Shocking Black Family History in Louisiana

[@emre8130]

I had a friend who told me his family owned the land that Texas State University is on. The grants were burned in a fire attack against the family.

[@dalyahgreenberg2688]

I too found land ownership from purchases made by my ancestors in 1829 and in 1831 which was over 300 acres. We still have some of the land still in our family hands today in rural Alabama. Researching your own family history is quite liberating.

[@jorgeo4483]

@NYTN: As I predicted you have spanish roots. Your family either were already Spanish mestizos in Louisiana, which was largely stolen from Spain by Napoleon and its borders with New Spain and Florida were not well drawn, for several generations and beyond the acquisition of the USA, part was still dependent of the Cuban command. Many slaves during the Haitian revolution escaped to Spanish territory and many who were already there easily achieved manumission. Many of them were part of the Spanish army, especially in Fort Mosé, the first settlement of free slaves in the USA, and participated in the war of independence with Spain, on the USA side. The last name is misspelled, it is not Condé, it is Conde, Spanish, just like yours Romero.

[@amb7412]

Wow, looking at those documents are fabulous! I would be so proud. My Great-Grandmother's father owned land in GA and I would love to undercover this information. I've got to start digging. I will go back and view the links, as I remember only about 2-3 videos on your trip to LA and on Grandpa Noel. I loved all of it, so keep sharing because you are inspiring us to do our own searches. Thanks for the video.

[@axjohn]

There’s a possibility that Noel’s land was taken from him somehow. It just doesn’t seem like a man who had gone through what he went through to finally get that land would easily part with it. I hope you can find out what happened. Maybe you can get the land back without buying it. Perhaps your family still owns it. Good hunting! ❤

[@nytn]

I really am determined to get to the bottom of this story! I have a couple of leads

[@axjohn]

@@nytnthis is why it’s sad that Dr Gates didn’t select your family as a subject for one of his episodes. I’ve been with you since finding Lola and you have no idea how much joy your videos bring me. I’m a 74-year old Black californio. 😎

[@manatarmsslaps]

This is really dope... My folks origin are literally up the road from the place that you are discussing. My grandfather and his siblings as well his future wife and her folks purchased somewhere between 40-60+ acres of land in that area back in the day and turn out there was oil and coil on that land. At some point, the sold the land rights but had the smarts enough to retain the mineral rights and from that, the basically created a small lifetime legacy in that whomever digs on that land, to this day pays our family royalties.. in most instances, it doesn't amount much but being that both sides of the family made that investment, the offspring of those original folks get paid from having ancestry on both sides.. I don't have actual records of how the land was purchase but I hope to one day find as it's a pretty awesome story. One day son, I want to take my mom back down to that area and hopefully view that land. She has early onsite Alzheimer's and I want to do it before it gets too bad..

[@nytn]

wow that is amazing!! What a smart move

[@manatarmsslaps]

@@nytn yeah it was.. according to a cousin that I just spoke with today for the first time, that land may have originated with my greatgrand father who was a share cropper who apparently purchased that land over time, and rented the land out to other share croppers, white and black..

[@Percept2024]

Danielle , as a former church sexton , I think that I can explain the difference in spelling. The old Christmas carol " The First Noel " was originally entitled " The First Nowell " because Nowell is the old English spelling of the word / name.

[@timeforchange3786]

I look forward to your journey and will pray you are able to purchase a portion of the land. I have hopes to one day do the same.

[@jeffreymassey5541]

This a very, very fascinating Danielle. I sure many, many of us have very similar stories in our linage that come out the south. Keep up the great work. ✅💯👍🏾

[@stephanienwadieiiamhybasia]

A great story. Hope you find the land and get it back for your family. What a potential “reunion place “.

[@MySaviorJesus7]

Stay at it you better not quit! Congrats.

[@rodneywilson8672]

I love your dedication in finding your roots and I love the mixture in your family blood my sister keep up the awesome work you are educating a lot of people and li like how you embrace your mixed heritage

[@brooklyn5755]

That’s cool that you found that out!❤❤❤

[@michaeltaylor8501]

A land patent is an allodial title to land, therefore the land owner can sell the land, but it's then up to the buyer to update the land patent else it won't be treated as patented land under the new ownership. See: • Allodial • Frankenhold • Freehold Estate This is different from land grants which can be more like a lease that expires for an individual or a family after a certain period of time (Spanish land grants were typically good for about a century of land use). Allodial lands can be inherited or else sold - either way it's up to the new owner to update the patent (essentially by first giving public notice - allowing for any challenger to the title to come forth - & then if not challenged, to then present the county clerk sufficient proof of public notice & the name of the new owner (& of course the land description would be presented to the clerk as it would also have been presented in the public notices which you would in turn show to the clerk as the suffucient proof of public notice - that being 3 public notices run over 165 days in a local newspaper: 1st for 30 days; 2nd for 45 days; & 3rd notice run for 90 days, for example). Patented land is no longer taxable, but slick county bureacrats might send tax bills to trick the owner - because if anyone possessing allodial title pays the county a tax he relinquishes the allodial title by that action & the county regains the title & the right to tax the land unless & until someone re-gains allodial title by updating the land patent. See, having an allodial title means that you - & you alone - hold the most superior title to the land & therefore you own the land free & clear & the county has no claim to it; but, if you sell your land or give it away, then the county can reclaim the land & charge folk a tax for its usage until the patent is updated. Some land eligible to be patented hasn't been patented; so, one buying such land upon researching would discover that it's unpatented & therefore could file for a land patent (each state or territory would likely have a legal land patent form that could be purchased wherever legal forms are sold & such could then be filled out & submitted to the appropriate gov't for approval). It's not rocket science, but it's kept semi-secret nowadays because our ignorance means more $$ & power for the "elites."

[@phillipcole3068]

This was great. I can't wait to see you go there. The surrealism of the history coming full circle is amazing. You're so smart and motivated, I can see where you may have gotten it from! It sounds to me like his story would make a great movie. It would be neet if you had a patreon or a fan dinner when you come down to kinda meet you and your family!

[@richardwilliamswilliams]

Good morning neighbor lady, hope you have a great week!!😊😊😊

[@nytn]

Good morning!

[@KeenanMitchell]

One person American Dream was someone’s nightmare . That Indigenous people who had the land stolen.

[@nytn]

strangely, this ancestor also descended from a famous chitimacha woman who was captured by the french.

[@FCntertainr]

It is amazing that your African American or people of color side of your families were up to the struggles of freedom ! You acknowledge their efforts that help make you the person you are today imagine is where your Great Granma Lola Perot was Born !

[@estherstephens1858]

Hi Danielle, this video reminded me of something I watched here on YT a couple of years ago. I wanted to find that video before commenting here. It took me a while to find the video but I found it. The main reason THIS video reminded me of the other one was bc you commented here that you would love to buy the land (or any part of it) your ancestors owned. With your permission, I’d like to share that video here. It’s about buying a former plantation house where his ancestors were enslaved. I did watch it again. I think you will LOVE it.

[@nytn]

I would love to see it!!! Hopefully YT lets the link be shared

[@ksto1427]

I’ve seen that video as well and thought it was pretty amazing. I felt that the Lord brought it all together. I also have family members that were given land by their enslaver father. Unfortunately I don’t think that the family owns the land anymore but the road still carries the our last name-not the enslaver s!

[@estherstephens1858]

@@nytn kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYHOY3lpp92Yqs0si=lNEARp6s3E1XU4zQ. I hope I shared this correctly. It’s titled Man unknowingly buys former plantation house where his ancestors were enslaved. The content creator is 60 mins. Danielle, I’ve been following your channel for some time now. I’m almost positive you’ll love this story. It’s pretty close to what you mentioned in your video today.

[@gazoontight]

Please keep working on your family history. This is fascinating.

[@MonochromaticBlues]

Amazing work love, coming from the Caribbean ❤

[@bryantjohnson5018]

Awesome and Amazing Beautiful Wonderful 💯

[@Myraisins1]

This is so amazing. I felt like crying.

[@streetpresencelewis9648]

As an African American, love your show

[@mrgeno4682]

Thumbs up is not working again. I don't think this is a mistake.

[@nytn]

This has been happening more and more! I got kicked off facebook this week and was given no way to get back in. No warnings or anything.

[@chloemartel9927]

​@@nytn😢

[@catherinedavis1241]

@@nytn I pray Yahshua helps you get back on! You're a jewel to us people around the world! May God continue to bless your ministry!

[@coralscrafts7258]

@@nytn That is so sad. I wish you luck. I think it might be a good thing to start and new one a put the link here most of your followers will then know where to follow you. Please do not give up. I am still following you but every now again I get no notice of your video. But when I search I find you have produced more videos. What is really going on?

[@peachygal4153]

It worked for me. Try again.

[@bryantjohnson5018]

Awesome 👍👍👍💯

[@spljah75]

Aloha Danielle, Ive been following your channel for about 1yr now & I love your content! Its so exciting to watch all the discoveries you've made about yours & the many American family stories that have been forgotten! I'd like to do the same for my family but don't know where to get started? I recently had a DNA test w/Ancestry & found a few relatives but I feel like I've hit a wall. Plus the Ancestry subscription to is expensive! I'm trying to find my maternal great grandmother who was apparently full blooded Native, possibly Apache? My grandfather & his brother were both raised on the Reservation with her, somewhere? I was told that she died in her twenties from TB & my great grandfather who was (Non-Native) took the boys to live with him. My family is also mixed race (Native American, Black & White), from Louisiana, wouldn't it be funny if we turned out to be related! I've been refereed to as: Creole, Red-bone, Mulatto, Melungeon & Half breed but until I took my DNA test I only knew what I had been told by my family. Turns out my family was spot on, with our ethnic background, including the fact that my grandmother had a distant Asian grandparent, which my DNA test showed 1% Malaysian ancestry, which is amazing! Do you have any tips or tricks you don't mind sharing to help someone research their family's history? I find researching my family history fascinating & want to know more, any help would be much appreciated. P.S. I think finding & preserving all aspects of American history is important, even the not so pleasant parts! Mahalo's, Jordan

[@nytn]

Connect with Danielle! www.patreon.com/NYTN send me a coffee! www.ko-fi.com/nytn13/ watch my secret channel! www.youtube.com/@unculturedwine

[@bluetinsel7099]

The land patents typically go by lineage and can’t be bought, with your land patent it was public land that was bought which is interesting. It does however seem to come from a slave and the land patents are typically to black people, so your patent is different and written different than many others I’ve seen. If you’re not familiar you may want to look at Bruce’s Beach which also includes some of this. Yours is interesting though, I haven’t seen them bought or purchased. BTW is this ancestor the one that’s shared with your cousin you brought on from Louisiana, if so you may want to have him check the Louisiana records.

[@bluetinsel7099]

On the patent you showed another thing that would have to be clarified is toward the bottom it says there eighty fourth secretary which would be incorrect depending on the type of secretary as that seems very high for that time. If it’s of state there are only 71 as of now. Your cousin may have more information though. Also the signature is not correct, the actual signature looks different.

[@bluetinsel7099]

Look at the signatures, for the second one James K. Polk, for his actual signature he spells his name with a z not a s it’s Jamez K. Polk so you may want to have yours reviewed and see what Nachitoches has.

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

Congrats to you for coming across those important documents in your history. To think how difficult it was to become a landowner, but yet he did, is a success story. When I discovered that my 2x great-grandfather left Dublin Ireland at 13 years old, arrived in NYC most likely Ellis Island but there's no record of him being accompanied by his parents, in doing research there's no further mentioning of his parents. It just makes me assume that they might have died in the famine or on those deadly ships. He had to embark on a new world as a child, NYC. Eventually I was born in NYC from parents of different backgrounds. Yes, our history's fabric is part of our current identity and struggles as well today.

[@BrothersChambersShow]

Don't listen to the people that say you have to move on, to own the plantation that your family worked on is very significant. They are trying to talk you out of being a landlord owner so they can erase history that shows how evil they are.

[@dagnolia6004]

i would love to get a cool little box for you to have a handful of your Ancestor's land. i remember as a little, little girl saying something about being descended from slaves and my grandmother FORCEFULLY correcting me. "we come from Free People of Color!" she almost seemed "racist" in her vehement denial of our family's possible history. i know alot of other New Orleans kids that encountered this peculiar phrasing regarding their history. in legal documents i have noticed the difference between "Free Person of Color" and "FREED Person of Color". love your vids

[@nytn]

Thank you! What’s sweet comment ☺️

[@ahpen1688]

Black Freeman/woman have an incredibly rich history. Immediately after slavery we dropped our literacy rates faster than any other group. The Freedman schools were the catalyst for the creation of the public school system in the South. We received approximately 50,000 patents immediately after slavery. We created independent prosperous communities throughout the country. It wasn’t just in Tulsa, Oklahoma! We created black banks, schools, hospitals etc. We pioneered as ambulance drivers. My family still owns land in Mississippi.

[@thewordsmith5440]

My family is closer to slavery even though I'm a little younger because the men in my family were having kids in their at around 50 so my grandfather's dad was literally born into slavery and he was freed at around age 9 or10. His father was the slave owner and when he became an adult his white father gave him and his other siblings land in his will so my great grandfather was one of few "black/mixed men" that had their own land and didn't sharecrop and people in the community who weren't that far from slavery looked up to him and confided in him plus he was among few people of color who could read. Even though I look completely black we must realize that a mixed son owning land after slavery was a littler more typically than a fully black person because the slave masters sometimes gave their son's money to start a new life. Yeah some didn't but some really did have affection for their biological mixed children even though it was looked down upon.

[@Ice-c-o8q]

Another great video! 🥳👍🏾

[@christopherwilliams5912]

As a Louisiana Creole this story is not uncommon to us. We are descendants of slaves and slave owners. When granted freedom we sometimes were given plots of land. She appears to be a mix also so she may be a descendant of a slave owner as well.

[@shekool18]

This is truly amazing!

[@dobieh7479]

My great-great grandfather owned land in Florida through the Homestead act after the Civil War, and it was signed by President Grant in 1870. It was remarkable to see.

[@nytn]

It gives me chills! Did you find out where the original copy is?

[@dobieh7479]

@@nytn The National Archives. I ordered a copy from them. You can find those documents on ancestry now.

[@zeroturn7091]

@@dobieh7479I can’t even get records for my grandfather. The excuse that I’m given is that they only grant requests to living direct descendants in the event that a spouse is deceased. My living elders don’t like touching these topics as I’ve learned that my great grandmother and her youngest infant daughter were lynched during Red Summer while my great grandfather and the rest of my grandfather’s siblings had gone into town for farming supplies.

[@84tahlia]

@@zeroturn7091😢 Sorry for what happened to your Great Grandma and Great Aunt.

[@tuesdydadulo1514]

Nachitoches parish is actually Jackson parish…..I wonder of some of his land that he purchased could possible be national Forrest land…..there is a kisatchie national Forrest in and around that parish. I am actually from the parish underneath Jackson parish nachitoches now I live in Tn but we visit twice a year to Louisiana! We love going to nachitoches!!! Go during Christmas they have an incredible firework show along the river and shop in the old hardware store and eat some meat pies as well as visit all the downtown shops it’s a fabulous city!!!! No doubt the government teddy Roosevelt bought your grandfathers land back to preserve wild life and trees. That is more than likely what happen but nachitoches does a fantastic job of preserving its history!!!!! Please visit you will love it

[@pearcebs67]

I am not too far from you here in Tennessee. Anyway, I am also from Louisiana; my paternal family is from Avoyelles and Rapides Parishes. I know a lot of the area you are looking at is now part of the Kisatchie National Forest. I found your channel not too long ago; and I am thoroughly enjoying your work. I wish you the best of luck.

[@nytn]

Wow thank you so much! I will look into that. I believe I have driven through. Is it state owned land?

[@pearcebs67]

@@nytn The forest is federally owned. They bought a lot of land to establish the National Forest in the early 1900s. A quick look showed that have made additional purchases since; recently as 2011.

[@FedUpSista]

Keep up the excellent work❣️

[@nicolebenton2283]

Good morning from Houston Tx❤❤❤excellent video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nytn]

Good morning!

[@OriceJenkins]

I love this story so much. Also, I have answers to your questions. Reach out because it seems like people have been giving you wrong information!

[@habibahq4272]

soooo cooool! i found some of these as small land patents and not sure what to do. I'm gonna get back on it. thanks for the reminder.

[@nytn]

keep me posted!!

[@michaelpierce3264]

life is a lot more complex than people think

[@Nahte-uno]

Everyone from my mothers side is from Louisiana

[@tuesdydadulo1514]

Nachitoches parish is actually Jackson parish…..I wonder of some of his land that he purchased could possible be national Forrest land…..there is a kisatchie national Forrest in and around that parish

[@lyndaclough3462]

I am on Mobile, Al. Ee have a prior fort downtown called fort Conde'. It would be interesting if he was a descendant.

[@ThisIsMyYoutubeName1]

Have you tried the accessors for that parish? We have property in a different parish that has been in the family for a long time and we have to pay taxes on it. Because of the amount of descendants, it is not a lot of money (also the location is not a sought out place for living. My family left because a hurricane destroyed everything they owned). But a man was driving in front of me and my daughter and she only had her drivers permit at the time and he stopped in the middle of the road and expected her to know that he was going to reverse into his driveway. Because she had no idea what was happening, he got out and was screaming profanity, she got scared and drove off and because of this not being a normal thing is this area, I was able to pull up the records fairly quickly and call him out on his behavior.

[@ThisIsMyYoutubeName1]

I am in the website and it shows the names of who owns all the properties in the parish. You should be able to find it better on a computer than a phone. It will be time consuming to find, but going through the coordinates, you may be able to recognize any name of your ancestors if it has been passed down to another persons name

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

This is a great story. Maybe this the reason that you were able to have success at the plantation. That disappointment lead you to this wonderful discovery. ❤

[@Radiant_Vesper]

Good Morning 🌞 🌺

[@brenkelly8163]

My grandfather’s grandfather’s grandmother was brought as a slave Senegal around the 1730s. Her half black daughter (French-Senegalese) married an American Revolutionary soldier who came to Louisiana to work with the French in 1778. They had a plantation and their mulatto son married a woman who mulatto as well and were landowners. He then became Governor of Louisiana in 1850 to 1853 as part black (creole/mulatto), though his wife died. His illegitimate daughter after that had no inheritance rights, but at least she married a lawyer who graduated from Tulane with my last name in 1887. It’s crazy to see all these documents and the complex American history.

[@jsanders9975]

Thanks for this. I just used the same website and found Land records from 1830's-40's in Mississippi from the slave owner who owned my greatx3 grandmother. Technically he would be my greatx3 grandfather, but i wont call him that..

[@carolwoodward6141]

Good morning from Virginia.

[@nytn]

Good morning! Nice to see you, Carol:)

[@carolwoodward6141]

@@nytn Thank you. Been dealing with COVID the last couple of weeks. Negative now, but lots of congestion remaining.

[@nytn]

@@carolwoodward6141 we just had a terrible week or 2 here as well. 😪 This was a bad one! I hope you are feeling better soon.

[@lesal.1373]

Definitely buy a piece of your 5 x great grandfather's land. Maybe name it the Conde-Romero Estate?

[@nytn]

This is my plan 😅

[@lesal.1373]

@@nytn 💜💜💜💜

[@choklitsoul4700]

I have an ancestor that bought 100 acres in LA post slavery. I'm having trouble tracing what happened to the land.

[@jeskoumm]

“Danielle, there is much to be read about ancestor…..Weddings may highlight spoils of love and ill-gotten gains of war….The trip you’re making is an eye opener, to stretch the crust that has cemented, at times, over generations….I am reading over here and overseas, where tomorrow’s picture of lofty moonshine and diabetic mermaids, wields more little promises than my imagination would bare alone.”

[@Kabkabmbujimayi]

Amazing video wooow❤❤❤

[@barrypayton2832]

More than likely it was taken away from him. Happened so many times and easily. We've had land stolen and taken from on both sides of our families. And if the land wasn't taken, the minerals were. Especially with oil in Louisiana, slant drilling is a real thing. Good fortune on your research.

[@deellaboe437]

We have a common ancestor, so this would be the son of Marie Therese? When I found her and learned the full story made me proud to be a descendant. I'm visiting Louisiana soon, and look forward to touching Cane River

[@nytn]

Yes!!

[@clbailey9586]

My Great grandfather left the plantation when he was 13 years ago in Louisiana. He worked on the Rail Road until he got married and had a Child with a Black Foot native American. The child's name was Charles Lee Bailey 1 I'm the 3.

[@jirehguy]

On my dad’s side, one of our ancestors who was enslaved bought the land he worked on and it has stayed in the family ever since. Land includes the unmarked graves of other enslaved ancestors.

[@lisagibert2646]

I see a resemblance.

[@theguardianarchives433]

Foundational Black American 🙏🏾💯

[@clarketsitty2543]

you look good with turquoise

[@arrow1414]

It wasn't misspelled, just spelled differently. Just like, for good or ill, an immigrant's name gets anglicized, like the German "Schumacher" becomes "Shoemaker". 😊 Was it "misspelled"? 😊 (I guess it depends on the context and circumstances)

[@AustinB.3322]

❤‍🔥❤‍🔥 U Danielle

[@Movies2049]

I’m a mongrel. Wild family tree

[@TommyBrown-c6c]

That's right

[@tumblebugspace]

Ame(u)n be praised! My (now, deceased) Portuguese-Hawaiian father inspires me similarly, with my *connection* being his Mother (minha vo) and her Mother (minha bisavo; a.k.a. “VoVo”). Chief Lahuna Entertainment posts well upon the KZbin. May hula reach *you,* minha irma!

[@chloemartel9927]

Maybe investigate the possibility he lost the land because he couldn't pay the taxes on the property after the Civil War.

[@nytn]

That is a great thought. I hope it is not what I end up finding though

[@bluetinsel7099]

If you own the patent, you don’t pay tax on it as your the owner or heir. Tax is for the use of the land more so like leasing, when you own it you don’t pay tax. Now in this case the lands were public lands that were purchased which is different. This is really interesting and a first for a patent I’ve seen like this one. You’ll have to contact the state who should have the books and it should show exactly what happened, sometimes to see you have to make a trip there and sometimes they are on a different site, usually in a book. Another thing is Free People Of Color(FPOC) were those similar to Melungeon and they would be illegitimate by lineage. The land would have to include linage as well when you get into the deeper meanings, it’s to come from a sovereign which is like a King or Queen or Duke or Duchess etc. not a corporation. So this is very interesting.

[@chloemartel9927]

@@bluetinsel7099 good luck with that.

[@bluetinsel7099]

@@chloemartel9927 That’s what the patent would mean, but if it’s public it may be different, more like leasing specific areas from the public land. For others who own the patent like with Bruce Beach, they get tax from those that want to use the land.

[@chloemartel9927]

@@bluetinsel7099 good luck with that.

[@moniwill]

Slavery was no dream. A NIGHTMARE.

[@elizabethabraybant7282]

Did he have sons? If he only had daughters perhaps the law would not allow women to own land. The land perhaps went back to the state and after a certain amount of time was sold.

[@jeffpagan7735]

I guess since it was spelled phonetically, he couldn't write? Someone else wrote it?

[@thaddeusnorris1568]

I am curious how a slave in Louisiana gained his freedom then purchased land before the civil war?

[@sBaum]

Because it’s contrary to our narrative of learned helplessness.. We don’t want modern folk to actually compare notes with real ancestors accounts because it so rarely fits with the “ official historical narrative”.

[@robhogenesch2233]

Do you know how your ancestor made his money to buy the land? Can the section number not be followed through history along with that its owners?

[@nytn]

I am piecing that together! Ill share it in a follow up

[@rach9466]

Followed for that! I enjoy the content on KZbin of course but they suck at the same time. 😓

[@718toro5]

That was his father, so it was inheritance

[@greyc8589]

I wish they taught the real history in school.

[@tagon70]

Wait, am I missing something? The father was the landowner, so it’s not that surprising . Now if both parents were slaves, that would be something..

[@nytn]

Noel’s father was an enslaver, but Noel was considered “negro”. The land he bought was not the same as the plantation land.

[@tagon70]

Thanks for the clarification .however I think my point still is valid..the connection to whiteness or the ability to pass or to be classified white comes with extreme benefits.. this puts Black people in this country to present in a precarious position as far as assimilation.. In other words instead of marrying my black wife, it would be better for mobility in this country if I married a white woman and have my children repeat the same process until we become a whole other group of people..

[@JoeJoe-or3fz]

No. He wants Pascagoula

[@bettylougreen6987]

Land ownership for men also equated with voting rights. Was he able to vote?

[@mylissa2167]

If owning Land is King, then information that Educates the masses is the same as land, then carry on Sis! 😢Sis… Truthful Information is a weapon, because if you begin to wake up the masses that works against the propaganda machine… Look up the father of Propaganda Edward Bernays (1891-1995)!

[@JoeJoe-or3fz]

Also! That means he will be changing rent!

[@syllacherlin7921]

BETTER THAN THAT. IN HAITI YOU CAN BE BORN INTO SLAVERY AND BECOME EMPEROR OR KING.

[@justinsmitley7619]

Umm I'm pretty sure everyone's ancestors were enslaved at one time and became landowners at one time as well LOL it's called the history of humans.

[@nytn]

Of course, slavery was universal. Im discussing American history and identity, so that makes this very recent:)

[@theguardianarchives433]

Stop being a hater Justin

[@justinsmitley7619]

@@theguardianarchives433 since when is truth hate?

[@theguardianarchives433]

@@justinsmitley7619 You're laughing and making mockery of people sharing their history.

[@justinsmitley7619]

@@theguardianarchives433 not in my opinion.. you're entitled to your own opinion.

[@DAL3520]

The book by Nancy Isenberg, "White Trash. The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America" illuminates the importance of land ownership which dictated who (white men) could vote. The book outlines a clear picture of the British aristocracy's hegemony over criminals sent from England to colonize America and their absolute disdain for their countrymen and women. Thank you for your determination to share your family history.

[@timeforchange3786]

I look forward to your journey and will pray you are able to purchase a portion of the land. I have hopes to one day do the same.