Filmmaker Uncovers Her Family's Shocking Slave-Trading History, Urges Americans to Explore Own Roots

[@shabazz7776]

*"It was an evil thing and they knew it was an evil thing and they did it anyway"*

[@brenda3888]

Evil does what evil does!

[@mmehaffe]

We Americans *definitely* need to remember this; the impact it had and has on us needs more understanding.

[@cocomaire]

suppressing information is never the way to overcome emotional baggage. If we ever want to move past the legacy of slavery and even general oppression of poor people, the key is to confront it with eyes wide open.

[@AndStill.]

Kanye west bought me Here 🤔

[@gratefuldead3750]

The dewplf family was christian hugenot and Episcopal

[@scentability01]

This reminds me of that show on TLC where a celebrity goes to examine their roots and inevitably find themselves related to someone who was in the Holocaust and even, gasp, a Nazi.

[@CoxJoxSox]

You can't take on the guilt of other people. We all have over a million ancestors and ALL of us would be crushed by our ancestors shortcomings - look to the merits of your ancestors but mostly live your own righteous life.

[@lf1496]

Cause and effect is real America is paying the price for ALL of its crimes

[@strallay]

Give up the land back and money then. Because you’re still benefiting from it. And you consciously know, Giving you a part in it free of will. I bet you won’t because you feel entitled to just throw out it’s old and keep it moving in your benefits of it

[@mmehaffe]

Damn straight.

[@rayleewayne9109]

Abraham Lincoln represented slave holders in cases involving runaway slaves. He brought shackles with him to court. You don't read that in the hagiographies.

[@bobgil3464]

I have comfort knowing Mark Anthony DeWolf in currently buried in the ground. Even though Mark Anthony DeWolf is a +++ great uncle I never benefited from their wealth earn from the slave trade. My question is where are the proceeds from all the DeWolf's books now being written by the ancestors of the DeWolf's going? Are these proceeds going to the slave descendants?

[@shaneequalee]

Hell no lol if you’re related maybe ask them! Slave owners never gave the families of slaves money even when they promised they would 😕

[@Marah493]

Just because you don’t have recent cash deposits, doesn’t mean that your entire family hasn’t benefited from generation to generation.

[@melDa1112]

This makes me sad I just found out this was my 9th grandfather

[@coalblack181]

Mount Hope by George Howe 1958

[@MegaOsman7]

I heard your proposal of telling the world that Africans may or may not have sold other Africans into slavery( Even thou we don't know that Africans that sold other Africans knew they were "selling" Pow's into slavery.) What would the effect telling the world this? Is that effect going to be constructive? What going to produce? Is going solve a problem? And what problem will it solve? And what is a Liberal anyway?

[@Marah493]

Africans we’re selling The Igbo, Hebrews.

[@MegaOsman7]

Nah the better story is Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast and Italy, 1500-1800

[@dr.tariquehussainkhan631]

You know that 30% of the slaves brought to America were muslim?

[@janina8559]

Oh wow!

[@MegaOsman7]

How define your "own" people? Is based on race alone? Isn't that european construct? Africans defined themselves by tribal affiliation not by color. What of the responsibility of the buyers? I can sell manure pies on the corner but its the buyers that make the whole thing go.

[@theother1406]

I'm watching this in July, 2022

[@4teepee]

LOL. Then call the police.

[@Theycallmekenney]

no need for capitalization...go learn to spell.

[@MasterQuan808]

Thank you for the video but I would hope if you were related to these people that did these bad things to Black people I would hope that maybe you would try to find their families and maybe try to give some money or if you can’t find your families maybe donate to a black cars that would be awesome thank you

[@MegaOsman7]

@mankindfails, Is Hitchens one of said "Liberals"? v=3MNu2GNx-kQ

[@1xDollyx1]

this is good more docu's on slavery and the killing of the natives.. which is much worse

[@steveclapper5424]

I'm not sure what the point of this is.

[@ritvand8592]

Well I heard that the De Wolf family died out in the mid 1800's. The last DeWolf had no son so adopted one to keep the family going. So they are full of lies and are on a false guilt trip for book purposes or notoriety

[@sehsak]

Shut the hell up idiot

[@chankanyy924]

You really think a family just went out

[@GlorytoTMHABBA]

I agree bc the blacks were already hear, makes more sense to enslave the ones here

[@Cam_Balmain]

Fake

[@mattm.5436]

Gee they look pretty content sitting around the table eating and having a feast. Doesn’t seem like any of them are too sad for what they do purport to be so solemn about. There’s a lot of “circumstance” and “solemness” when the camera is rolling for interviews but beyond that I get the sneaking suspicion it doesn’t really trouble them all that much, particularly at times when they are enjoying their feast as a family.