomorrow. The spirit of this video is overwhelming me. God bless you all for sharing this project. Thank you!

  • @melissarose0126
    @melissarose0126 5 лет назад +88

    This is so beautiful. They are bringing peace to those unjustly taken and telling their stories, setting them free.

    • @jerico80
      @jerico80 5 лет назад +3

      Unjustly??

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад

      You believe these stories told to you by Freemasons
      That just shows your still SLAVING your mind

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад

      @Eber Yahuan wow you really believe that non sense

  • @siyabonganxumalo4574
    @siyabonganxumalo4574 4 года назад +242

    I'm from South Africa. I feel like what happened to black Americans is the saddest thing that has ever happened to human beings.......not knowing who you are......

    • @erikap8854
      @erikap8854 4 года назад +30

      Thank you! I was thinking this exact thing. When someone tells us to get over it or "my folks didn't own slaves " ugh!

    • @thetiredworm2100
      @thetiredworm2100 4 года назад +11

      Erika P Well not everyone did own slaves, but I know what you mean. No one should forget slavery, people who aren’t educated on the past are bound to repeat it.

    • @saetae9208
      @saetae9208 4 года назад +1

      @@erikap8854 rt, that's abusive

    • @thesummerway362
      @thesummerway362 4 года назад +13

      It is really sad I feel bad for the black British too anyone whose been taken from the motherland sold, raped, tortured, abused and stripped of their pride, dignity and culture.

    • @iamblue2754
      @iamblue2754 4 года назад +12

      There is still slavery going on around the world today.

  • @Yahuahisking
    @Yahuahisking 5 лет назад +55

    This made me cry 😢 so many emotions that could paint a story

    • @fatgirlfreestyle
      @fatgirlfreestyle 5 лет назад +8

      I cried as well. So much pain and sadness, yet, you feel a sense of peace knowing that the Ancestors are being acknowledged. There's a sense of connection being established.

    • @PiecesOfJenus
      @PiecesOfJenus 5 лет назад

      @@fatgirlfreestyle , amen.

    • @bean1944
      @bean1944 5 лет назад

      I felt the same

    • @DeeDiamond2981
      @DeeDiamond2981 5 лет назад +1

      I always cry with ancestral stories.. I am from the Caribbean

    • @brittneyhailey
      @brittneyhailey 4 года назад

      Me too. This touched me

  • @mckayfam3090
    @mckayfam3090 5 лет назад +47

    It's beautiful how they come together to restore the memory.They made their ancestors proud.

  • @adia092280
    @adia092280 5 лет назад +100

    None of us are black. That’s one of the many nicknames we have been given since we were gathered to the west coast of Africa and shipped over here. Our people are special. More special than anyone could imagine. A peculiar treasure that will be above soon. We are the people of the book. Our people cry out now and will never be forgotten. They will be avenged. We live in the last days.

    • @jaccan473
      @jaccan473 5 лет назад +3

      Adia Williamson indeed, we are living in the last seconds!! Thank you

    • @adia092280
      @adia092280 5 лет назад

      Yudiah Yehudah Shalom

    • @yahrize1love548
      @yahrize1love548 5 лет назад +4

      Beautifully said sis😍🤗😢

    • @yapahyasharaalrealtruthlov42
      @yapahyasharaalrealtruthlov42 5 лет назад +2

      Shalawam sis... That's TRUTH.. APTA

    • @reellife8707
      @reellife8707 5 лет назад

      How do you identify yourself? Thanks for sharing.

  • @MercyMburuNyakio
    @MercyMburuNyakio 4 года назад +53

    Three things:
    "Africans who live in various countries in Africa don't think of themselves as black. That's an outside observation. Before people boarded those ships they belonged to this ethnic group or this tribe. That's when this thing called 'black' was born. Where do we put our sorrow? Where do we reconcile our history and where do we reconnect with our heritage? All of us look for a touchstone..." 2:04
    "...take that sense of adventure and pair it with social responsibility. That's when sparks fly." 11:32
    "...my dream for (other) black folks around the world is to be able to exist inside of their wholeness and to have people see that and recognise that." 15:59

    • @barta9342
      @barta9342 3 года назад +2

      They see "others" as non-black .
      It's a misunderstanding that in those days African was black .
      There lived a big diversity of people . Arabics and light coloured , Bantu Koh'san etc .
      Ashanti ,Somali , toearek , Fanti, Yuruba etc all involved in structural warfare also for slaves .
      If the prisoners of war had no value they were wasted .

  • @iamgodschosenchild
    @iamgodschosenchild 5 лет назад +26

    Tears In my eyes watching this video,and knowing and feeling everything our ANCESTORS went through.We must never ,ever forget.THEY ARE WITH US ALWAYS.

    • @streetjezus2581
      @streetjezus2581 5 лет назад

      STOP SLAVING YOUR MIND
      YOU can't believe one thing you see on tv or read in any book
      It's all LIES

  • @bakaribradford
    @bakaribradford 5 лет назад +803

    I'm glad to see black people at the forefront of this diving expedition... 🙂
    Edit: And they say black people can't swim... 😂

  • @crisbrackett2067
    @crisbrackett2067 5 лет назад +12

    I'm a diver and feel very happy to see more people enjoy it and to explore this piece of our past is very important . I appreciate the gentle openess I see shared here. Blessings

  • @zionsong4470
    @zionsong4470 5 лет назад +3

    Much love to those divers who put in the effort to learn how to do what they do and had the courage to carry it through. May those who lost their lives during those awful journeys, rest in peace. Great documentary. Thank you for sharing it.

  • @blackbrainfood1702
    @blackbrainfood1702 5 лет назад +766

    Wow this should be in our black children history books

    • @tanysozi
      @tanysozi 5 лет назад +4

      Fisherman Hooked why?

    • @tanysozi
      @tanysozi 5 лет назад +18

      Fisherman Hooked if anything that should be on our history book is that the so called blacks in America are Israelites

    • @chooseorlose1100ify
      @chooseorlose1100ify 5 лет назад +14

      Sooo 12,000 slave boats they say!!! Right...but they are struggling to find one????? Have u ever even seen a slave boat??? No so y do u think this is true? You think 12.5 MILLION PEOPLE WERE BROUGHT HERE FROM AFRICA?? THE WORST OCEAN TO CROSS how much food & water would a boat have to carry to support 300-600 people?????? For 1month or more?????? It is IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!! DO YOUR RESEARCH...COLUMBUS DIDNT DISCOVER AMERICA BUT THEY STILL TELL U THAT.....DONT BE AN IDIOT

    • @GregarringtonArrington
      @GregarringtonArrington 5 лет назад +9

      Fisherman Hooked no disrespect we must quit using the word black black is an adjective black boy black girl boy and girl or the noun 3rd grade etymology black is the adjective we are not crayons or inanimate objects like a shoe or a black leather coat also the word black comes from a old high German word meaning bleached up and pale Black's Law Dictionary also we should not use the word kid that word means goat as in animal we have children also blacks Law's dictionary OG Arrington back to the study

    • @brendabell9534
      @brendabell9534 5 лет назад +3

      Fisherman Hooked
      I highly agree that it should be in our history books. Another great accomplishment that black people have done.

  • @bbridge4th
    @bbridge4th 5 лет назад +655

    If those prisons on the sea that sank were carrying currency rather than Africans many more would have been located by now.

    • @summersays
      @summersays 5 лет назад +34

      Wow...now that's even more deep!

    • @1luvclothing300
      @1luvclothing300 5 лет назад +15

      Because they don’t exist😂 they didn’t bring over as many “Africans” as they say .. it’s bullshxt

    • @gmann1572
      @gmann1572 5 лет назад +2

      This is true!

    • @578sundriedAZ
      @578sundriedAZ 5 лет назад +7

      Of Course!! Their ancestors had to 'CREATE' a clause in the constitution as 3/5 HUEman. Prior to this amendment, the enslaved were 'CATTLE'aka Commodities not precious metals.

    • @joyanderson8646
      @joyanderson8646 5 лет назад

      Bbridge, my point exactly!!

  • @chocolatesmile8419
    @chocolatesmile8419 5 лет назад +127

    This moved me to tears. My cells remembers.

    • @erikadavis4696
      @erikadavis4696 5 лет назад +2

      Mine too. I actually got a tingling feeling throughout my body.

    • @Jahmaidraws
      @Jahmaidraws 4 года назад +3

      I'm in tears as well I feel it from my stomach. Lord knows what we still go through

    • @lisasmith8007
      @lisasmith8007 4 года назад

      That's powerful💕

  • @fashioNISHA1986
    @fashioNISHA1986 4 года назад +11

    This was so beautiful and very touching. I never knew that there was actual group of black divers who did this! This is so good to know and also makes me so happy knowing that our Ancestors have not been forgotten about. I can only imagine the chills that those divers feel/felt when touching the water and then discovering pieces that were left behind. I will pass on this video/information so others who look like me will also be aware. Thank you so much for this footage. :)

  • @cathyroberts1148
    @cathyroberts1148 5 лет назад +148

    this makes me want to learn to dive, just so I can be part of it

    • @SuperStarBlack73
      @SuperStarBlack73 5 лет назад +10

      I just went and checked their site..you need 20 open water dives to join

    • @bonitahobbs2097
      @bonitahobbs2097 5 лет назад +3

      @ Cathy Roberts : THAT'S WHAT A "GREAT TEACHABLE" MOMENT DOES!!! PLEASE LEARN! RUclips CAN START TEACHING YOU THE BASICS WHILE YOU ARE GOOGLING SCHOOLS!!!👩🏾‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓👩🏾‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓 Be safe!

    • @Monaedeezy
      @Monaedeezy 5 лет назад

      Me too

    • @FruitfulVine1323
      @FruitfulVine1323 4 года назад

      Cathy Roberts Do need to know how to swim really good?

  • @davidmcentire2198
    @davidmcentire2198 5 лет назад +5

    This moved me so much. Such a beautiful story that begins with a search of lost souls and the people who will never stop searching for them. Amazing hearts

  • @RickGrimes007
    @RickGrimes007 5 лет назад +72

    The connection the male diver felt as he approached the ship I can just imagine..you would feel their pain torture suffering 😖😣The dolphin🐬 😍at the end.. amazing beautiful tearfully informative I will share.. Ty NG

  • @krisperry72
    @krisperry72 4 года назад +14

    Brought me to tears. This has lit a fire in me to get here. This is a must.

  • @oraevalibby1890
    @oraevalibby1890 5 лет назад +49

    Had me in tears, beautiful story, well done.

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  5 лет назад +4

      We're touched that this resonated with you so much. Thank you for watching!

  • @ttyngordon
    @ttyngordon 5 лет назад +180

    No regrets watching this at 3am instead of sleeping.

  • @nessa7094
    @nessa7094 5 лет назад +341

    *Our story is not over yet...*

    • @Mamba0809
      @Mamba0809 4 года назад +11

      This is just the beginning.

    • @theoneaboveall6768
      @theoneaboveall6768 4 года назад +8

      It hasn’t even begun yet 🤣😂 we are barely putting pieces together

    • @mdb1010
      @mdb1010 4 года назад +3

      oh how true these words are today.

    • @shbt8875
      @shbt8875 4 года назад +5

      It will never be over until the most high comes back..

    • @messengerisrael3817
      @messengerisrael3817 4 года назад +3

      Deuteronomy 30:1-5 , " And it shall come to past , when all these things are come upon thee , the blessing and the curse , which I have set before thee , and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations , whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee , And shalt return unto the LORD thy God , and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day , thou and thy children , with all thine heart , and with all thy soul ; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity , and have compassion upon thee , and will return and gather thee from all the nations , whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee .If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven , from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee , and from thence will he fetch thee : And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed , and thou shalt possess it ;and he will do thee good , and multiply thee above thy fathers " . Joel 3:1-8 , " For behold , in those days , and in that time , when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem , I will also gather all nations , and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat , and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel , whom they have scattered among the nations , and parted my land . And they have cast lots for my people ; and have given a boy for an harlot , and sold a girl for wine , that they might drink . Yea ,and what have ye to do with me , O Tyre ,and Zidon , and all the coasts of Palestine ? will ye render me a recompence ? and it ye recompense me , swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head ; Because ye have taken my silver and my gold , and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things : The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians , that ye might remove them far from their border . Behold , I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them , and will return your recompence upon your own head : And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah , and they shall sell them to the Sabeans , to a people far off : for the LORD hath spoken it " . Jeremiah 31:10 , " Hear the word of the LORD , O ye nations , and declare it in the isles afar off , and say , He that scattered Israel will gather him , and keep him , as a shepherd doth his flock " . We must put aside these pagan ideas , and return to serve the God of Israel , according to what was required at Horeb , or Mount Sinai (Deuteronomy 18:15-19 ) . Shalom !

  • @latoyalove4632
    @latoyalove4632 4 года назад +3

    My heart drop when I saw the dolphin jump! I think that was our ancestors accepting that beautiful offering they made...

  • @terrancemack9909
    @terrancemack9909 5 лет назад +46

    This needs to. BE in movie theaters

    • @TooLittleInfo
      @TooLittleInfo 5 лет назад +6

      I agree. This is a topic worthy of a full length feature film

  • @shanalee8469
    @shanalee8469 5 лет назад +476

    She’s correct they did not call themselves black

    • @mrdalleyne
      @mrdalleyne 5 лет назад +58

      Shana Lee correct they were called by the name of their tribes the same way it’s shown in biblical terms

    • @tamadoucoure792
      @tamadoucoure792 5 лет назад +42

      KinkyCurlyDiva16 I’m Malian we don’t use black in Africa

    • @queenofspades8219
      @queenofspades8219 5 лет назад +5

      @@mrdalleyne Halleluyah us isrealites arw royalty we have meaning in all we do

    • @queenofspades8219
      @queenofspades8219 5 лет назад +2

      Halleluyah right

    • @Stratocaster01
      @Stratocaster01 5 лет назад +2

      Shana Lee even till this day, it only holds significance and matters outside the continent.

  • @zeamays9555
    @zeamays9555 5 лет назад +301

    WWI and WWII seem like a joke when you find the things that went on during the slave trade.

    • @bennyblanco4008
      @bennyblanco4008 5 лет назад +3

      How

    • @robertbeck8670
      @robertbeck8670 5 лет назад +4

      King of Wakanda you crazy

    • @bennyblanco4008
      @bennyblanco4008 5 лет назад +3

      Another ignorant "victim" with no facts to back up hie false narrate. African Americans are so privileged these days they actually think they are oppressed. Ask anyone who has actually been oppressed. Being called a mean name is not "systematic racism"

    • @zeamays9555
      @zeamays9555 5 лет назад +22

      @@bennyblanco4008 I am talking about the impact it had on the African continent. Familiarise first before diving into conversations.

    • @notsparctacus
      @notsparctacus 5 лет назад +9

      @@zeamays9555 The Slave Trade existed for thousands of years in Africa. Still exists today.

  • @SJanez91
    @SJanez91 5 лет назад +4

    When they scattered the soil into the ocean, chills...
    What a beautiful project that they're doing!

  • @DUHORIGINAL007
    @DUHORIGINAL007 5 лет назад +415

    my people are so beautiful!!! look at their skin

    • @showmequick2245
      @showmequick2245 5 лет назад +18

      AYOKIMI IGBO every race looks beautiful. I am African btw

    • @kahielhastings9495
      @kahielhastings9495 5 лет назад +12

      Yes. Very Beautiful we are. Its About Time We pray as a nation, the so-called African American.

    • @bvwhite1858
      @bvwhite1858 5 лет назад

      Yesss!

    • @578sundriedAZ
      @578sundriedAZ 5 лет назад +3

      @Sizzle Wrap Do you see your people should be above the 55th parallel? Not genetically equipped to be below the 35th parallel.

    • @maijaliepa119
      @maijaliepa119 4 года назад

      YES♥️🤸🏾‍♂️♥️YES♥️🤸🏾‍♂️♥️YES♥️🙏♥️🙋‍♀️

  • @lindastaves5042
    @lindastaves5042 5 лет назад +25

    Watched it 3 times in 1 day. It leaves me emotionally spent, and very honored to be a living breathing part of my ancestors.

  • @michelecoakley953
    @michelecoakley953 5 лет назад +197

    There have been comments saying that this should be taught in school. This was taught to my generation in California schools. I'm 72. We were taught about the slave trade in much detail, this includes the Barbary slave trade. Our schools today lack so much.

    • @michelecoakley953
      @michelecoakley953 5 лет назад +1

      ​ Katie B Could you give me more details re the court case title? I can't find anything with the info you gave me.

    • @MrNusouth
      @MrNusouth 5 лет назад +28

      Respectfully, it's not up to the enslavers to teach us about slavery. It's up to us to teach it to our children to ensure it will never happen again. We are a communal people trapped in western ideology. Most of us do not even think, and will argue that we are not Afrikan.

    • @mamaredtilt
      @mamaredtilt 5 лет назад +8

      Not at all true about us from Africa they taught us mostly lies!! A lot of us are able to prove the paper genocide and reclassification of the put on us with our family records they wrote and stored in National Archives worldwide!

    • @mamaredtilt
      @mamaredtilt 5 лет назад +12

      @@MrNusouth This is true, We are not African at all!! They lied on purpose to steal our lands to get rich!! I thank you for sharing your thoughts!!!

    • @tywanamitchell146
      @tywanamitchell146 5 лет назад +1

      This education was eventually omitted from California's public education after you attended school. I was born in 79...information about the transatlantic slave trade has been condensed to about a page and 1/2

  • @deescott8312
    @deescott8312 4 года назад +9

    I love looking at the pictures of the people, it’s good to see how the ancestors look

  • @richardchammuelg.3477
    @richardchammuelg.3477 5 лет назад +281

    Now that some of the wreckages have been discovered and we know the names of these ships, will the owners and the families who benefited be identified as well. A recompense should be on all those who gathered wealth from the insurer to the port of delivery.

    • @joyceg7859
      @joyceg7859 5 лет назад +15

      Richard Gooden preach !

    • @107glen
      @107glen 5 лет назад +6

      These kkk members about to act dumb in 5,4,3,2,1

    • @alexisjankowski3281
      @alexisjankowski3281 5 лет назад +10

      Richard Gooden The issue would be international responsibilities. Most of the ships were built, financed, and insured bu Europeans, not American plantations owners. Also, many slaves were sold outside the United States borders. You would actually need to take that case up with the EU. Brazil would probably be the main beneficiary, regardless.

    • @incognito96
      @incognito96 5 лет назад +11

      The world would collapse if they paid reparations and the world would see how evil and corrupt these corporations are.

    • @torijohnston8540
      @torijohnston8540 5 лет назад

      @@alexisjankowski3281 so true!

  • @ugoshow1
    @ugoshow1 5 лет назад +193

    Deuteronomy 28:15-68 will unlock these waters, but the sadness and pain of our ancestors will be very heavy.

    • @swacfan100
      @swacfan100 5 лет назад +38

      I wish more ppl paid attention to what you said. We are the ppl of the bible, we've been taught to either ignor it or believe their someone else.

    • @ugoshow1
      @ugoshow1 5 лет назад +15

      swacfan100 FACTS!!!

    • @Bentwest
      @Bentwest 5 лет назад +21

      Stop calling your brothers and sisters “blacks” that’s a insult to your ancestors learn where you’re from BLACKS is what they called us when we were slaves we’re all from a tribe called Benjamin / Judah we’re called Israelites gods people

    • @littlemomma6363
      @littlemomma6363 5 лет назад +5

      @Z Lang Benyahmin, the warriors, were always with Yehudah. Some Levites were also in the Southern Kingdom.

    • @prophetesssunshinegoddess3598
      @prophetesssunshinegoddess3598 5 лет назад +1

      @Z Lang Amen!

  • @soroyal1074
    @soroyal1074 5 лет назад +145

    Still we RISE!!❤🙌

  • @EricStrobel09
    @EricStrobel09 4 года назад +5

    I went diving with Erik 2 or 3 times before I had medical issues which took me out of the water. Hes a great guy! Way more intelligent than I'll ever be!

  • @daphnebrooks8916
    @daphnebrooks8916 5 лет назад +89

    I will like to thank each and everyone of you for making this documentary it really moved me and brought tears to my eyes may God continue to bless you and your families forevermore in the mighty name of Jesus Amen💖

  • @clintnettechnologies4782
    @clintnettechnologies4782 5 лет назад +22

    A fine documentary, just disappointed that its far too short. Love from Zimbabwe.

  • @paytonpryor
    @paytonpryor 5 лет назад +82

    This hurts my soul. How could people be so cruel?

    • @leona1081
      @leona1081 5 лет назад +14

      Because they have no soul...those with the smarmy comments feel guilty because their mindset and their spirit is that of the captors and it shows. The funny part is noone accused them of doing anything wrong...interesting.🤔

    • @dayvon2162
      @dayvon2162 5 лет назад +2

      It was a prophecy. Its awsome news. To learn more brother check out Hebrew nation building on RUclips. You understand everything I promise

    • @onicamatidze5547
      @onicamatidze5547 5 лет назад

      😭😭😭

    • @dayvon2162
      @dayvon2162 5 лет назад +4

      @Derrick Culler actually we have not only proven who we are through those facts but also DNA. Never comment with out investigation. In the end you will look foolish. It happened to me many times my friend.

    • @dayvon2162
      @dayvon2162 5 лет назад +1

      @Derrick Culler yes you are right in the regards to west Africa. What do you want to know? We have the proof that we are the descendants of Abraham, Issiac, Jacob

  • @RayyKeys
    @RayyKeys 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for sharing! I’m proud to be a black historian who will make sure my ancestors are never forgotten.

    • @markhudson6137
      @markhudson6137 2 года назад

      Can you please explain to me why people keep commenting that there where no slave ships? Are they like the flat earthers? What would make them think that way?

  • @alphazolax1843
    @alphazolax1843 5 лет назад +48

    That dolphin just said the spirits hears us

  • @BantuKing
    @BantuKing 5 лет назад +11

    I appreciate this story being told by Afrikans, being recovered by Afrikans for Afrikans around the world can see what happened to many of our ancestors who did not survive the journey to what was known as the new world.
    Thank you all for providing this information.🇬🇾

  • @timragland1858
    @timragland1858 5 лет назад +56

    Black people are so very powerful !!! I don’t think we know just how powerful we are !!!

    • @lisasmith8007
      @lisasmith8007 4 года назад +4

      Say that again!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✊
      Just like the Bug's Life movie
      When we all are awakened to true ourselves...maaannnnee

    • @Breezy11harvard
      @Breezy11harvard 4 года назад +3

      Yes, Sir! You are absolutely right! If we did, we’d support each other more, take advantage of the rights are ancestors afforded us, and, most importantly, STOP KILLING EACH OTHER!

  • @godschild3742
    @godschild3742 4 года назад +7

    This was so INSPIRING! ❤ I'm in love with what these divers are doing and the heart they all have for our ancestors. Awesome.

  • @deesaahir4958
    @deesaahir4958 5 лет назад +78

    This was so moving to watch. Wow

  • @kburton1987
    @kburton1987 5 лет назад +74

    I love this idea. I never thought about the shipwrecks that may have happened. I always knew about the misery that happened on those ships.

  • @msvicky5599
    @msvicky5599 5 лет назад +86

    Oh my God, I’m touched and appreciate this story. NGO I always love what you guys do. Much love, much respect 🙏🏾💯📚

  • @patriciatysonmusic
    @patriciatysonmusic 5 лет назад +13

    This is absolutely powerful! Tears are flowing...

  • @AzlianaLyana
    @AzlianaLyana 5 лет назад +93

    May these expeditions bring them closer to learning an appreciating their past, good or bad. Just be safe.

  • @elizabethtucker4134
    @elizabethtucker4134 5 лет назад +29

    I thank you for this information I always Honor my Ancestors this article made me cry

  • @Smurphy415
    @Smurphy415 2 года назад +7

    This is just amazing! So proud of them and hope they grow in size and scale. It’s important

  • @weeze1love580
    @weeze1love580 5 лет назад +186

    We are the chosen people of the Most High Yah.

    • @heathentheheretic4909
      @heathentheheretic4909 5 лет назад +3

      We are ppl and deserving of respect. No need for God's

    • @traceawyatt6103
      @traceawyatt6103 5 лет назад +3

      Yesssss

    • @weeze1love580
      @weeze1love580 5 лет назад +5

      @Sizzle Wrap , keep thinking that heathen

    • @heathentheheretic4909
      @heathentheheretic4909 5 лет назад

      Someone called my name

    • @weeze1love580
      @weeze1love580 5 лет назад +19

      @Sizzle Wrap, you heathens may be on top right now. Enjoy it , Yah is going to send you and your people to the lake of fire. 😁😁

  • @cicilove9709
    @cicilove9709 5 лет назад +4

    This is so dope! I can image the emotional aspect behind this! Much props to all of them! Keep doing this for our ppl because we need this!

  • @ngobolamuyembe8029
    @ngobolamuyembe8029 5 лет назад +88

    I feel like punching a Pastor in the face who preaches that my ancestors were cursed savages. These people suffered and endured some of the worst experiences ever faced by humanity for centuries, and I am evidence of their resilience!

    • @biblicalhope6296
      @biblicalhope6296 5 лет назад

      They don't preach that. And whoever does is ignorant or doing that, purposely.
      Watch "Negroland" and "who are we" by pastor Stephen Darby here on RUclips

    • @84Michaelbutler
      @84Michaelbutler 4 года назад +3

      Savages nahh a cursed people who was being put through all this suffering and turmoil because we disobeyed tmh

    • @americancoushatta974
      @americancoushatta974 4 года назад

      @Rich Mc
      You need to research your family tree and American history before you go to Africa

  • @princessstokes975
    @princessstokes975 3 года назад +2

    Their Spirits Still Lives On!!! Thank you Africa America!!! Much much Knowledge to everyone of you!!! & lots & lots of Love.

  • @reachingbeyondskies6908
    @reachingbeyondskies6908 5 лет назад +106

    When I was a child, I drew pictures of my family in brown. I considered myself brown until a I had to fill out a form and brown wasn't listed. My parents had to tell me that America considers us black. I said, "but we come in different colors". They said nothing else about it.

  • @blessedingodslove7283
    @blessedingodslove7283 5 лет назад +46

    Why cant I have a job like this???? Dude what an amazing job to have!

    • @GhostBoogieBaby
      @GhostBoogieBaby 5 лет назад +1

      In the words of Mary Mary "Go get it!! Go get yo blessing!"

    • @royjackson872
      @royjackson872 5 лет назад

      From what I've gathered, there is ALWAYS, room for one more. GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!

    • @GhostBoogieBaby
      @GhostBoogieBaby 5 лет назад

      @@royjackson872 This is true!!!

  • @OddWomanOut_Pi81
    @OddWomanOut_Pi81 5 лет назад +12

    The unexpected emotions that oozed out of my body watching THIS! WHOOOO!!! 😢😢😢

  • @queeny22nyc18
    @queeny22nyc18 5 лет назад +24

    This was amazing to watch.
    Absolutely Beautiful ❤

  • @ColdWorldWebSeries
    @ColdWorldWebSeries 5 лет назад +7

    Thank you for this program!!! Our history runs deep and our ancestors constantly speak! We are finally listening 🙏🏾

  • @knatt405
    @knatt405 5 лет назад +27

    The sand part was so touching can't imagine the varying emotions on that site! 💜💜💜💜💜

  • @davidbabafemiaka2249
    @davidbabafemiaka2249 4 года назад +8

    Tears rolled down my eyes watching this documentary and I knew there was a connection with the past deep inside my whole being..

  • @giving7389
    @giving7389 5 лет назад +9

    Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am so in love with this, I can’t stop crying from joy. This is a living dream.