American Slavery Did Not End in 1865 with Antoinette Harrell

Antoinette Harrell is a historian, genealogist, and civil rights activist with over 20 years of extensive research in peonage, African American genealogy, and debt servitude.
Join us in learning about continuing enslavement in the United States after 1865.
This lecture is hosted by the School of Arts and Humanities and sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Student Engagement, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education.
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[@christaprophete8848]

Wow this woman is doing amazing Work. God bless her🙏🏿

[@deborahthurman7097]

Antoinette Harrell thank you excellent presentation every black person needs to hear this information stay educated to prevent history from repeating.

[@justred5164]

I love and appreciate her work ❤

[@fero5978]

Mrs. Harrell’s work immediately brings to mind an experience I had when I was in my mid 20’s… I once made several visits doing a volunteer Bible education work to the home of a woman in rural Gastonia NC in Crowder’s Mountain in the early 2000’s… the woman was approximately in her 80’s at the time… the woman would share stories of being treated poorly working in the homes of whites in her youth… she told me a story once of getting revenge by splashing droplets of milk from a baby bottle into the closet of twins after the woman of the house had treated her badly and demanded she redo the ironing… One day a white man in his 40’s starting coming into her yard when I would visit the woman… he would ask me questions about why I was visiting… I explained I was sharing comforting thoughts from the Bible… when I continued visiting he eventually said she didn’t need me to come anymore and that he and his family “look after her”… on that occasion or maybe I was brave enough to visit again a young white girl of about 11 or 12 ran up on to the porch in between us and grabbed the woman around her waist. The girl declared the woman was like her family member I think she said her aunt or momma…. The woman did not verbally support or repeat either of her white “like family” member’s claims… she just looked at me with as if resolved to her inevitable situation and told me “it’s ok you don’t have to come anymore”. I didn’t continue visiting, but I was happy we got talk about the Bible’s hope for a peaceful future and the answer to why horrible things like slavery and oppression happen how God feels about it and what he will do to bring justice for those living and those who have passed… She seemed to be relieved talking about the Lord’s Prayer when God’s will will be done on earth… Matthew 6:9, 10; Psalm 37:10, 11, 29; Revelation 21;3, 4; 1 John 5:19… I felt sad I couldn’t go back and I always wondered about her life and all the stories she hadn’t shared… I worried for her and all I could do was pray. After listening to Mrs Harrell’s talk I wonder if the woman I was speaking to was enslaved, trapped by need and “free rent” offered by this family… I wonder if the home she lived in and the land she lived on belong to them… she was in her 80’s how could she escape if she wanted to? Where would she go? How would she survive? So she stayed. It’s not hard to imagine in a place where families don’t move away they just build a house on another part of the property each time someone becomes of age. So families will live in the same 5 mile radius for generations… Thank you Mrs Harrell for your bravery, love, and compassion to reach these people and help them get a sense of freedom. Justice is so important to me and knowing these atrocities will be corrected and having the hope of soon seeing an end to all of mankind’s suffering brings me real comfort. I learned a lot about that hope and God’s justice in this magazine www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&pub=wp20&issue=202005

[@victoriaallen3753]

This woman is an amazing heroine. This is why they don't want black history to be taught because peonage slavery still going on, and they don't want things to change.

[@consciousimmortal]

Thank you!!!👁️🙌🏾✨

[@thetotalpackage2005]

Thank you for this video

[@Macdaddy.]

In 2015 I worked for a financial firm and our job was to call business and one day a woman picked up the phone and said she had owned a plantation and she mentioned it had been in her family for centuries and I was a bit confused and then I realized what she meant later and I was totally astonished.

[@riddickdeshaun6679]

Researching this for myself. This is new information.

[@carsonjackson6951]

OMG! I watched the movie Alice today and felt compelled to learn the true story behind the Hollywood version for myself. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I wish more people were aware of this atrocity. I will definitely be sharing this video.

[@riddickdeshaun6679]

New information to me.

[@eliza6971]

I appreciate the academic focus of a lot of the questions at the end, but can we be real for a minute? This is a human rights crisis. This isn't just something that needs to be documented, you should be terrified that there are babies being born into slavery in America right now. You should be asking about ways to bring the perpetrators to justice. You should be asking about reparations and THERAPY for the victims of these crimes. You should be talking to people in your academic community about getting Ms Harrell some funding. Just because this conversation is happening at a university doesn't mean doesn't mean the focus of the conversation needs to be about how to educate a mostly white group of university students. THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS.

[@13kika131]

#JillStein2024, as PinK sings- Letʻs get this party started!!!

[@serenitywofford5148]

@46:06 Is the woman asking a question calling the speaker Harriet? Or am I tripping?

[@Ms.Byrd68]

No, she called her 'Harriet'.