Rare audio of enslaved people connects history to the present

ABC News’ Alex Presha examines rare audio of formerly enslaved people to preserve their stories, and interviews one of their descendants, in partnership with the 10 Million Names project.
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[@brittdompaul]

This is why the history of slavery matters: “If we are going to understand freedom, then we should understand the people who were denied freedom.”

[@BurnaBwoi]

@@misslovelyy7277your mother should've stopped yapping and swallowed you instead

[@Grim-dq9ol]

⁠@@misslovelyy7277crack A crack AA crack aaaaaa

[@michellem6826]

@@misslovelyy7277Don’t like history? Enjoy slavery?

[@LAESA1]

@@misslovelyy7277 get help

[@raquelr8775]

Amen 🙏🏽

[@rob-time]

I felt a pang of real discomfort when I heard him say "he owned my grandfather and he owned my father". Those words should never have to be spoken.

[@SethKodner]

I was also struck by that statement, something unfathomable about hearing that said out loud so nonchalantly

[@RosieSkinLab]

Was literally going to write this. It broke my heart, I'm holding back tears.

[@joestalin5303]

You idiots are still owned. Its just funny not to say it, so that you idiots don't get mad.

[@tactik5903]

Blacks weren’t the first people enslaved. And they were sold to us by their own people, we didn’t just round them up. And 94% of the slave ships were owned by Jews.

[@americanbaki]

I cringed when he said he was treated reasonable.

[@mosimosi630]

America should not ban teaching this history this is incredible

[@YasukeNakamoto]

I agree

[@BenAaronKeebler71]

​@@matcampbell3552😂😂 What good reason? To perpetuate the lies of the self proclaimed white race that does not exist?? There is no white identity in America, they made it all up and clearly you are going along with it.

[@SLIMRISKY]

@@matcampbell3552florida governor has and is pushing the agenda

[@marinasantiago24]

Agree! People can’t be blind about history because that will make the history repeat it

[@thanos34362]

@@matcampbell3552 florida did

[@robertwatson2628]

The fact that they still have these interviews and never released them till almost 100 years later is crazy

[@marylove482]

Absolutely

[@tommygunn940]

its AI

[@user-iw7gb6hx2j]

They did release them, they have been used by historians a lot over the years. I first heard some of the slave recordings around 15 years ago, and they were fairly well known then, and had been studied for decades. A lot of slave recordings were made in the 20s and 30s, seeking to record the memories of the last people to have been slaves as adults. These were available and a known historic resource for decades.

[@swgame2511]

@@tommygunn940 You're AI

[@stardustgirl2904]

@@robertwatson2628 The fact that people still vote for Democrats is insane to me! Voting 🗳 for the party that wanted to keep black Americans in chains is disgusting!

[@YasukeNakamoto]

Imagine surviving brutal chattel slavery and then dealing with 100+ years of Jim Crow right after. . .

[@ddrebrne3336]

Imagine people try to cover up this part of history, so their kids won't feel bad about being white.

[@ashleyhunter2156]

And it continues today with the prison industrial complex

[@rachaeldelvaille3886]

And so much more 😭😭😭

[@345mrse]

Is there a volume discount?

[@ninaj.4885]

And reconstruction. I had no idea there were black senators back then. I hadn't heard of it until my 20's. Then I watch a documentary on historical events that occurred during The Reconstruction and realized people wanting to turn back time when progress becomes too uncomfortable isn't new. It happened before.

[@johnwebb2442]

I thank God for my ancestors that survived the horrors of slavery so that my family and I can live today. They will never be forgotten.

[@crystalbishop6971]

It should always be remembered as a lesson for history not to repeat itself.

[@Fuxerz]

Have you ever blamed the Africans who conquered and sold you to the Europeans. Did you forgive them. They sold you out. Remember that.

[@PhD4me]

A Billion Likes for your comment❤❤❤❤

[@lovablealexa7839]

Thank you my wise and brave Ancestors of the highest golden light Thank you thank you thank you.. I don't care if anyone calls me crazy I have a table where I place food for my wise and brave Ancestors 😭💚👑

[@JBgoodiebag]

The same god that allowed them to be enslaved, the same god that the prayed to?

[@roccoz2231]

Definitely not ancient history. Remember that Harriet Tubman walked the Earth at the same time as Abraham Lincoln *and* Ronald Reagan. (She died 2 years after Reagan was born.)

[@pierer5559]

This is deep

[@86Kera]

Wow ! I’m soo embarrassed that I didn’t know this fact . That’s amazing.

[@twistedtheaos]

This gave me shivers to read.

[@TheTierraJ]

Thank you!!

[@NovikNikolovic]

Damn, timelines can get so weird when you think about it.

[@thatboyblair]

I'm 36 years old and cant say I've ever heard the voice of someone that was enslaved during that period of America. I've learned about it my entire life and this story really made it something else that I cant even put into words. Thank you for sharing ABC.

[@Kojic414]

Same. I’m 31. I feel as if I’m being educated about slavery in depth for the first time at this grown age. I’m embarrassed but, to be honest it wasn’t something I grew up discussing in my childhood home. I grew up with my own set of trauma from my mom as if she was the master and I was the slaves. 😅

[@omegaweapon116]

Seems so long ago but it really wasn't

[@paigehitchens]

I am 24 years old…born in 1999. My grandfather’s grandparents were slaves. This was not that long ago! We will not forget!!

[@baddiebrit177]

“grandfather’s grandparents were slaves.” This! This should make people’s perspective change instantly in my opinion because you’re right! It really wasn’t long ago, racism is still rampant today and it breaks my heart.

[@mediocreman2]

And they didn't return home after they were released?

[@cierraaaaaaaas]

@@mediocreman2I think you need to learn about slavery in the USA bc there’s no way you just wrote this

[@evelien135]

@@mediocreman2and you think they went on and lived happily ever after? Generations of severe trauma but they just merrily skipped along after abolition?

[@baddiebrit177]

@@mediocreman2 You need to look into this topic a bit more. No, they didn’t just “return home.” it’s not a “party” or a “sleepover” or a “gathering” you don’t just return home after being traumatized for so long and held against your will. shame on you :/

[@rodrigolerenagutierrez3708]

114 & she still has her memory 🧬💪🏽

[@cherylmillard2067]

And sass!

[@kelila_1688]

In an age when there was safe water and food to consume.

[@cherylmillard2067]

That and people ate half a pound of bacon per day, smoked unfiltered cigarettes and lived until their late 90's. @@kelila_1688

[@drehardin]

Amazing 💪🏾

[@OmalySamory]

Thanks God for allowing Celia Black to live up to 114 year.

[@mjerome1457]

My Great Grandmother was a Slave…Her husband was a free man. She lived to be about 114 yrs old. She use to babysit us as a child and would tell us the stories of her child hood when I was a Teenager. She refused to talk about slavery only would say it was “Very Pain Very Pain” (meaning a painful time)….she would cry. 😢😢

[@suvettagreen9547]

God Bless Her❤🙏

[@KD1ME]

Aww... bless her heart. 😢

[@JSCDR]

This choked me up. Wow! Thank you for sharing this. ❤

[@waynecarter8143]

Damn, that is sad.

[@moona_rue]

It must be such an honor to be descendant of such a strong woman ❤bless her heart

[@DameMediaVids]

As a 44 yr old black man, I'm wiping tears from my face listening to these recordings. Damn.

[@TRE4RAISEDME]

You are not crying

[@timothymercer849]

I'm 51 and am weeping. I start my second Masters in social work at Columbia University next week, and as a black man I feel it is my responsibility to carry these ancestors with me. Lord I thank you for the sacrifices made for me!

[@DameMediaVids]

@@timothymercer849 right. Wishing much success to you❤️

[@andrewoid4711]

​@TRE4RAISEDME you are miserable 😊

[@TRE4RAISEDME]

@@andrewoid4711 ya momma

[@tarajanique]

It was heartbreaking the most when he said they were treated “reasonably” and going on to describe a boy being whipped. 😭😭😭

[@CentralParkBoogie]

Of course it was heartbreaking for him to be honest and it just broke your heart to know that a boy got whipped, MESSAGE! I got my @$$ whipped when I was a child and so did a million other n!66@$, your heart get broken to dam easy. Do the right thing.

[@itzmaddymoney]

And notice how fast he just choose the clearly more positive answer because at the time it was probably still WASN’T SAFE TO SAY IT WAS TERRIBLE for backlash of what some who previously agreed with the practice may do to him. Boot licking was safer option.

[@rachelleblanc-hodge9543]

Exactly!! I don’t think enough people picked up on that part 😢

[@CentralParkBoogie]

@@itzmaddymoney You think quite poorly of your ancestors. Out of all the men in your family, I'm sure none are bootlickers and are probably bout that action, why wouldn't your ancestors also be bout that action? Do the right thing.

[@yurimessiah]

@@CentralParkBoogie you keep going on about "doing the right thing" what is the "right thing" you're referring to? they're correct, how is that thinking poorly? if a slave were to admit they're being mistreated or complained back then they'd get treated even WORSE and probably killed off. whipping another living being is a horrible, horrible action. it's abuse.

[@calvinewr]

I'm 66, my father born in 1923 was raised by his grandmother, Caroline Ross Walker of Charlotte NC who was born enslaved in the 1860s. Slavery was not long ago... ❤I'm calling her name this morning in gratitude and love!❤

[@Carryon22865]

Right on ✊🏾 say her name 🙏🏾

[@BishopEddie5443]

Until white people of today agree to pay reparations to the descendants of slavery, they will always be seen as slave masters themselves worthy of all the pain and poverty that the slaves endured!

[@BishopEddie5443]

"reparations would belong to the actual people that were enslaved and survived during that time." There are laws against receiving stolen property. The wealth created by the stolen people of Africa still exists! Slave masters died and slaves died but the wealth was passed down to racist offspring that began lynching and burning Black people alive! God remembers and will judge the wicked Europeans for their sins. Please don't go against God now or in the day of judgement!

[@MySingleLifeADollShow]

I recently found out my grandfather was born in 1895😳 he must've been in his 60s when my father was born. I just wish I could know more about him and my grandmother, but apparently, people in my family never talked about anything 😕

[@stevekern7235]

As I travelled through the Deep South in 1982 I was shocked to see a "colored" restroom at a gas station. I can't remember which state, may have been Arkansas or Mississippi.

[@Shamunt]

The worst about people who say things like “we need to move on” and “remembering this does no good for the future” is that those same people won’t tell racists to stop being racist lol.

[@colt45jb]

Exactly

[@tslavens3092]

Yep

[@BishopEddie5443]

Until white people of today agree to pay reparations to the descendants of slavery, they will always be seen as slave masters themselves worthy of all the pain and poverty that the slaves endured!

[@soy_sweet99]

Very true

[@Randy-jz9ox]

You must be referring to the people that had all the statues and monuments removed. I encounter racists from all ethnicities. Don't assume skin color excludes a person from being racist.

[@NwaAda_Igbo]

I’ve never going to listen to this audio without breaking down in tears. Every single time.

[@ladyree7575]

I'm 71 I had a great grandfather that had been a slave, He remembered the day the slaves were freed. I was a little girl when he told us the story about the day the union soldiers road up on horseback and told them they were free. He had a button from a union soldier's uniform that he had kept.

[@EMChantalG]

Did you record them? We would love to hear them. They are valuable.

[@zbagz01]

Please write down everything you can remember. The names you remember, how you are all related. Your grand kids won't remember anything you tell them. They just take you for granted like I took my grandma for granted. My other grandmother died when I was very young - and I don't even know if she had sisters or brothers and where they ended up or if they were wiped out in Germany.

[@shereecamel]

@zbagz01 0:08 You made me pump my own brakes, to tell you to pump yours...! If my grandfather had not began telling me his family stories and stories of the economic and racial disparities of his lifetime, I would have never fallen in love with genealogy and become the keeper of my family's history that includes almost 1,500 persons, to-date. It is total bs that grandkids "won't remember..." I REMEMBERED, and can trace my familial lines beyond the brick walls of the Civil War/1870 census -- to a 5th Great- GrandFather born in Africa. I now have a GrandDaughter who is continuing to search and preserve our family's history. Our passed down stories (and DNA testing) go a long way with helping descendants of slavery connect to their true history. The truth matters and will always be revealed.

[@shereecamel]

Thank you! If my grandfather had not began telling me his family stories and stories of the economic and racial disparities of his lifetime, I would have never fallen in love with genealogy and become the keeper of my family's history that includes almost 1,500 persons, to-date. It is total bs that grandkids "won't remember..." I REMEMBERED, and can trace my familial lines beyond the brick walls of the Civil War/1870 census -- to a 5th Great- GrandFather born in Africa. I now have a GrandDaughter who is continuing to search and preserve our family's history. Our passed down stories (and DNA testing) go a long way with helping descendants of slavery connect to their true history. The truth matters and will always be revealed.

[@ladyree7575]

@@shereecamel so very True 💯

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

"he owned my grandfather and he owned my father" Never in my life my heart crushed with that kind of statement

[@modoucamara6571]

😢😢😢😢

[@manyplanets]

Grow up. Stop being such a snowflake.

[@CentralParkBoogie]

Your boss owns you right? If you get fired and get another job then your new boss owns you right? They control whether or not you eat, yes? Do you have your own water source, no, you purchase life sustaining water, which is more that 70% of the earth, do you make your own clothes, no, do you use fire for light and heat, no, do you grow your own food, no, so here's the million dollar question, who owns you? Do the right thing.

[@Somebum]

If it wouldn't be for that she would be in Africa talking to flies😂😂😂

[@gothicxromantic]

@@CentralParkBoogieyour boss does not own you. It might feel like it if your job offers certain things you aren’t willing to give up, but you can always quit. Your boss can’t beat you or lock you up or r*pe you or sell you to another “owner.” You aren’t forced to do the same job for the rest of your life with no escape, no bank account, no vacation time or sick leave. Most jobs even offer legal protection for mandatory breaks, so no most of them don’t control if you’re allowed to eat either. You’re trying so hard to force a narrative that just doesn’t work. What the working class goes through now has its problems, and they’re valid and need to be addressed, but it’s not comparable to the slavery of African Americans.

[@crazeegurl101]

My mother’s grand parents were born into slavery and her grandfather was lynched in Jim Crow. I’m so happy they mentioned that it’s not ancient history. It’s so much closer to us than people are willing to admit. But we have inherited the stories, and the pain. Please just let us have and teach our history.

[@emdoubleu1763]

All y'all who have stories should come together to tell your stories and sell it as a history book. I'd buy it for my children bc I have no stories passed down to me I only know yours. 🥺🥺

[@crazeegurl101]

@@emdoubleu1763 that’s actually such a beautiful idea!

[@CurtisLoew63]

This won’t help you get a check from our government. You k ow that right? I’m VERY ashamed of slavery but DID YOU KNOW after some slaves were free’d here they went back to Africa and enslaved their own for more than 100 years😮. You won’t get taught that KEY BIT of ACCURATE history either…

[@Vanillacoffee5]

@@CurtisLoew63No one even asked for all that. But look at you… as you can see.. you and lots ppl are so afraid for black Americans to get any respect or reparations that you bring up these types of things just to dumb down the fact that black ppl are owed. And turn it into “oh you just want something for free!” Knowing the social adversities and discrimination makes it harder for all black ppl, especially the women. And there have been plenty of ppl to talk about slavery in Africa. That’s no longer “American history” to a certain extent. There have been plenty of stupid govt leaders in the past. Not focusing on that. Focused on Black American history and what we can do here.

[@SOULAANI_]

@@emdoubleu1763unironically this is a very great idea

[@pimp-e3069]

Mexican from Texa$ , I could sit and listen to Mrs. Celia, the sound of her voice is beautiful and soul full despite of what she went thru I could see her smiling even thou..

[@TheTierraJ]

The fact that he said they were worked reasonably but a young boy was whooped because he couldn't keep up with the gang.. 💔 Just let that sink in..

[@annb2586]

You can tell the anxiety in telling that story (sudden fast pace and word slurring/ stuttering.) It makes me wonder what "reasonable" really is.

[@dawnw.6559]

That fear of telling his truth was still there. 💔💔

[@lemonlemon7186]

Brings to mind the interview with a slave owner where he states that “his slaves are happy and never run off” 🙄

[@crishnaholmes7730]

@@annb2586what do you mean

[@crishnaholmes7730]

@@annb2586what do you mean

[@dakotac180]

Ms. Celia was a full queen, she had her witts about her until the end. I'm SO glad I was born in this time, i wouldn't have survived back then but I appreciate my grandparents who got me here so much.

[@PHlophe]

Dakota, Baby you would have survived. the thing is the mind was broken at birth and its the reason suffering could go on for centuries, this horror is haunting and her voice hits different . this needs to be played in every school . school aged kids from the er.. 1921 masscre in Tulsa are still very much alive . 5 of them spoke on the senate floor. look it. those ladies, their parents were born into slavery .

[@LostintheHate]

@@PHlophethey just lynched someone feb 21 in georgia yall.. aint nothin changed there, they aint scared of yall

[@jessicab331]

You dk what you wouldn’t survived until you lived it. Weren’t blessed to not have been born in that time tho.

[@MrSmokeTHC420]

Did you also know that most slaves went back after being freed cuz they didntk ie what else to do

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

Why is it always "they were kings/queens" when talking about this? Kings and queens were the reason all this existed in the first place. The ones who sold millions of their fellow Africans after conquering them.

[@firelightning5018]

this reminds me of a friend who came to visit, I offered something to eat but she refused because her grandma had cooked something earlier, but then I asked her what was that her grandmother cook. my friend didn't want to answer which caught my sister's and my curiosity. We finally got her to tells us what is was, basically pork tripes with chili, in other words, chitlins. me and my sister said that it sounded delicious. She was then surprised that we didn't find it weird because ever since she was a child many of her non-african-american friends found it gross. We told her "girl, we are mexicans, we eat all of the pig, from the feet all the way to the head". that's when she told us that her grandmother got many (including the chitlins) recipes from her grandma who was a slave. The master gave slave the "scrap" or "bad" meat to eat, and that's why many of her grandma recipes included things like feet, ears, tripes, nose, ect. of the pork. I was so surprised that someone currently alive knew and was family of someone who was a slave and how it affected their recipes and cooking.

[@firelightning5018]

@missam3404 I know, which to me (a mexican, whose country banned slavery since its creation), it's insane that not only a whole group of cuisine came from slavery, but that also there are people who are ashamed of it because they were picked on by the same group who forced them to create food from these "scraps".

[@manyplanets]

And the black people love that stuff! So was it “bad” meat? You eat it too!!

[@firelightning5018]

@benthread there's a reason why is in quotation marks. Some people consider parts of the animal undesirable and won't eat it, but it depends on the culture.

[@sandraking9650]

You're right, my grandparents used it all, remember the saying " everything but the squeal " was eaten & used? I can still hear them saying that! I'm an old white woman at 73 & we learned not to waste. Everybody loves to eat & has to! Be blessed 🙌

[@OneOut1]

​@@firelightning5018what group are you talking about ? My family were sharecroppers until my grandfather's day. They lived the same life that poor blacks did. Stop lumping people into groups. There were many wealthy Mexicans in the US that lived much more luxurious life's than my ancestors did.

[@clarencejohnson8964]

Im 22 yrs old born 2002, and some of my great grandmas earliest memories are on a plantation and of pickin cotton. Its such a treat getting to speak with her about the past, especially since just earlier this year she miraculously hit her 100th birthday!

[@merloncox4408]

Was your grandma born before 1865?! If not? Her stories don't fit into the taught "Slave Narrative"!!

[@NiemahRa]

Our ancestors are amazing.

[@Carryon22865]

Yes they were and I don't know how they survived, because I would've lost my mind, especially if my husband and children were sold off, never to be seen again 😢😭😭😭

[@potatosalad6699]

Unfortunately we started turning on ourselves and embarrassing 😢

[@Carryon22865]

@@potatosalad6699 Stockholm Syndrome and PTSD with Anxiety..... Untreated used pushed aside, the former Slaves were instantly made homeless, they were hunted down, stalked, brutalized, and deleted by the Klan, with no protection and no protection from the law, so out of the fire and into the frying pan, on top of suffering unthinkable cruel atrocities, for four hundred years, so they were pretty messed up 🤔

[@Charles-tt3dr]

Yes they were!! That's why we're still here. We are a resilient people!

[@fdotflames8507]

@@potatosalad6699white people caused a lot of us to turn on each other. It ensures their position of power and security. The sick part is they act like they have no hand in our current conditions and a large percentage believes them. Not blaming all white people but if you think their ancestors didn’t set up safety nets after we got free you would be delusional. These tactics are not just in blatant racism but also in the constitution, banking, criminal law, housing, social security, education, etc. Unless we wake up and stop falling for traps that were set up for us these conditions will remain intact.

[@staciebrooks2583]

It’s amazing how sharp her mind was at 114 years old.

[@Prestelle]

YES! She still sounded so happy riding that oxen ☺️

[@staciebrooks2583]

@@Prestelle my heart melted when she’d start to talk and say “ohhhh” 😂 she sounded so cheery

[@Prestelle]

@@staciebrooks2583 YESSSSS!!!! 😃😊

[@chrisharablack2944]

Yes that’s my great granny

[@jillianbaker8442]

Yessssss

[@Succiarchives]

Cried when I heard Celia’s voice. She sounds just like my great grandmother 😢

[@genevieveponder9672]

I got chills

[@j.scottofficial]

yeah it hit me like that too 😭

[@ThisIsJ.Nicole]

❤️

[@supernotnatural]

sounds like they had fun

[@chainsawmay]

thats exactly what i was thinking. it just goes to show how recent this really was....

[@ilove_dr.pepper.]

This whole video is emotional, but Miss Celia at 4:27 just absolutely broke my heart. Her mental strength should inspire generations.

[@black4pienus]

The giggles when she told about the oxes put a smile on my face. I'm glad she still had good memories from difficult times.

[@StarShine-d6c]

The thing is Mayans where slaves but get called white boy black ppl so I cNr help but fking laugh he Owen my daddy lmao Mayans fought back they weren't weak like the blacks

[@Groundedsquirrel]

At least the gentle work animals provided some semblance of happy memory. Also the loving trust of her father. It’s such a sweet memory. What an incredible treasure that memory and recording are to her family and to us all really.

[@kendrapaula]

She said one's name was "Corley" and the others name was "Let." I thought it was funny that ABC spelled "Let" as L-E-T. "Lait" is Creole for Milk.

[@madboyreadynow28]

We are not far from slavery. I was born 1973. I am 50 years old. My mothers mother is still alive. Her father was born 1897. He was born to the first generation after slavery. It's always exciting to me to hear the stories of older people. It's amazing. My ex-wife grandparents are white. I would love to visit her grandparents. Her grandfather would tell stories from his time in the military during ww2. My grandmother is now 87 years old. She would have more stories. I am planning to go see her and conduct an interview. I want to record it for my whole family. We don't know how much longer she will be here.

[@rabblerousin8981]

My grandpa was born in 1921 and is still with us 💜 and still sharp! He was flying a plane over the Himalayas in the USAF when it was announced that WWII was over, and we’d “won”. No joke, he remembers every street he lived on in his youth and his neighbor’s names too. Saying so kinda to brag on my gpa, but also to show how recent this “storied” history really was. It’s mind boggling.

[@madboyreadynow28]

@rabblerousin8981 That is such a blessing that your grandfather is still with us. It's such an amazing blessing. I don't know if I want to live that long to have my children's grandchildren coming to me asking a bunch of questions about when rap came out. Did I see Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan. You know every crazy thing they would ask in the next 45 years if I am allowed to live that long.

[@kgkg4118]

You're not supposed to say that. They want us to pretend that slavery happened thousands of years ago. But you can look up audio and photographs of people that were slaves in this country.

[@ZombiemanOhhellnaw]

Do for all of us please! 🙏🏾❤️

[@freethinkinmelanin6795]

I try to tell people this all the time. I’m 36, my great grandmother is 88. Her great grandparents were born during the slave era.

[@doggiesfishies3764]

It makes me cry when I hear them talk. Life was so unfair for them to go through this! 😭 their story needs to be heard but it’s so sad 😭

[@waynecarter8143]

@ doggiesfishies3764: There are so many racist idiots standing in the way in America, like Ron DeSatan who doesn’t want white kids to feel bad. That and he is just evil and doesn’t want to accept the facts of the history of America.

[@keyfield8967]

amerika "claims" that this did not happen - or if it did, then they "enjoyed" it...

[@CentralParkBoogie]

Stop crying and realize that you're creating a make-believe story in your head. What did the brother and sister say on the audio? Listen to the actual words coming out of their mouths and not the make-believe that clutters your mind. I think you like gettin' outcho body. Stop letting your need for emotional imbalance supersede the actual words that are coming out of their mouths. Do the right thing.

[@hannahwatkins7992]

@@CentralParkBoogie Something's wrong with you. Seriously, the lack of empathy is very strange. Get that checked by a psychologist. They're saying what they're saying because they never knew freedom. Imagine being oppressed from birth, made to believe you're worthless, made to believe you are an object, property, NOT human. Imagine the things you'd say if you'd been brainwashed since birth into a role of subjugation.

[@unyieldingrage1389]

The WSWD fear all the history coming out, slavery was a lot worst and gruesome than they allow to depict on the big screen, imagine knowing you’re descended from such evil, I almost feel bad for them…….almost lol

[@donnadees1971]

I am so grateful for histories being saved.

[@Blisscent]

People keep trying to say how long ago it was to downplay how horrible it was but slavery really isn’t as far back as it seems and the impact remains. Edit: I just want to add that “dwelling on it” changes minds and educates people that might not otherwise know why it’s still an issue that needs to be talked about and remembered. It’s about instilling empathy in those that haven’t experienced the repercussions because they come from a different background. It’s about seeing history from a different perspective than your own to determine the way to move forward. Ignorance and erasure isn’t going to change anything and there are a lot of things that still need to change.

[@anonymoususer4376]

Agree. But there's a time to move on and it's long overdue.

[@caseycat]

​@@anonymoususer4376move on? Bro, you dont "move on" from history. You learn from it. And dont forget it.

[@ashash6509]

They make it black and white to make seem so long ago.. that they took thee Original people stuff

[@GiGi52020]

​@@anonymoususer4376Why are black people the only ones that need to move on? With the jews it's never forget and the haulocost is continuously brought up. But black people need to let it go??? The double standards need to stop!! The racism is still strong and will never cease!!!

[@LowSlungBadBitch]

@@anonymoususer4376 you clearly don’t agree.

[@tatianabenitez2835]

Why does this make me cry so much ?! 😭😭 his voice resonates as the voice of many peoples ancestors .

[@Rixhsinner]

My great great grandfather was a slave and bought the land he worked on when became free in his later years, my great grandmother is alive and lived through all the Jim crow era, and my grandmother through the civil rights era, this history is still very recent

[@Junior-yt6cx]

He was a worker if he was able to save money to buy land

[@Rixhsinner]

@@Junior-yt6cx yea after becoming free, my great grandfather had a lot more wealth though, it was lost by the time the crack epidemic hit in the 80’s, that kinda changed everything though we still have the land and the house

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

"This history is still very recent" Not that recent to where it's irrelevant to be asking today's Americans who never were involved with slavery nor went through slavery for reparations

[@Orchidaceous1]

If that’s what you got out of watching this, you deserve pity for your weak mind and lack of intellect.

[@ahtribeofjudah5794]

Yea, it's "all" very recent in the eyes of the Heavenly Father, and these crooked so called white devils are gonna have to pay for "all" their crimes against humanity. Crooked devils

[@MsMusiqisinme]

The stories were passed down to me and I am 42. I am obsessed with my family's history and I do our family tree. This has me tearing up watching this much like when I do my research.

[@angelaroby543]

Amen. I love when we educate ourselves about us! ❤❤❤❤

[@GodlyMomTalk]

When I realized I missed it by 3 generations I got the chills. My mom had to work in a cotton field as a kid and she told me stories about when she was traveling through Mississippi as a child or a teen there was still slaves there.

[@ashash6509]

​@Indigo_CheRokEE that doesn't mean he was a slave

[@Taniesha_S]

​@@ashash6509OMG they never stated that.

[@ashash6509]

#Niiji

[@Chasityolaf]

@Indigo_CheRokEEgirl they still alive too go get them

[@CentralParkBoogie]

You aint miss sh!+, you gotta go to work in the morning. Do the right thing.

[@truthseeker1009]

Great work the 10 Million Names project is doing. Our ancestors should be remembered and loved for their resiliency.

[@johnwebb2442]

Most Definitely.

[@lnyawilliamsmoore]

Dane Calloway channel

[@Leena-vt9ee]

Books and movies are o. k., but the actual audio is fantastic!

[@StrawberryFeildsforNever]

Appreciate them calling them enslaved Americans/ people instead of “slaves.” It always irked me when a human being’s description began and ended at “slave” as of that was all they were

[@amazinggrapes3045]

A slave is by definition a person But in this case these people were not slaves anymore. So they were enslaved, but they were not slaves (at the time of recording)

[@Gorealaracer38]

What's ur jobs then? And pickin cotton & share cropping was a business,EVERYBODY DID IT.U can go find evidence of EUROPEANS AND BRITS coming here on ships, holding signs begging 4 work,PICKING COTTON....u gotta go LOOOOOOK!!! BUT NOBODY BREATHING OR DEAD COULD SHOW!!! SHOW U a slaveship, the captain, the crew,a statue,NOTHING!!! BUT drawings....no proof! No handful of white guys stole 12m africans people and can 6-8 weeks LIKE 2DAY to come here from africa,go back & return until 12m africans were just stolen without a fist fight let alone a war!🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!! 😤

[@CSAcrazy]

These people weren’t slaves. The first guy is a child of a man who was enslaved and a grandson of a man who was a slave but not a slave and the lady was a sharecropper. The recording was made a hundred years after slavery ended. Don’t understand why they dishonestly represented these interviews

[@joiisler8986]

@@CSAcrazy Read the title. Some of these people were Actually Enslaved. The rest live with the Legacy. Stop looking for “loopholes” to negate their agency.

[@CSAcrazy]

@@joiisler8986 the title literally says “rare audio of enslaved people”…

[@johnnyc.holmes4251]

I was James Browns manager for 32 years. Sometimes people would come up to him after a show, he would be drenched in perspiration, because he gave every last ounce of strength he had for every concert he did! “Mr. BROWN! Could you tell us please what is your motivation? What keeps you going and what makes you work so hard? James will always look them straight in the eyes and say one word “cotton” !

[@carinakaron8068]

This is a history that must never be lost or hidden .All Americans need to acknowledge this important truth.✨️🙏✨️ Wonderful work

[@BishopEddie5443]

"reparations would belong to the actual people that were enslaved and survived during that time." There are laws against receiving stolen property. The wealth created by the stolen people of Africa still exists! Slave masters died and slaves died but the wealth was passed down to racist offspring that began lynching and burning Black people alive! God remembers and will judge the wicked Europeans for their sins. Please don't go against God now or in the day of judgement!

[@0007bonita]

NOT LOST…JUST HIDDEN!!😮

[@bwanikajohn7002]

Desantis in Florida is making sure it does not get taught

[@CentralParkBoogie]

True, this is his-story, where the people in this video are trying as hard as they can to make you believe that your ears are deceiving you and you are allowing them to. O.k., now let's dig deep and find out your-story. Do the right thing.

[@Ky-yd9bi]

His voice and speech patterns remind me of the elders in my family born in the 40s and 50s. I’m overwhelmed with emotion

[@jowga]

This hurts....

[@GametimeSlime]

I’m actually enraged and want to seek vengeance for my ancestors. I know it’s not right but it’s an innate feeling.

[@teahgurl]

They are going to keep chattel slave history as a reminder but we have to dig dig and dig to learn about the Black Royals in Europe 😒

[@madisonlong4897]

​@GametimeSlime your feelings are very valid 🩷

[@Jay_R90uk]

@@GametimeSlime run the risk of ending up like them trying to seek revenge

[@univalent15]

Start hating white people when I listen to stuff like this

[@THEREALMINNEY]

Im 27 years old and im crying right now watching this! This was not that long ago... I hear the voice of my grandfather, his grandfather, and the grandmother before him. I still mourn for my people and a life that I never I had to live myself. This is my family, this is me.

[@troywilliams4640]

To hear a slave speaking about remembering the time when Abraham Lincoln was around . Just blew my mind. God bless all their soul.

[@okcflamez7309]

U mean to hear a enslaved person wtf

[@troywilliams4640]

@@okcflamez7309 you know exactly what I’m saying smh. Get a life .

[@okcflamez7309]

Nah that's y'all's problem u lack understand of a human being. U just say the slaves like they aren't the ancestors of black Americans. This is why we don't like y'all and never will

[@LadyLeoASMR]

How about former enslaved person… she was no longer a slave or enslaved. I think it’s important to say it correctly. It matters.

[@teahgurl]

@@troywilliams4640enslaved persons like they stated

[@millermiller4103]

Here in 2024 my 73 year old wife is the granddaughter of an enslaved man born in 1851. We have visited his grave in Gainesville, FL.

[@BishopEddie5443]

Until white people of today agree to pay reparations to the descendants of slavery, they will always be seen as slave masters themselves worthy of all the pain and poverty that the slaves endured!

[@BruderAdrian]

There's no one stronger and wiser than a survivor. My respect to the journalist who reported this on this story.

[@tracyguillemette6255]

and total respect to all the descendants of these stronger and wiser folks, they survived so you could thrive

[@nicholeebert_]

This truly breaks my heart learning about the history of these beautiful people and that nobody deserves to be treated like this. 😢❤

[@angelaroby543]

❤😊

[@asafeatherstoneiv371]

To even think to record these interviews is amazing. That’s such a valuable resource!

[@jamie9238]

I wish they’d use a regular format when captioning this man’s words. It was really hard to follow with the words jump in all over the screen out of order. I understand it was probably artistic to the creator, but it was not functional. The purpose is to see what they were saying, not to look fancy

[@Mmdmade]

Exactly. It’s ridiculous and shameful in my opinion. So I gave up after a couple minutes.

[@mathseacav]

That’s what I thought. Very poor design decisions

[@whisper2284]

It’s a video so you can play it back at your own pace.

[@rabblerousin8981]

Don’t forget there’s also closed captions ! You can use that to read in a more consolidated way. Cheers

[@whynot8901]

what helped me understand what he was saying, I froze each caption and read his testimony

[@Bobbillyjrboy]

I was born in 1990 and my great grandmother was born in 1914. she knew former slaves that were in their 80’s and 90’s that lived up to like 105. People lived a long time back then.

[@zxcccccc1]

They were exceptional because the age of life expectancy was 40 years old.

[@addisonhinson6290]

It's the golden age. When medicine started coming alone and they were eating healthy

[@Bobbillyjrboy]

@@addisonhinson6290 that’s true, they knew how to grow their own food and etc. remember they took care of each other

[@ranelgallardo7031]

@@zxcccccc1It was even more incredible for the African American community cause they had a much lower life expectancy on average cause of the racism they got.

[@reemajesty]

Because the food were real and not poisoned.

[@KellyKels23]

Omg her little laugh. Bless her. Living through a life none of us at this point could even begin to fathom. I got she's resting peacefully now. No more pain or anger. Thank you for sharing your stories. RIP Celia❤

[@redpatriotnews]

Discovering rare audio of enslaved people is an incredibly powerful and moving experience. It's a poignant reminder of the resilience and strength of the human spirit, even in the face of unimaginable hardships. These voices from the past offer us a direct link to history, allowing us to hear firsthand accounts that textbooks simply can't convey. It's crucial that we listen, learn, and reflect on these stories to understand the full scope of history and to ensure that the lessons learned are carried forward into the present and future. What an invaluable treasure to be able to connect with the past in such a direct and impactful way.

[@gilberttorres8]

That’s the difference between societies that thrive and those that stay behind. Learning from the past, and think about a better future.

[@lawrence5608]

If you ain’t black then you cant feel what they felt ..

[@jadanic9213]

The recording gave me chills. Just wow man.

[@princessugwu1998]

Same, I'm not black American, I'm african from Nigeria,but anytime i hear or read about slavery I get so mad,it just ignite something in my soul, people will say slavery wasn't that long ago but my grandma's paternal mom was sold into slavery, she's in her mid 80s and I'm 20,I will never blame European for doing this horrible things but I will forever blame African for selling and allowing slave raiders to go into villages to take their brothers, sister,wife and children, Africa as a whole is a failed continent and will forever remain like that when we don't put ourselves first or try to develop anything for ourselves,take a look at what's happening in congo,Sudan,south Africa,west Africa, Ethiopia,it never ends

[@shinjijoudestroyer2000]

​@@princessugwu1998 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@Yahshuaismyeverything]

​@princessugwu1998 ik how u feel sis but Yahweh wants us to forgive judgement is coming for these ppl soon don't worry

[@lh5567]

My great grandmother died at 104 and she had two sisters that lived to be 105. She was born in 1896 and died in 2001 she lived in three different centuries ….late 1800s, 1900s and early 2000s)! We lived in South Louisiana. Her name is Alexandrine Mackey Jones and she was a sweet heart! She used to mention how fast cars move because she grew up with horse a buggy 😂😂

[@EMChantalG]

Did you record them! We would to hear their stories. They are valuable.

[@CentralParkBoogie]

You laughed at horse and buggy, meaning they had a horse and a buggy that they built, while you have a car that your didn't build, have no idea how to service, and rely on gas from someone else. If gas is no longer available you're done, if the car has issues that you can't fix or afford to get fixed, you're done, but your granny would be just fine. Do the right thing.

[@lh5567]

@@CentralParkBoogie I do know how to service my automobiles…relax

[@lh5567]

@@EMChantalG yes we do have them on video and we had a massive family reunion this past summer! Which was awesome 👏🏽

[@CentralParkBoogie]

@@lh5567 N!66@ I don't. Do the right thing.

[@TheMysteriousGunner]

in college I was able to listen to a bunch of slave interviews for my civil war class. It was eye opening and sad hearing the familys broken and them searching to find them

[@maggiepatterson7949]

I think a similar project needs to be done for NATIVE AMERICANS too. What was done to them, was heinous, and still is. Their land was STOLEN, and they were lied to, tricked into a giving up land, etc. BUT WE HEAR NOTHING ABOUT THEM, THEIR PRESENT PLIGHT.

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

Definitely

[@ieshjust16]

Most if the Naitives were killed.. The tribes today helped take out other tribes.

[@lesliebenson4715]

Why side track this conversation requesting information about Native Americans? Did you not know that Native Americans were slave holders of African Americans ???

[@djoy4ly317]

@@ieshjust16 That's a LIE promoted by oppressors of today; repeated by trolls and bots.

[@alirott2271]

What was done to the Native Americans ..makes what Hitler and the Nazis party did look like child’s play.

[@RonniesRambles]

This was extremely moving. The gentleman hearing his great grandmother's voice from an earlier time, almost brought me to tears to imagine the images going through his mind. I wish every success to this effort and to the descendents fortunate enough to makes the connections. And the two spokespersons articulating so well the meaningfulness of their program, in particular the equally important story of strength and survival in the culture of slaves as individuals.

[@rabblerousin8981]

Especially considering the years of cultural erasure, and erasure of family ties over decades and centuries, I can’t imagine the power and profundity in that moment.

[@CentralParkBoogie]

My index finger following the course of one tear from my eye to my cheek. Images? Do the right thing.

[@njay4361]

A book called A Slave No More talks about how most of the existing diaries and other such recollections that managed to be created during slavery were searched for and destroyed during the Reconstruction. The book was based on two diaries that managed to survive. Highly recommend checking the book out if you found this interview interesting.

[@djoy4ly317]

So the destruction of black history continues today with the republicans & descendants of SLAVERS, who want to enslave and control our bodies and our right to vote and our right to freedom of expression through our hair and our right to know and learn our histroy in public education.

[@Leena-vt9ee]

I almost forgot that. Thank you. Reconstruction and destruction of evidence....now I'm getting mad again.

[@nikkiapressley6489]

I am at awe and very grateful and appreciative of this report and the "10 Million Names" project!!!❤❤❤

[@smokenojoke8182]

First guy must still be scared to say how he truly feels. He said the captor was reasonable, but reluctantly tells us he was whipped as a little boy because he couldn’t keep up with everyone else.

[@andreabrown4541]

That depended on the race of the interviewer, which is why some members of the Harlem Renaissance got involved.

[@Naturefan354]

No he wasn't talking about himself he was talking about another little boy. And he said that Master Jeff gave Master Joe the little boy, and the little boy couldn't keep up and was punished physically and the kid found Master Jeff and told him was Master Joe did. And his recount was when he was a free man so he could tell them anything he wanted to tell at that point. Since slaves where treated like livestock, their treatment varied on the owner.

[@relaxlibrary4249]

@@Naturefan354 These recordings were made during Jim Crow, so no, he could not freely express his feelings to the interviewer.

[@Naturefan354]

@@relaxlibrary4249 Yes he could because who exactly would have a problem with his testimony?? And why would they care? Otherwise why even mention the story of the kid who got physically punished at all? He wouldn't have mentioned it at all if he feared repercussion.

[@auntiemeemaw3885]

​@@Naturefan354He was guarded with his words because he was talking to a wyt man. That's why they started having blk people interview them. One being Zora Neale Hurston.

[@skylaellis]

This isn’t THAT SHOCKING. If people EVER actually took the time to do documentaries in the rural South Carolina, people would be mind blown

[@EatingHotIceCream]

For real. I'm from a small town in SC and people have started buying little forested pockets of land near fields. They clear them and find little shacks dotted all over. Can only imagine what those were for 😐 Like yeah, we are not far removed from slavery at all.

[@BishopEddie5443]

Until white people of today agree to pay reparations to the descendants of slavery, they will always be seen as slave masters themselves worthy of all the pain and poverty that the slaves endured!

[@chals4174]

Maybe it should start with you. All you need is a cellphone and a KZbin channel for the sake of future generations!

[@caseycat]

Sharecropping is still a thing today

[@muraismybby4617]

​@@EatingHotIceCreamsame me too, I see those little shacks too and I am like oh I know what that's from

[@Mely365]

Their voices sound so sweet. ♥ Such kind hearted people ♥

[@HguujAswiik-gw6pj]

Facts different kind of people.

[@dadsapp]

Love the dreads man! Appreciate your insights and commentary.

[@Kay_Cole]

Absolutely amazing! The best point is that they survived, so that we could be here. So much power in that!

[@rabblerousin8981]

For real. When we hear of a library burning, like in Egypt or Iraq, it’s a crime against humanity. This history is precious.

[@Doris-ip1dw]

My Daddy lived through the Jim Crow period and told me stories about his life in the South before he moved North. He even picked cotton as a small child. He died years ago at the age of 91. I carry a part of his history in my heart.

[@jillianbaker8442]

I’m so sorry

[@samanthac.349]

Please write down the stories that he told you and publish them on a family history website like Ancestry or MyHeritage. Those stories need to be heard or read long after we’re all dead.

[@Jjlavids]

Thank you for sharing that. May him Rest in Peace ❤

[@Yahchosenpeople]

A former enslaved American. First time I ever heard that phrase before.

[@TrapstarJolene]

Me too especially with American part

[@CentralParkBoogie]

Woooooooooooohoooooooo, damn, it is so refreshing to see a comment like this, yes, yes, yes, I'm impressed that you didn't forsake your ears. American. I was thinking how, the people in this video are trying their hardest to make you think you're hearing things that you're not but it's very difficult to hide the truth that seems to leak out the cracks. Slips like this aren't slips at all, it's just that this kunta kinte narrative can't survive much longer with perceptive individuals like you ouchea. I'm impressed by your listening and honoring your ears, real sh!+, thx for the comment. Do the right thing.

[@CentralParkBoogie]

@@kamelahunion9586 If you say enslaved one moe time Imma vomit right here right now. That's like saying us Americans are walking around with the surnames of our ancestor's masters, like "masters(bosses, managers)" would give a worker, slave, employee their last name insuring them a portion of the inheritance. Why is it so important to ignore the words that come out of people's mouths? An enslaved American is an American that was working for someone. Sometimes an American that was trafficked from somewhere in the Americas, could be men, women and children mostly, just like today. All I've said is impossible to grasp if you believe in your heart and feel like mommy Afreeka is your earth soil portion. Do the right thing.

[@BorderJumper69]

You were a slave?

[@AlluringFire]

He said what he meant & meant what he said. They know they’re really Indigenous Americans and NEVER came over here on a slave ship. 🪶🪶🪶 the truth won’t be hidden.

[@deehen9844]

My grandmother living in Louisiana died October 6, 2017 at the age of 115. She died strong. In her right mind. Her body was preserved. After 16 children. Her body showed no scars. Skin was still firm. She looked white with blue eyes. You would not believe that she was my grandmother. I was blessed out of all of the children to care for her. To be the one with her when she just went to sleep. A painless and quiet exit. She talked about slavery.

[@redpatriotnews]

That's incredibly powerful. Connecting with history through the voices of those who experienced it firsthand brings a depth and authenticity that written records alone can't achieve. It's a poignant reminder of the resilience and strength found in the human spirit, and how important it is to remember and learn from the past. These audio recordings serve as a bridge, allowing us to hear the reality of their experiences, and ensuring their stories continue to impact and inform future generations. What a valuable resource for deepening our understanding and empathy.

[@architecture.w]

The strongest, most resilient, and shrewd people on earth.

[@CentralParkBoogie]

Who are those people? Who are your people? Do the right thing.

[@alonzalbrown1883]

Chills, nostalgia, so many emotions..... stuff like this makes me miss my grandparents so much and so thankful for their lives and sacrifices.

[@kor405]

The best information I have gotten from abc news ! Good job !!! Thank you for not ignoring!!!❤ Am not American but remember the world looking up to u ……

[@kiadavis9012]

This is so beautiful. To hear the beautiful voices of our people tell a small part of their story is so inspiring.

[@sareptasweetie1978]

Wow! This made my eyes water. I remember my great great grandmother talking about picking cotton in Louisiana in her youth when I was six years old. Her hands were hard and calloused. I remember how they would catch my hair when she rubbed my head. Then my grandmother was a sharecropper and was taken out of school to pick cotton in the 3rd grade. She never got a chance to finish school. Don't know how anyone can say this country wasn't racist and people are trying their best to bury this history. This country has always been racist. From the theft of land to the theft of people.. and I wonder what trump means by making it great again. Great for whom? My parents were young people during Jim Crow. Make America great again. Great for who? The good ole boys? From my experience and the experience my family went through it has NEVER been great. A black man was just LYNCHED in Georgia this year on February 21st for dating a white woman. In 2024 black people are still being hung in trees. Because in my opinion this is where this country is headed back to!

[@PHlophe]

Sweetie, this is the reason why forgiveness should NEVER be a thing. for real.

[@Carryon22865]

They need to date and marry their own/our women, there's plenty that need and want a husband, and it's a lot safer too, because it just makes some people's blood boil to see them with their women. I feel that every race should stay pure, because look at what it brings us, different cultures and foods( especially the foods🤭) and we have places to travel, and all kinds of restaurants to enjoy 😁... Peace 😉

[@BishopEddie5443]

I hear you! The Bible refers to white folk as MENSTEALERS! Until white people of today agree to pay reparations to the descendants of slavery, they will always be seen as slave masters themselves worthy of all the pain and poverty that the slaves endured!

[@megnelli]

@@Carryon22865women nor black people are property

[@manyplanets]

@@PHlopheyou’re an i-d-lot. . For real.

[@shutinalley]

This is how we make sure history doesn't repeat itself.

[@CentralParkBoogie]

What? You gotta whole boss(master) and are a whole slave(worker laborer employee). Your ancestors slaved for themselves and their families just as you do . . . but, oh yeah, they had an earth soil portion(land) and were also self sufficient, unlike you. Every aspect of your life is provided for by someone else. Right? Riiiight? Do the right thing.

[@LoveJays247]

Bingo!

[@BruisedNotBrokenLovelyDove]

And think my mother was born in 1966 crazy crazy crazy my grandmother (mother of my mother) would tell heart breaking stories of what she seen and endured as a child growing up...no one can ever convince me to just get over it 😮 EVER

[@TTeeization]

My grandma’s grandmother was born towards the end of slavery and she lived to be 109 years old. We still have the news article they wrote about her. My grandmother was a sharecropper and she talks about it all of the time. She’s in her 90s now and still walks a mile every other day. She went on a 2-mile hike, up a mountain, with me in her 80s. Our elders are so resilient!

[@lobsterblacc9478]

They’ll label this network “woke” for discussing slavery as if it never happened 🤡😂😭

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

Nobody is doing that, stop falling for this nonsense. The "woke" part is them keeping context out of it, them selecting what not to report. Slavery was a worldwide, unanimously accepted part of life for thousands of years. Muslim empires were even enslaving Americans and Europeans into the 1800s. You are not comprehending how this is being taught in schools and what the misinformation being presented to kids is doing to them.

[@David-vq6qg]

Ikr

[@Tortilla.Reform]

Some of them in the maga church are actually saying Jesus was too weak for accepting immigrants, the poor, and gay people, and for turning the other cheek. It’s wild. I’ve seen them say Biden isn’t actually president, trump is still president, while blaming biden for only the bad things in the country in the same breath. Conspiracy brains rotting away

[@upendo.3570]

@@Tortilla.Reformlol

[@upendo.3570]

@@Tortilla.Reformleave those delusional people

[@Lstar07]

Apparently, Florida state Rep. Alex Andrade wants Florida’s teachers to teach students that these people “were paid” for their forced labor. I wish material such as this video were shown in classrooms nationwide instead.

[@donelmore2540]

I had never heard of this, or him, so I looked it up. I found that he said that “some” slaves were paid, but he also said, “There is only one way to teach about slavery in Florida, and that is that it was evil.” Evidently some slaves were paid. Booker T. Washington wrote that many ex-slaves worked out deals with their former slave masters to continue to work for them and get paid even after they were freed.

[@taterbug3358]

⁠@@donelmore2540You’re describing Share Cropping. My grandmother grew up as a child share cropping in Mississippi on the same land her great grandparents had been enslaved on, picking cotton. They were barely paid. Even the kids picked cotton to make more money, up until they started school. She told me about how her and her siblings would received a candy cane and an apple in a paper bag on Christmas. You’re trying to minimize the history and horror of systemic racism in this country, simply on the basis that they were no longer slaves. Stop.

[@donelmore2540]

@@taterbug3358 And you are standing on the shoulders of giants and think you’re flying. Everyone should be judged by the standards of their time not OURS. If you lived in the 18th century, you would have acted just as they did. Don’t pretend you are a moral giant compared to them. Read Dr. Jordan Peterson’s work on the Nazis and you’ll learn something. Read Dennis Prager’s commentary on Genesis. God saved Noah because he was righteous “in his time”! Meaning God was comparing him just to his contemporaries not to people in any other time.

[@larynOneka8080]

@taterbug3358 Sharecropping is not slavery, it's another name for tenant farming. Indentured servants were temporary slaves who were given a small stipend or settlement after release. Indentured servatude was a type of prison sentence given to British people for lower level property crimes. Indentured servatude was also a way for poor British people to come to the U.S. (like how people pay Coyotes to cross the border today).

[@taterbug3358]

@@larynOneka8080 Where did I say share cropping was slavery? I said what the person above me was trying to describe (former slaves being paid to do the same or similar work) was share cropping.

[@paigehopkins3302]

This hits me deeply, I love learning our history and being connected to my ancestors. I’m so grateful for them , they are so dearly loved and honored ❤️

[@user-bd3bx4rh1q]

Thank you for preserving this part of history.

[@TanyaQueen182]

These stories are so important to keep alive. Thank you for this video. It was well done.

[@PratikParija]

had no idea audio recordings of former slaves existed but this story highlights some that were discovered and just how rare, insightful, and historic these are. Awesome work!

[@Facts-Over-Feelings]

BLACK AMERICANS JUST GOT CIVIL RIGHTS 60 YEARS AGO AND PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHER IMMIGRANTS TO COME. THEY ARE THE MORAL OF AMERICA.. THE TRUE PATRIOTS OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.. NOT THE RACIST LAND STEALING EUROPEAN SO CALLED AMERICAN.. THE BLACK AMERICAN

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Yea wasn't so long ago now huh

[@AlmighTsports]

Do a deeper dive on KZbin. We have voices of slaves and former civil war soldier. It’s very interesting to hear how they speak. It’s not the best quality as time has ruined the recordings. But they are interesting.

[@southernphunk]

It’s a lot already on KZbin

[@rabblerousin8981]

Also, sadly, how recent slavery was. Being born in 1988 it’s seemed like history like the pyramids are part of history. Now that I’m old enough to see how quickly a decade passes, I realize that this was just moments ago in our cultural history.

[@L.RenéeCreates]

This is why it's SO important to keep records -Our history depends on it, as the truth prevails! Thank you so much for sharing this ❤️

[@no1onu2be19]

I have a duality in my feelings. One is anger while the other being compassion, and empathy. It is amazing that African Americans have survived and are still on their way in such a beautiful yet hostile place filled brutal bigots. 🇺🇲

[@donelmore2540]

What “hostile place filled (with) brutal bigots”? People from Africa and the Caribbean flock to the US and are very successful! If it was a “hostile place filled (with) brutal bigots” why would they come and how did they become so successful? Read or listen to Thomas Sowell the brilliant black economist tell the history of slavery in the world!

[@itsmarieg5816]

What are you talking about? If the US was filled with bigots so many people of color wouldn’t be successful and flocking to the US

[@BishopEddie5443]

Until white people of today agree to pay reparations to the descendants of slavery, they will always be seen as slave masters themselves worthy of all the pain and poverty that the slaves endured!

[@Detroitplayer313]

@@donelmore2540 your IQ is -5

[@CraigTilfordJr]

@@donelmore2540 bad take, why so divisive?

[@Smitty96521]

I can’t even describe all the emotions I’m feeling after watching this

[@RapperLilDownSyndrime]

Peter 2:18 Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.

[@tonyabooker2640]

​@RapperLilDownSyndrime that is because God knew what the wicked will do.I hope you also read where God said, The people who used my children as their servants will be His servants IN HIS KINGDOM!! Karma is always served

[@RapperLilDownSyndrime]

@@tonyabooker2640 Ephesians 6: 5-8 5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free. Exodus 21:20-21 20 “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21 but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property. Titus2:9-10 9 Urge slaves to be submissive to their masters in everything, to be pleasing, not talking back, 10 not stealing, but showing complete and perfect fidelity, so that in everything they may be an ornament to the teaching of God our Savior.

[@Chasityolaf]

Pissed. Those white families are still alive probably thriving

[@tonyabooker2640]

@@Chasityolaf generational wealth That's why they have so much and pass it down

[@jonniemae818]

Yes, we are still here.

[@unyieldingrage1389]

They just added extra steps

[@jillianbaker8442]

Yes we are❤

[@johnwebb2442]

Yes.

[@LadyTTennessee]

my great- grandmother was a slave. My father touched her brand. She told him to never let anyone brand him.

[@CatastrophicConundrum]

I know this is dramatic but I honestly started crying. So many suffered all because of something dumb like a difference in skin tone. if the afterlife is real I hope they are at peace.

[@BizQAC]

Skin tone didn’t start slavery. Our ancestors were sold off by people that looked just like them. That’s important to understand. Slaves in the USA then had a different skin tone than their owners but it wasn’t based on race to begin with, it was an identifying feature after the fact. So slave became synonymous with black but only in the USA. Not understanding the origins will have you believing skin tone dictates everything, no.

[@amazinggrapes3045]

​@@BizQACthat's true but they used physical differences like that to justify slavery after people started to become uncomfortable with it. They would argue that they're not really people and used pseudoscience to justify it, that's even where the modern idea of race comes from (past conceptions of race were different)

[@amazinggrapes3045]

Honestly this is absolutely something to cry about

[@alirott2271]

I find it seriously disturbing being part of the human race and I’m not even fucking kidding.

[@alirott2271]

I agree, 100%. I Love you and I pray you have a wonderful day.

[@missylove2323]

My mom always reminded me segregation was not that long ago as well! This is so heartbreaking.

[@KodokunaKarasu]

I remind my kids of that too, wasn't long ago at all.

[@rialequay1787]

Wow! This is heartbreaking but truly amazing that he is now free. I will never stop teaching my son about slavery. It’s apart of history that should never be forgotten.

[@qwb7959]

This brings heartbreaking tears to my eyes😢

[@alexism4223]

This is amazing. Kudos to ABC for sharing this, it's an important part of American history.

[@mollyharfoush2655]

The resilience and strength of these marginalized people…… I’m in awe

[@SeaTurtle515]

‘To understand freedom, you have to understand what it was like for those deprived of freedom’. So true!

[@CentralParkBoogie]

Huh? So you're free? You pay for water, you pay to live on planet earth, you pay someone else for your food, your pay for heat/fire, you pay someone else for your clothes, you get permission to travel on earth that's paved with concrete, you are paid fiat currency for your time/freedom. . . does this sound like freedom? Do the right thing.

[@SeaTurtle515]

@@CentralParkBoogie The monetary system and the paying for goods started with pre-historic man. Commodities are not free. I am talking about freedom to pursue an education or a career, to express yourself through art or dress, to be able to go on a road trip, to vote your conscious; the many everyday freedoms, small and big, that we as Americans enjoy and take for granted.

[@CentralParkBoogie]

@@SeaTurtle515 Wait, wait, wait, wait, water is a commodity? Haaaaa . . . we all come from the womb of a woman and you think it's ok to pay another man for water, pay another man to live on earth. I'm not sure you're deprogrammed enough for this natural dialogue with me. Do the right thing.

[@CentralParkBoogie]

@@SeaTurtle515 Yes, yes, yes, trading has always existed, probably, ok, you're trading your time/freedom for fiat currency(70%linen30%cotton), fiat currency is not money, it doesn't have a store of value. So, you, we, sacrifice out time/freedom for fiat currency to use to trade for all manner of things that we no longer produce within our own families, all manner of life necessities, water, shelter, food, etc. And now everyone is soooo exited about not even receiving the fiat currency, everyone would rather be compensated with numbers on a screen: "digital currency" YES! You say, Free to be educated? Educate is synonymous with nurture and nourish, which our parents should do, but they have failed us in this way by sending us to be educated/nurtured/nourished by complete strangers from 3months-3yrs old until 17-21 yrs old. And what do you learn, what kind of education do you get? Do most know how to start a fire? Do most learn horticulture and herbology? Do most learn to hunt and cure hides? Do most learn to make their own clothes? Do most learn to build their own dwellings? Do most learn how to make paper to wipe their own @$$? Express yourself through art and dress, prove your 6th great grandparents didn't do this . . . black/african Americans properly Americans have a rich culture of expression, it's the culture that we live in daily. It's the culture of expression that every foreigner who comes here tries to assimilate into. Free to have a career, more slavery, working, being an employee for what? For what? To live in a way that someone else takes care of your every need and want? Go on a trip? Yeah right now, only after needing a drivers license, or passport, or getting massage searched by tsa, or a little while ago presenting your freedom papers before flying. We, Americans, I, as an American don't take anything for granted and am appalled at being a whole infant, relying on others to take care of my ever need and want. Do the right thing.

[@謬]

​@@SeaTurtle515 none of those things u mentioned is free.

[@GodwinBell-sv4yr]

Thanks very much for letting us hear their story 😢😢

[@demetrius1942]

Thank you for sharing these stories. History is important to understand our future.

[@jenihardy09]

My great grandmother is turning 100 this month and her mother was a slave and also her mother. I also found most of my ancestors on ancestry and found out a lot of information

[@MsLhuntMartinez79]

Oh snap! Your last name is Hardy? Have any people in Texas or Louisiana? I've been doing our ancestry, and we have a lot of Hardys. They were Creoles of Louisiana. Our family's name is Hardy/Ardoin. I've learned TONS! I'm extremely far back 1400s and 1500s. I found "Slave Schedules" and some of their employment contracts, which I found d strange. We were taught that slaves were not paid. I found ship logs with dates, arrival ports, departure ports, and reason for travel. I thought I'd find Africans. There's not 1. We have "white" Irish ancestors who were slaves. I'm on Ancestry more than I'm on KZbin because the family stories are so interesting! The famous people that you find in your tree will make you giggle. Example: we're kin to Obama on his mom's side😂 We're related to President Addams (both of course), Kipling- Jungle Book author, and Abraham Lincoln's wife.

[@MsLhuntMartinez79]

Happy Birthday Grandma!!! Lol LOVE IT! My grandma is 94. She lives up the street from me, but she doesn't have slave stories. Her mother and grandma weren't enslaved. They are from Louisiana. Before Louisiana, they lived in Quebec, Canada (French). Louisiana Creoles did have slavery, but it was a bit different. I have a 5th gg father who was "Negro/Mulatto" but owned many slaves. Most of them were his family members. He bought slaves so that no one could enslave him (he was an owner) and no one could separate his family, because he "bought" them. It was a tactic for keeping money in the family and keeping the family together. Other Blacks preferred to work for him because he paid more and treated people fair. It was more of an "employee " feel vs chattle slavery. Living on a portion of the land they worked for the term of their labor contracts were normal. It was considered part of payment. My 5 ggf bought his wife out of slavery and then married her. I'm 3 generations removed from the French only speakers.

[@jenihardy09]

@MsLhuntMartinez79 Thanks, I will tell her, lol. I did do my ancestry and found that some were from Mississippi. I will have to check my tree again because I only found up to the 4th great grands of my father's side of the family

[@MsLhuntMartinez79]

@@jenihardy09 I'll be here if you find some lol

[@kimkimsan]

God bless her! My grandmother would have turned 100 on Valentine's Day this year, but just passed away last June at age 99. It's amazing what our ancestors have been able to live to witness and survive through. I hope your grandma has an amazing celebration!

[@traceyf4842]

Beautiful testimony! Thank you for doing this!

[@watchmework3688]

The last chattel slave was freed in 1942, his name was Alfred Irving.... let that sink in.