ASK A SLAVE Ep 2: Abolitioning

CREDITS BELOW
Ask A Slave is a comedy web series directed by Jordan Black, based on the actress' time working as a living history character at the popular historic site, George Washington's Mount Vernon. All questions and interactions are based on true life events.
Real Questions. Real Comedy.
Learn more @ www.AskASlave.com
Director: Jordan Black
Writer: Azie Mira Dungey
Director of Photography: Ryan Moulton
Editor: Ryan Moulton
Sound: Johnny Shyrock
Animator: Jamie Noguchi
Production Manager: Pamela J Peters
Starring:
Azie Mira Dungey as Lizzie Mae
and Laird Macintosh as Tobias Lear
Featuring: Sarah Murphy-Katz, Lisa Schurga, and Carrie Daniel, with the voices of Zehra Fazal, and Aubrey Deeker.
*This production is in no way affiliated with or sponsored by George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum, and Gardens.

[@ItsJustTuesday]

“Trust me honey you don’t want this skin” 🤣🤣

[@hanhan7771]

Brownskin Mani 🤣😂😂

[@kanidieme]

600th like

[@fiancefreedomjourney]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ItsJustTuesday]

Spotlight Athletics CheerTM aw thks

[@peruvian_goddesss725]

Follow her other KZbin channel Called Say It Loud.

[@deer105]

This actress has an amazing personality. She's able to take a serious and disturbing subject and make it both educational and satirical.

[@williamwoody7607]

Meredith Parker And she’s adorable.

[@gbrieannful]

I agree

[@aesha8689]

very true

[@RozzieBass]

I just read that she is also a writer. Among other things, she writes for Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt. Yay!

[@leonamcintyre7162]

And roasting

[@devinc9]

"and I can't argue with such sound logic,... even if it does come from a woman" "one step at a time." dead

[@obscured9414]

Lol

[@chadafiy]

What a coincidence i was just watching a video about him.

[@BaronAmerican]

I started rolling with "important white man schedule."

[@hanhan7771]

BaronAmerican 🤣🤣😂

[@andrewbuchanan148]

Clearly those teachers have never been to the part of upstate New York where people have confederate flags. They can’t even argue that it’s part of their heritage because they’re from the north. It’s solely because they’re racist hillbillies.

[@gibsonn2018]

Andrew Buchanan I’m in that part of NY :(

[@meiyahhill312]

😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@silverbat5873]

@@andrewbuchanan148 True. I live in a place like that now. Culture shock in my own state....

[@asiahkelley]

Omg this is so brilliant! Most ppl don't realize that abolitionists often didn't like black people, believed in segregation and many wanted to ship them back to Africa. Love this series!

[@nicole1800s]

Asiah Kelley so if everyone in the time period is racist but one side of the racist people want to keep slavery (the south) and one side of the racist people want to get rid of slavery (the north) Southerners are still going to roast Northerners for being racist as if they weren’t racist and didn’t want to keep slavery. I’m just saying that I hear a lot of southerners who think the North is more racist but I think wanting to keep slavery intact is more racist out of the two...it’s like they forget that part...

[@theotter7021]

@@nicole1800s both were just racist. Let's just acknowledge it

[@nicole1800s]

Luz C I did acknowledge it I said both were racist.

[@Solocat1]

@@nicole1800s Yes the Democratics sure are (The slave party). Facts Matter

[@nicole1800s]

comm744 If you knew anything about history then you would know that the political parties during the time of the Civil War do not exist anymore and are not the same as the political parties today. If you have to compare them though the party of the South (the slavery party as you put it) was the Southern Democratic Party, which is not affiliated with today’s Democratic Party. They had ideologies that more closely resemble today’s Republican Party as they were conservative.

[@AskASlaveTheWebSeries]

The British promised freedom to any slave that ran away to fight on their side. It is very hard to get an accurate count of blacks on the American side because many were taken to war as slaves to their masters and fought along side them. Others were sent to fight in their master's place. So their names weren't recorded. Historians say that the Rev War was the most racially integrated war prior to Vietnam.

[@zahara3026]

Ask A Slave: The Web Series please stop saying blacks. Im not a fucking crayon

[@sparkyboomboomboi7051]

ZaharaDaYoungen it’s just easier to say because not all blacks are African American and not all whites are American etc calm down

[@Kazeshini6]

@@sparkyboomboomboi7051 I agree plus I hate being call African American which im not

[@christaljonan8701]

@@zahara3026 Bruh calm yo ass down lol black isnt a derogatory term. I'm sure she can see full well that black people arent actually that color. Plus shes playing a damn slave in the videos what do you expect ya troll 😂😂😂

[@roberthertz6634]

REALLY.

[@BarberellaFromUPS]

"Important white man schedule" -- I'm going to have to use this one in real life.

[@PositivelyAngela]

😂😂😂

[@gabriellet-j]

"Jamaica is a nasty place..." she ought to throw that tea on him. hmh!

[@gabriellet-j]

I'm Jamaican dude. I'd like to think I know my own history. I just hate to hear my country being referred to as nasty.

[@sheree-annlashley4564]

***** actually Jamaica and Barbados were the most wanted islands. They were often referred to as the gems in the ocean. Everyone came there to own slaves because of the beautiful weather, good soil, and wonderful beaches.

[@dothedeed]

***** You must have heard of "Pirates of the Caribbean". The city they went to with their stolen gold is Port Royal, Jamaica. Henry Morgan / Blackbeard etc were all there

[@marymoriarity2555]

Have you had a visit from Oona whose mother was black and father white indentured man. If I’m correct Oona was very fair completed. She escaped from the Washington’s to New Hampshure and married a free black sailor. Would be interesting guest.

[@PastelPixie99]

i see no lies with wat he said lol

[@AskASlaveTheWebSeries]

OMG! I loved answering questions from children! They have the most sense out of everyone! I did a lot of school group tours and lectures. Children are awesome! Hahaha!

[@RoseyGreyfield]

Oh god, the white guy, Jesus christ. "Mr. Leer, I don't think you've ever met a black person" "I have been aquainted with Alexander Hamilton"

[@jillianrose2891]

David Gudin well his mother was reportedly mixed. He’s not 100% wrong, just like 99.5% wrong.

[@Kaydaloot]

Alexander Hamilton was called a Creole bastard lol. I'm sure he was about as black prince Harry's son Archie

[@jillianrose2891]

Kaydaloot honestly not a bad comparison

[@sisterelijah4267]

@@Kaydaloot did u listen to Hamilton too

[@keishaloves1762]

Kaydaloot me I know all about him from the musical Hamilton

[@camjus5]

this series needs to be on network tv

[@bugeyedmonster2]

Yes, and people could submit questions, and you'd have editors who would choose the most 'ignorant' ones.

[@hanhan7771]

K CH I stg dude

[@benjaminbutton6097]

Agreed. Sooo...blasted...FUN..NEEE....more...MOOR...M'..WHAH..! Benjamin xxx

[@tillycomedy2194]

this series probably gets MORE views being streamed on youtube. most shows are nowadays

[@orianamoore5290]

The, “that argument was very articulate, even though you are a woman” thing was a DOUBLE HIT I screamed

[@Windsingerful]

Lololol..."I would very much like to touch your hair" After all that! Lolololol

[@alexn.2901]

white people irl

[@galactic_joyriding]

She was all like, "Don't touch my hair. I will cut you. " lol

[@hegiratc]

I like that one too my female cousins used hear that all the time.

[@lbsears5950]

I had some kids in asia ask to touch my hair which i thought was hilarious. I also have long eyelashes and I had an adult ask me years ago to touch them which was new for me. People are sometimes intrigued by things that they have never seen before.

[@mrsloveydove4579]

LB Sears I’m white but I have curly hair that looks like spirals, kinda like those old parliament wigs. I’ve had many people touch my hair, most of the time without asking. People are interested in things they don’t have or don’t often see, I agree.

[@Jaydoggy531]

"Trust me, honey, you don't want this skin." - Absolute gold.

[@garyparsons533]

Her acting is AMAZING!! I could feel her uncomfortableness, ik she acting but shes jus so good

[@MsZephyra]

*discomfort :)

[@sherylsmallwood-valdivia5375]

"Lizzie Mae, I would very much like to touch your hair." Okay, just one punch in the face.

[@DarkwingsDesending]

Hon, your employer needs to give you a raise for dealing with these people.

[@commanderkruge]

You mean more than nothing? Agreed...

[@DarkwingsDesending]

Can't believe I'm just seeing this, but you DO realize that she is actually a paid tour guide, right? And I've been a tour guide. They don't get paid much at all. That's all I meant so you don't have to be a smart ass.

[@celiphon3812]

DarkwingsDesending uhhhhhhhh

[@leftylizard9085]

@@pseudonym2839 so you mean like most of the people who were asking these sorts of questions to begin with?

[@linseighgreen3403]

DarkwingsDesending then every black employee at a plantation needs a raise bc these guests are the rule not the exception

[@starcherry6814]

When history class only taught us that only the South was racist. 🙄

[@hanhan7771]

Star Cherry Period

[@e_v_e9848]

Right it was all well the north gave up slaves BUT THE SOUTH GRRRR

[@adrian4887]

Star Cherry That’s interesting. Because even in Texas were were told that just because the South had slaves didn’t mean the North was pure and holy

[@SKEILLLL]

What school did you go to?😂

[@jazzb3371]

@@adrian4887 For real

[@laurenlongfellow9714]

Hearing him say “negroes” so many times made me cringe lol

[@nothingposted9056]

I started laughing aloud with the hopes my roommate wouldn't hear the word

[@DBT1007]

Negro is the right word to call them. "black-white" thing is racist. Call people based on the skin color? Isn't that racist and it is not nice?

[@count_wannabe5490]

@@DBT1007 Well, the word "negro" denotes "black" in Spanish and Portuguese, so it's still calling people according to their colour of skin

[@thetiredworm2100]

Theresa Shoelier ? Okay but that’s not how it is in English I believe? It doesn’t matter how it is in a different country, unless your saying the word in that country

[@gengarx8021]

DB T no, because that is not what they are comfortable with. You don’t get to decide what words are nice to call them. Illogical

[@Evilmonkey36]

"There are some good slave masters and owners. For instance, Thomas Jefferson!" "Thomas Jefferson!? He has sex with his slaves!" "Ha ha ha, yes. Indeed." Ohhhhhhh, my fucking god >.< !!

[@ultraminmin5248]

I'm fucking crying at that

[@Object-Impermanence-Official]

Wasn't the slave like 14/16?

[@Weather-more]

That is so disgusting to do to others! I mean well...I mean to others.

[@halomuffin3081]

That’s disgusting to do to ANYONE. Period.

[@suadify3524]

Like one called sally

[@alyssaforsty1069]

"Jamaica?" "What's that?" "A nasty place" *cries in patwa*

[@Elmaestrodemusica]

I'm hooked. Actually, this is very helpful. One aspect we don't really talk about is yes, many people were abolitionists, but the question rarely discussed was, "What happens next?" ....

[@mscocorosie]

"i'm so glad you too the time out of your important white man schedule..." I fucking lost it

[@kayc421]

"Jamaica?" "What's that???"🤣🤣🤣

[@mauriceblackmon6662]

Lol

[@fancydeer]

"I would very much like to touch your hair" I almost threw my laptop.

[@afrodoodles]

Chuckles!

[@AskASlaveTheWebSeries]

Not dumb at all!! The lady's maid I researched at MV had 6 children. The older children took care of the younger ones, as did elderly women and women doing sit-down tasks like spinning wool. People helped each other. Children had a lot of work to do. They tended the slaves' vegetable gardens and other chores. Children started working for the Washingtons at 10 yrs old, when they would apprentice to learn their job. Pls also remember most masters sold slave children for profit to avoid this issue.

[@abookeveryotherday]

"I would like very much to touch your hair." I legit lost it at that line. Brilliant.

[@hanhan7771]

What “Corn cakes kidneys and gravey” What is that 🤣😂😂 “Trust me honey you don’t want this skin”🤣🤣😂ohhhhh I get it

[@paulhunter1525]

She was lucky most slaves probably on got Corn called.minus kitney and gravy😑☹️

[@amaihito]

Love, love, love how you tore down the "but some slave masters were good to their slaves" thing!

[@Ocker3]

Not just the line's delivery, but her perfect blend of surprise, shock, indignation and resignation. I hope Azie Mira Dungey has a long career in acting, it looks like she is damn good at it!

[@WhoddaWhaddu]

I love how you covered the idiocy so well so fast and aww... I'm in love!

[@edgarescamilla2679]

His white wig.... I'm cracking up! I lost it....LOL!!!!

[@redacted5078]

The level of sass is astonishing

[@sherrodfaulks]

I REAAALLY enjoy this series. I've sent it to everyone I know. It makes all of its points extremely well, appealing to intellect and humor more than raw emotion. It's more conservative in its verbiage than I expected, but it still gets its messages across exceedingly well through Ms. Lizzie Mae's facial expressions, commentary and gestures. PLEASE keep this going, it's a much needed story that you're telling.

[@cinephilia7]

The Lear character is written exactly how he would actually react. Love it!

[@elimacfly1]

Bless you!! I'll never forget swimming with my then-5 yr old son in a hotel pool on a night when a schoolteachers' convention was in town. One male teacher overheard me using the word "acclimated" in my answer to my son's question, and the teacher laughed in my face & said "As if he understands the word 'acclimated!'" That son is now a 16-yr old who won himself a scholarship to a prestigious private school & has maintained straight As. He's acclimated just fine.

[@Shootapsky]

"Lizzie Mae I would very much like to touch your hair" I DIED

[@PravaCouture]

i got all the way through with a straight face. I literally died at the last 2 seconds

[@hide904]

@ 0:55 When she said, _"Trust me honey, you don't want this skin."_ I *felt* that.

[@simonbolam6396]

Wow, she is beautiful.

[@Laedde]

Both "hilarious and horrifying" might be the best description of this show so far.

[@Thespeia]

"Lizzie Mae, I would very much like to touch your hair." I guess I'm glad to see that was a thing back in the olden days as well.

[@TheCantikJelita]

"one step at a time" shes so tired 😂😂😂

[@ThePurpleSeahorse]

haHA! That last line! If I had a penny for every instance I'd heard that one I could buy my own damn 40 acres, and a riding mower I'd call "mule."

[@mrsloveydove4579]

People are racist if they hate your hair and racist if they like it. I’m catching on...😉

[@48917032]

@@mrsloveydove4579 Poor, poor whitey...

[@user-vn9dv5qi7v]

I think this series is very smart and important. I love your brain, and I have so much respect for your uncanny ability to balance such serious subject matter with intelligent humor. Your spirit makes me smile - I think the world would be better with more minds like yours thinking and creating and making people laugh. This is really difficult stuff to laugh about, but you pull it off so well and you make it appear effortless. Keep on being amazing. c:

[@goodmeasure777]

@Sarah Thompson, Agreed!

[@desireel.6358]

Stumbled upon this series today...absolutely incredible! Disappointing questions but I'm in stitches at your answers😂

[@hailey_holmez]

I love your channel so much, I love how you rein-act all of these issues and bring into perspective that most of these issues have not been resolved today!

[@lilaskiwan2987]

"one step at a time" ... I love your show !

[@pamposz123]

I love it when people handle things with such grace and humor.

[@MsKwan09]

This is my favorite episode.

[@AskASlaveTheWebSeries]

Mine too! ;-)

[@sgttomas]

This show is brilliant.

[@caffeina]

The clapping at 2:42 SLAYS me. Wow, this is an awesome series. More more more more!

[@JoshuaMcMillion]

"Even if it comes from a woman" lol had me weak

[@lynndiferdinando2199]

I absolutely LOVE this new series! Please keep them coming, as your schedule allows, of course. Thanks again!

[@lizziewalker9374]

"Lizzie Mae, I very much want to touch your hair" 👀 UM...no. Lord...this series! Why KZbin? Why am I just seeing this now??

[@marylandgirl9246]

😂😂😂 This episode had so many gems. Wiping away tears...

[@garyparsons533]

“One step at a time” 🤣🤣

[@rebeccacavanaugh1994]

Thank you! I love your videos and I admire your ability to keep a sense of humor through all those questions.

[@kayceefranco7086]

Mr. Leir: "Jamaica?" Ms. Maye: "What's that?" Mr. Leir: "Jamaica is a nasty place filled with mosquitoes about the size of your head!" As a Jamaican🇯🇲, I want to disagree...the mosquitoes here are a tad smaller😂😅😅 This is comic material. The satire is killing me.

[@maryannedelaney]

Respectfully, this was hilarious. But the fact that these are real questions make me cringe.

[@anna84259]

They are most likely not

[@CrimsonTide72]

Uh the questions are satire, too. Each one is created by the makers of this series. They are asked by white people for a reason.

[@PoliticalAbstract]

Actually these questions were real.

[@jellimonsta]

This is amazing! Ms. Dungey, I am glad you are able to see the humor through the ignorance. I also love the subtlety in having all of the questions directed towards the 'white man' once he is on the scene. Keep them coming! :)

[@amormio4293]

“... I can’t argue with such sound logic... Even if it does come from a woman.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@andreamarie529]

“Touched wit the tar brush” 🤣

[@pencarbo5387]

"one step at a time" the pain

[@thegirlofmanyfandoms99]

I loved her point about how black people basically did as much work as the white man, and some of them hadn't even been to Africa. Well said Lizzie Mae!

[@Aubrey_Graham1]

LIZZIE MAE I JUST DISCOVERED THIS CHANNEL TODAY AND I PHYSICALLY (LOVE) ALL OF THIS THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@Greenwickpress]

I wish I could say I can't imagine people actually asking these questions. Your answers are delightful!

[@roilune6514]

SHES SO SHADY I LOVE IT OMG

[@meapet]

As someone who interprets the 18th Century, and has had some similar questions (or seen people ask similar questions) THANK YOU for making my day so much better with so much laughter. I can't wait to see what you come out with next!

[@kceyagi]

"One step at a time." I really like this series. :)

[@Lifeisbeautiful0113]

You are absolutely hilarious! When I was younger, I worked in living history museum where we portrayed life in the 1830s. I can't begin to count all the ridiculous questions, mostly from adults, that I received over the years! Great work on these videos!

[@birch5757]

"Well, I do like bacon..." LOL

[@edtietz]

Love the show! And as someone with extended relatives in Little Falls, Minnesota, I'm impressed by the accurate accent.

[@christinacody5845]

Abolitionist:Even if it comes from a woman. Lizzie Mae: One step at a time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gracecadet3244]

Omggggg, not "touched with the tar brush" Mr. Lear! So wrong it's funny 🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀ 🤣😂🤣 Thank you Azie and everyone for taking the time and creativity to point out how ignorant people can really be, and to educate with humor.

[@ebmosier1]

These are so funny (and informative)! I'm a history nut, and I'd love to make it out to Mt. Vernon someday.

[@AndThenSpoons]

I lived in NH for a few years and it seems that things haven't changed all that much! This was gold.

[@Nostalgia2AKA]

Important white man schedule. :D

[@Jpanda2420]

I think Lizzie’s my new favorite KZbinr.

[@sparksketchbook808]

Take a shot every time he says “negro”

[@horseenthusiast9903]

I wanna live

[@thelightingavenger]

I actually got a little tipsy 😂 definitely recommend this one you guys

[@N-HTTi]

SparkSketchbook I’m drunk 🥴

[@wescollins2981]

Eye yam tooo dwunk

[@clarekuehn4372]

This is great! Especially the woman part. Thanks, you both! 😍

[@dburch7894]

“ From a woman,” I am dead😂

[@Je11YbeanQueen]

These are fantastic. I love the message behind them and the different facets of both racism and ignorance that are subtly highlighted. These would make an excellent education tool in a history class or an English class. Please keep them coming.

[@ccsmooth55]

"Your important White Mans schedule" 😂😂😂

[@febha_mathew]

I’m glad I was recommended this. :) good job

[@Mdm.BlueBerry]

We can't change the past. But we can make our future so much better.

[@cb4664]

You’re right we can’t change the past. But we do need to acknowledge it. 👍🏾

[@TheGothims]

You two are awesome actors!

[@jasonsmith7416]

This is a very important episode - especially in the current national posture.

[@TerryOnDemand]

This actress is wonderfully brilliant!

[@calnicmom]

just heard about this after looking up amber ruffin (heard her on WNYC) saw the clip of Azie and Amani, and working through the series. Love it! "So many negroes..." "...touch your hair" LOVE IT!

[@nursemain3174]

I love these series, I rewatch it all the time

[@gabrielassumpcao4408]

This is like gold!!!!!

[@heartofwolf12]

I got shivers, this was so good! I really love the concept of this, and you clearly know so much about your character. I hope this continues!

[@purpleghost106]

I was halfway between laughing and crying (the latter not being the 'happy kind') This is really funny, but I'm so sorry you had to put up with so much shit! D:

[@PublicHarassm3nt]

OMG...i didnt know what to expect with a title called "ask a slave" but...this is sooooo good. ROFL *dead*

[@HeirOfGlee]

"One step at a time" -I know right

[@coalminersgd]

Your facial expression at the end of the video when he wants to touch your hair is PRICELESS! Thank you for making these videos!

[@heathercalun4919]

"I'm not racist! I'm against slavery!" Um... good for you... here's a medal... it's made out of bottlecaps because that's not worth much.

[@mrsloveydove4579]

Worth enough to free people from slavery. It wasn’t like in Haiti where slaves rebelled and made their own country. In Europe and in the US, racist abolitionists still helped people enough to get where we are today. Racism may still exist. But slavery, for the most part, doesn’t (unless we’re talking about the underground sex trade).

[@danai3630]

@@mrsloveydove4579 you'd be surprised.. There is more modern day slavery and human trafficking than ever before. Just because someone is not in shackles doesn't mean they aren't a slave. Loads of people are used for labour and are paid dirt. Not to mention incarceration rates in the US which have doubled since the 2000s. Prisoners which are disproportionetly black and latino are used for "community work" by big companies so that is basically modern day slavery. I reccommend you watch '13th' on Netflix.

[@heathercalun4919]

@Johanna Chesshir True

[@kassistwisted]

Love it! I was a historical interpretter for many years and the stupid questions you get are amazing. Thanks for answering them with such good humour and giving us all a laugh. All my reenactor friends are posting your videos all over Facebook. We want more! Thanks!

[@kekoakaawa8879]

Mr Leer was a shady, shady, queen .

[@seraphimrock]

This is by far the best show ever. Keep up the good work.

[@Nyxthebat04]

The Alexander Hamilton thing lmaooo