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Roots
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A four-night, eight-hour event series, "Roots" is a historical portrait of one family's journey through American slavery and their will to survive and preserve their legacy in the face of unimaginable hardship.
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[@MrGarrison117]

"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it" ~ George Santayana

[@derek4real981]

AussieBloke blacks sold themselves to whites

[@itschardonnay9315]

derek 4real they signed a contract that gave a limited time to work n they didn't get tortured like this

[@itschardonnay9315]

derek 4real im not saying that their aren't slaves of other races im saying just bc ur ancestors were sold by their own ppl makes it rifght

[@derek4real981]

Love H. 1919-1921 was the Irish fight for independence from British enslavement.

[@derek4real981]

Love H. I never said slavery was okay. I just stated a fact that is covered up. African royalty was complicit with the British slave trade. When it’s become a social norm to use “slavery” as an excuse for multigenerational poverty and discrimination. Why don’t blacks ever talk about how they became slaves in the first place? Black lives matter is writing demands for white people on the pretence of slavery.

[@bradleycooper5518]

KZbin really recommended this to me after watching so much Bridgerton content 🤣

[@natyjimenez2349]

Glad I’m not alone

[@sashabantu1098]

Same lol

[@221BSam]

Same! 😂

[@beautifulrosemary6565]

It came up for me after searching the antebellum south. I said oh that's Regene or Rene... the bustdown from Bridgerton.

[@axomiyabonggal4075]

Same here

[@mcgde0]

I really can’t imagine in real time someone saying...I want to buy you....Thank god I wasn’t born during those times.

[@barbarakeys9254]

Dear Derrick M., I'm also glad that neither you nor I were born even 100 years ago. It was only 150 years ago our people were enslaved. That's how recently it was. Thanks to our ancestors, upon whose shoulders we stand, it is hard for you to imagine such a time. I'm a little bit older than you. I can totally imagine it. The psychological incapacity it takes for one person to believe he can OWN another person takes generations to develop. It grows out of the "Devine right of kings", noblesse oblige, white supremacy and eugenics. There needs to be more studies done on "white people". This is their problem, not ours. If you have not read "The Isis Papers", avail yourself a copy ( Dr. Frances Cress Welsing). Remember that racism is a social construct, not biological. As African Americans living in this 21st century, we are a unique people. We have survived, adapted, and thrived. No one knows white people better than we. They have shown us who they are. Believe them.

[@ElDageenie]

There are currently 40 million people in slavery TODAY. Most of them in Africa.

[@nikreece6295]

Listen my friend. I'm of british/jamacian descent myself. But don't be under any lliusions. Slavery still goes on to this day in different aspects in other races now.

[@JaneDoe-or8nr]

We are STILL slaves. Marked at birth with a certificate and number, can’t drive, marry, hunt or operate a business without a license, can’t leave the country with a passport and you will forever pay taxes on property and everything else. Now they have you running scared wearing a mask just like a slave muzzle because the only way they control the majority with lies and his-story. When you forget TRUE history, you’re doomed to repeat it.

[@mcgde0]

A J I agree

[@Tonitojohn]

Some of these comments never seem to amaze me.

[@davidg6810]

whats that mean? you expect to go into the comments and find the same ones that never seem to amaze you?

[@Tonitojohn]

David G It's whatever you want it to mean bro.

[@davidharrison6615]

King Tony_Da Great .............. "never cease to amaze me" is what your trying to say .

[@Tonitojohn]

David Harrison yea that's what I meant. Should've made a correction

[@vaughangarrick]

King Tony_Da Great cease

[@Icantfeeeeeelit]

Always remember, do not forget what happened through history. We need to stop treating other humans differently, we are all the same. We must as the human race not let something like this never happen again, we're all equally worth. Race, nation, position. It does not matter.

[@Isayah_613]

But we aren't the same or equal to each other.

[@megamanhikari8095]

@@Isayah_613yes we are. We are all one big family. The only thing that separates us now is class.

[@GalacticTradingPost]

i live in texas and people here say that slavery wasn't that bad. maybe all the liberals are just overreacting?

[@lilukie]

Dont feed into the hate. All races are special. World was meant to be experienced not exploited. There's still time to change no matter what race you are. Think about it we're here to live together and be good to 1 another.

[@kendallwright7222]

No such thing as white people, black people ect. We are all literally just different shades of brown. This is scientific fact. There’s only one race. Powers that be want us to keep believing otherwise though...

[@nilesbutler8638]

@@kendallwright7222 While I agree that the amount of ceratin one has in his subdermis does not make us "races" of any kind, the difference in superficial looks has always been made into social dividers. The white-faced upper class of medieval feudal society ladies who fled the sun to stay light and "noble", the brutal subjugation the dark-skinned nilotes of the upper nile against tha Bantu-people of lighter brown who where enslaved for not being of the fire but of the earth. The Chinese Xin-upperclass who viewed men that could grow beards as half-animals, not fit for any good position in the world. We might all be one race, and geneticists sure tell us we humans are such an inbred bunch that even rabbits in england and in france are far mor genetically distinct than an inuit, an australian blackfellow and a celtish firehead are to each other. But NEVER underestimate the need of humans to divide betwen "us" and "them". Its not just economic enslavement, its so very human. Sadly.

[@Katfish1216]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TT-wh9bh]

Crazy how the amount of melanin you had determined your life

[@alejandracas]

Race does not exist... And saying it exists WOULD be RaCiST!!

[@caprince2830]

The Irish slave myth is pretty big, yes there were indentured servants and even Irish slaves in other countries mostly the Middle East, but in America they didn’t Have Irish slaves pretty much past the 1800s-present if they did it was down right illegal.

[@billyaepicgamer8642]

The indentured servant vs slavery is a useless semantic battle. The UK's servitude with the Indians, Irish, and Africans was just as bad as slavery. That said, actual Irish people on /r/Ireland on Reddit hate the fact their oppression under British and American powers is being used to punch down Black people and downplay slavery.

[@Rhythmicons]

It's far from a useless semantic battle. It is very relevant in slavery/Atlantic studies. Why did Europeans use African slavery if they could just enslave other Europeans?

[@Rhythmicons]

I don't disagree with too much of that.

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

True. There was white slavery in other countries too, not that much in America.

[@lmoneydizzle]

You think slavary wasnt relevant before the 1800's is that what your sayin?

[@sircullars9437]

In the comments, "Get over it" "Irish were slaves too", "muh heritage"

[@mikebtrfld1705]

You're a slave to ignorance.

[@aworshipperscry87]

Sir Cullars PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE SO INSENSITIVE!!! YES THEY WERE SLAVES TOO. BUT YOU CANNOT NAME ONE OTHER RACE THAT SUFFERED WHAT WE SUFFERED HERE IN AMERICA.

[@Kitiwake]

@Jack park it's not. Oliver Cromwell's writings are available today and he ordered his men to kill the officers and enslave the men of his enemies during the Confederate wars in Ireland. They were then sent to Barbados. That was in 1650... before African slavery had begun.

[@aworshipperscry87]

THAT DID NOT HAPPEN HERE IN AMERICA. THAT WAS IN THE SOVIET UNION, AND POLAND. I SAID NAME ONE RACE THAT SUFFERED WHAT MY ANCESTORS SUFFERED HERE IN AMERICA.

[@MyRockHoMama]

KingdomMinded 87 where does the term slave come from

[@ritikamarsani4492]

Did you guys saw duke of Hastings? 😍🤯

[@jessicabalderas3538]

Saaaame

[@arsaeterna4285]

freedom is so beautiful

[@janezpriimkovic7171]

thanks to whites

[@yoimcaleb6237]

janez priimkovic because we had no rights to have a say in government you idiot the only people to do would have had to be white people you sound dumb trying to make people think your ancestors were superior

[@lindseytchappi1329]

janez priimkovic and thanks to y’all we were enslaved in the first place

[@biancabee8270]

We black ppl strong from everlasting to everlasting the world will pass away and we will still be hey

[@lyttle1988]

This video broke a piece of me. As a Ghanaian born and raised In Ghana which had one of the biggest slave ports in Africa .. this docum/drama speaks volumes. We’ve come far as a culture not far enough, but every step of our growth as a people should be acknowledged because knowing your history brings understanding and an appreciation of our forefathers and the blood they shed and how far we’ve come and are going to go.

[@mōri_-3v3]

I watched this series every week night with my older brother

[@gabefrancis8306]

what was the series called?

[@mōri_-3v3]

@@gabefrancis8306 Roots

[@AndriaaLeoLove]

This Roots Remake was done well.

[@dotsunshines]

Clicked on this because of the thumbnail( aka the duke IYKYK) stayed for the history lesson

[@charlesbrooks8461]

I never seen so many light skin, proper talking slaves in a movie in my life. the new roots was horrible compared to the old one. movies these days are so dumb down it's depressing.

[@fabulouskunt1987]

Also, the average african american would have around 25% european DNA while 75% african dna. You can guess how.

[@nathanhoang2604]

It’s sad how a story like roots can still not get through thick skulls like yours

[@jeremiahduran7238]

Nathan Hoang he was probably speaking on the first generation slaves... most slaves were dark skinned and had incoherent English since English was not their native language, however as slavery went on there was many cases of plantation owners who did this. But plantation owners were a minority with the most slaves.... basically every day regular slaves not under plantation owners but rather a smaller family were usually not raped by the owner since they were no where near as powerful as a plantation owner.

[@beautifulrosemary6565]

A great discussion on the history of slavery.

[@kkjasy2838]

No one can say that blacks have not suffered the most.

[@campbelldynasty5632]

Awesome Life from what

[@narra660]

I feel like native americans kind of beats us; since, they were nearly genocide

[@thisisbrakspudonttouchit4208]

Native Americans had a tad bit worse but at the same time you can't forget we're in the same boat together they didn't treat us any better than one another as long as we weren't White Protestants we weren't people to them.

[@comradecat3678]

The Jews would like a word with you on that.

[@MrsJonasloverfan]

Narra actually read about the people in Congo almost 60 million where killed by a Belgian guy

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

"At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man has rights which neither god nor king nor other men can take away from him, no matter what their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled." ― Ayn Rand, Anthem

[@Rhythmicons]

Then Ayn Rand advocated wage slavery.

[@donalddrumpfp.i.g3514]

Stella Maris - But we still didn't brake the bank cartels and capitalism.

[@ramadansteve1715]

Ayn Rand, knew how to break everything but corporatism

[@shutterfirestudios6554]

The most objective I have ever seen.history channel

[@xtxt9135]

Why would any sane person put $230000 on one person who you have to house,clothe,feed and guard, who could die overnight from a heart attack when day labourers could be hired?.how did they arrive at this conclusion?

[@gerardparker4220]

And a paid worker wouldn’t continue working for the employer if they were abused.

[@john-oh9cr]

@@gerardparker4220 true

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@MrTron back then most free people were paid a dollar a day. Hiring free people was more economical.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@MrTron possibly.

[@eumemo4814]

MrTron assuming if they could survive 16 years in these conditions

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

2-27 - What a cute kiss

[@steerwheelholder6060]

Could be if it was a white man kissing a black woman

[@real-lifebrat5707]

@@steerwheelholder6060 What do you mean? This woman was just commenting on an act of affection, and you're saying it's only cute if it's interracial. Don't you see how slow you sound?

[@steerwheelholder6060]

@@real-lifebrat5707 what can i say, White men and Black women BELONG together and black women belong to white men. God just made it that way, no ifs ands or buts

[@tyronewalmarty3994]

@@steerwheelholder6060 lmao wild

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

Steer wheel Holder u a troll no doubt

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

People need to talk more about racism and violence against blacks and other non-whites in Eastern Europe, especially Poland and Russia.

[@olavu11]

I would love to see a documentary or even a biopic on slavery in Europe.

[@azraelabbadon1919]

If you clicked this video cause you saw Duke Hastings

[@RyFitz]

I LOVE ROOTS

[@withtrees]

Seeing Johnathan Rhys Meyers as a slave owner makes me sad

[@TheLavenderPodcast]

Liz N don't worry he is getting paid.

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

I know right

[@RIGHT-WING-PMP]

$1,500 in 1850 was $45,000 in todays money not $250,000

[@dennismitchell1934]

Those that concentrate on just certain parts of history instead of the whole TRUTH of history only have half or less chances that NOW and the future can be better than history ! !

[@VoyagerD]

what's "the truth?"

[@amyclarke41]

so sad!😣

[@DevilwearsPalac3]

Seems like a choice to me

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

I think Kayne needs help

[@coolaidsipper6154]

-kane west. Sorry don't know how to spell names

[@herbsgotaZX]

Thats poopidy scoop

[@quantaviousedwards4905]

Kanye West lmao

[@quantaviousedwards4905]

JIQUAN TURNER Right.Finally Someone gets it however we didn’t begin in slavery .

[@darkvctry7482]

The irony is white people ended slavery yet it still exists in many black African countries. I can only help the black people can show the same compassion and remorse as other countries have before them to these poor slaves.

[@mollyoxy]

exactly. Whites werent the first to enslave others, but they were among the first to end it.

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

Til today status is part of a social structure! Think about it!

[@user-kh4fh6mq6j]

I would really love to see other aspects of slavery put into movies, like using different ethnicities of humans as the topic rather than people who are black. I really like the awareness that is coming out about slavery now

[@Rhythmicons]

You want to watch a movie set in the Indian Ocean?

[@dwaynesinclair2155]

How shallow.

[@AnimatedBlast]

@@dwaynesinclair2155 Why? It wasn’t and isn’t just about them.

[@alexamerling79]

​@@AnimatedBlastamerican slavery was race based and literally about African slaves. If you want to talk about roman slavery or Russian serfdom then talk about those areas. American slavery was based on black slaves

[@ripmyheart2837]

The black young guy is so handsome

[@jasminebryant1196]

Feel bad for slavery

[@oshurus9137]

no it wasn't lmao

[@milumexbai5245]

Oh yeah tru

[@yourignoranceistheirpower.6307]

You should . If you live in America , your a Slave. America is not a Country it's a Corporation. Do your research.

[@vaticancitybride7137]

I love how no one talks about Jewish and atheist slaveowners NOT! Also Rage Jean Page is Smokin hot.

[@lukaszyberi2234]

*Cough* Johnathan Reyes Myers from vikings *cough*.

[@givemerent2314]

Legend

[@cinemacritic9571]

Yes

[@Zen-sx5io]

cinema critic Yes what?

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

no

[@Abhaywr]

Good ol' days

[@free6ix9ineandshmurda75]

I don’t have much to say other then this is a very dark side of world history. I as a white person (my mom’s grandma was black and that was the only tie I have) makes me feel sick of what we did. If people forget it will happen again!

[@MicahRdr]

Free 6ix9ine and Shmurda is not white peoples fault you know , you should not be sorry

[@krispyskook7107]

@@MicahRdr but is though

[@elora179]

You are a fool, you clearly don’t know the full story

[@partysugar519]

Well it's never been forgotten and as long as it is not forgotten racial hatred towards one another will not be forgotten either. People always say how it's so important to remember slavery. But I say it's more important to forget about slavery and move on together without the animosities and hatreds of slavery. Why is slavery so important to remember anyway, we shouldn't be worried of it repeating I don't think, but what would I know, I never went to Harvard

[@sigfan4521]

$1500.00 in 1850 is about $40,000.00 in 2020. If you can't research the math how can I believe anything you say?

[@ennieminee4470]

Like at the beginning he said that the enslaved population was worth 20-30% of the wealth in the US but then he said that it was worth more than all the factories, all the stocks, all the capital? I’m wondering about the math of that evaluation. Also 3rd speaker said that the colonies were somehow unique because slavery was inherited...chattel slavery was not created in the colonies? It predates the the columbian exchange.

[@Gluzzer]

they were worth more than factories, stocks and capitals individually is what i believe they meant

[@lilpebblespebble449]

Yes, slavery was a dark time in history. We cannot forget it like it’s nothing. White ppl weren’t the only race selling and buying slaves. But it’s was 80% white ppl selling or buying slaves. But not every white person was like that. Some tried to get slaves free. But we can all say that African Americans, my ancestors, went through a lot and a very dark time period.

[@sydneypitts7692]

What a cute baby at 2:58 and 2:26!

[@painismcnuggetbanhammer]

Didn’t know bishop heahmund owned slaves

[@fugeezfutou7919]

Cool

[@davidsiregar1105]

Honest old Abe, he's the greatest of American History, that the Emancipation of Proclamation is a Legal and Permanent for Abolished Slavery in the Land of Free United States. God Bless United States and the idea of Honest old Abe

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

You sound like an AI bot. This is how you sound ok? Water is wet, and I like how it falls on the ground and makes everything wet.

[@davidsiregar1105]

@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic Maybe you wright buddy, but you shoul be learn how to makes everything is wet, cause all the country in the world know what the problem in united states, the answer is a slavery and racism 😘

[@davidsiregar1105]

@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic Maybe you wright, but you should be learn how to makes everything wet okay buddy, all the country in the world know what the problem in united states, the answer is a slavery and racism 😘

[@jday3305]

In the 1800s a slave went for 1000 to 1500 dollars wtf thats alot of money back then.

[@john-oh9cr]

@Chakra #5 I find that very interesting

[@mikebtrfld1705]

Chiricuaua Apaches were in the slave trade. Read "the Wrath of Cochise" by Terry Mort.

[@dyneldillard9804]

Recompense is coming “Reap and Sowing Time” “Karma” !!!

[@Thoughtso573]

What movie were the scenes from?

[@thehoneyeffect]

ROOTS (the new version)

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

Roots

[@Soso-ou2mz]

What are the movies shown here? Can somebody please list them ❣️

[@cantguardtre3563]

It's called roots

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

Roots

[@asikt2084]

what film is depicted?

[@nandi2445]

Roots

[@nauniwhitewave-runningmout4526]

My decendendents we're slaves and had their land taken from them. I am sceneca Iriquorie. What we must do now is not dwell on the sad history of slavery all over the world, but learn from it. Love each other as we are all God's children and human beings no matter race!! Be proud of who u are 💯!!!!

[@keegyweegy7803]

nauni lothbrok heckur religion beeyotch

[@jeffhagerman7810]

Anthony Johnson

[@emilybell7984]

Please add real Closed Captions (auto-generated ones don't count) to make this accessible!

[@lnyawilliamsmoore]

Heavenly kingdom rule coming shortly (Matt 24:3,14,42,44)

[@rloc99]

Still no reparations

[@adriannplummer563]

Can anyone pls tell me the name of the movie featured here?

[@bryangayo4292]

BRIDGERTON brought me here.

[@daddyanonymous7802]

I love history of slavery and how they wouldn’t let them chain their mind...at school when we were learning about it I was the first to raise my hand and tell everyone how it worked and why and everyone thought I was racist

[@MicahRdr]

Star Lapis lazuli why would they call you racist

[@user-lu4xp7iv8c]

Star Lapis lazuli dang

[@kwame5486]

Schools don’t want you to have your state of mind

[@JewishSunSlavesInAfricaEgypt]

I hope you told them it never ended.

[@daddyanonymous7802]

Red Caucasians Sunburned In Africa Egypt I will now

[@thatgirltreasureduerson7526]

If i was there I would of been fighting them

[@whitebenrr]

It’s not that easy

[@lunarflare6113]

Some people are still in slavery its just not the same method of slavery as it used to be

[@megadega11]

What’s the MOVIEee in this documentary called

[@ConstancioRosellini5873]

The reason the Mexican 🇲🇽 province of Texas was balkanized was because the central Mexican government of General Santa Anna declared slavery illegal in Texas. (Mexico had abolished slavery since 1810). This did not please at all the US-American immigrants who wanted to keep slavery as a form of work. The Mexican soldiers who defended the territorial integrity of Mexico in the battle of the Alamo are actually the good guys from a badly told story.

[@esotericguard3808]

Wow I this came up after I look up hey google “why and how exactly was slavery so bad??”

[@jaydegotit]

What movie is this base on ?

[@opensprings]

Roots (2016 miniseries)

[@yuki.s.3881]

which movie？

[@mastermind-dk2iv]

muhammed peace and blessings be upon him, said ;“O people, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one. There is no virtue of an Arab over a foreigner nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin nor black skin over white skin, except by righteousness

[@ramadansteve1715]

mastermind 0000 Yeah. Muhammad didn't hate people based on race. He hated people based on beliefs. Which is why he ordered apostates to be beheaded

[@bento23leal71]

DoyouevenPraisetheSun? Too much CNN and BBC? Pathetic.

[@zackdurant1584]

Bento23 You’re implying he’s brainwashed but I guarantee you’ve never read Muhammad’s biography nor have you cared to even ask a Muslim about the man.

[@lilruru4371]

Is muhammad the one that married a 9 year old?

[@franciscopizarro8642]

Mohammad called Black People "Raisinheads" and had multiple Black Slaves.

[@flapar9064]

what's the name of the movie?

[@opensprings]

Roots (2016 miniseries)

[@truckupgf]

$1500 for a slave is equal to around $17,000 in today's money... not $250,000. Still don't make it right tho. Slavery is a evil evil thing.

[@rodionraskolnikov3853]

Why is slavery evil? People bring up beatings and mistreatment but what makes slavery itself wrong?

[@banesheartpendragon1168]

My elders still know the slave songs.

[@andmillions]

None of your living elders would have been slaves

[@301tg8]

Same here, my grandmother is 92 and is still sharp as a tack. She remembers her grandmother who was a slave, and still sings the songs that she taught her.

[@VoyagerD]

@@andmillions You do know that tradition can pass through generations, right?

[@lennisefuller3721]

Does Anyone kno the Name of that Movie?❤

[@LilPoppa2011]

it’s the new version of roots it’s on hulu

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

Roots

[@nicolegregory9093]

Black history month teach us what we don’t know about this movie night classic opera

[@CEA9234]

Slavery is alive and well. Wage slavery or starvation? Thats a threat not choice

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

One of the biggest mistakes ever made

[@hiwottona7694]

here because of school lol

[@jominjessil2140]

what is the name of this movie

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

Roots

[@D.A.S444]

Darwinism By Alex Haley

[@7venced]

Indians! African Americans! Latin Americans! Why don't you fight for your Freedom! Ask yourself. Does the US Government support you? See how they live and how you live! What benefits do they enjoy and what are they ready to give you? Will they sacrifice part of their wealth for you for you?

[@johnbrockenbrough4520]

Easy, they have sacrifice their wealth, for every latin, African and indian that had served this nation. Remember people are people, we do not make good choices and we have to live with them......try again.....

[@cbell3922]

Can someone tell me what movie this is from?

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

It’s called Roots, it was a miniseries that aired in 1970’s and was redone a couple year ago

[@mactastic144]

Historians will be talking about the same thing in 30 or so years about artificial sentient beings.

[@galreserve2322]

Roots...My boys!

[@iamagamer5354]

What is that movie called in the background in the video

[@notacop1067]

Roots

[@ericperez4373]

Dude I watched all of the roots movies I think there were like 6 or 5 parts

[@glennmartel7115]

$250,000???...THAT'S ABOUT WHAT A TRACTOR COSTS TODAY.....

[@KosmicRaymond]

Crazy Fact about slaves you ALSO won't learn in school: 23 Jewish American Families owned slave plantations in both the North & the South.

[@SandfordSmythe]

I'm not sure if it is broken down by religions. But thanks for the antisemitic remark.

[@Soso-ou2mz]

Somebody do me a favor and tell me what the movie that was shown here?

[@ajbreezy11]

Sarah Alharbi It's called Roots, a television miniseries that originally aired in the 1970s, but was done again a few years ago.

[@ludu7302]

(I COMMAND ALL UNIVERSALLY REVERSE DAVID DUFANE TO LAZA VENGEANCE.)

[@gerardparker4220]

What kind of inflation is that? I don’t trust that stat.

[@claudeknox5319]

8B1 think this video is offensive. Why did Mr. Conor show this to me? Sadface.

[@IsrarGaming123]

If I was born in that time as a white person, I'd try to buy slaves and set them free. Give them an education, a home and food.

[@VoyagerD]

You would just allow slave-sellers to sell more people, but I see what you were trying to say

[@user-qn5ku7gs3r]

@@VoyagerD the better thing to do is To help the slaves to escape to canada because in canada slavery was outlawed in Canada

[@nictuniema1249]

I hope good times will come back.

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

Troll

[@Icplover4life]

You are an obese 12 year old boy with no life, no dad, and no friends, stop acting grown and do your homework

[@ziggymorris8760]

Low to high end slaves ranged from 5k to 30k, so even to get the bottom of the barrel slaves you had to have big money.

[@sorzin2289]

A lot of people didn't though.

[@aurelius2070]

It’s always about the money huh America? This is the reason it wasn’t abolished earlier because a piece of paper can be more important than people’s lives in the USA. God bless you folks.

[@aurelius2070]

Northern Wind could you please elaborate on your claim

[@ludu7302]

REVERSE ALL ONES DUFANES CONSCIOUSNESS TO LAZA VENGEANCE.)

[@macheefkaze]

jukebox at 2:30

[@ludu7302]

RESOLVE ENEMIES JUNIOR JEAN D TO LAZA VENGEANCE

[@francismausley7239]

Most horrid. "...no person can be the owner of another human being." ~ Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Faith, about 189. Years later, Baha'u'llah wrote to Queen Victoria "...you did a wonderful thing; you abolished chattel (personal property) slavery; but today you must do a much more wonderful thing: you must abolish industrial slavery."

[@dw7312]

He says enslaved Men and Women. Very true, they are Human.

[@k.m.ashrafulashik7136]

Wow african americans have really thick shells

[@vibezwitrayah]

This movie is based on my cousin Alex Haley