The Forgotten Freedom Fighters of Trinidad and Tobago! Merikin Maroons

History of Merikin Maroons of Trinidad &Tobago. She made me Scream !! Trinidad Woman Invited Me to Her House then this Happened.... Trinidad & Tobago
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[@risinup2778]

Tigress , the drink will make you live long and keep you away for sickness .Thank you for the natural videos. I love the history 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇨🇦 🍁

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

how often should one take it? @@risinup2778

[@garfieldwhittaker944]

African Tigress while in Kingston which is on the Eastern side of Jamaica you should try to visit the Maroon settlement at Moore Town in the Blue Mountains of Portland parish. After that you should go rafting on the nearby Ro Grande before visiting the famous Blue Hole tourist attraction.... There's also another Maroon settlement in the Western section of Jamaica at Accompong Town in St. Elizabeth parish and yet another in the hills South of Montego Bay named Maroon Town. Lots to see and do. While in Montego Bay be sure to visit the White Witch of Rose Hall Great House museum set on an old 18th century slave/sugar plantation....

[@leonisroberts2442]

It was my Pleasure Having You At My Home Enjoy Trinidad and Tobago💜💜🌹🌹💯💯💯🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@margaret6061]

The US Embassy is offering a Grant for people involved in Cultural Preservation. Your group should apply and see if you qualify.

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

Thank you for hosting me Aunt Leonis

[@leonisroberts2442]

You are Always Welcome Hunni❤❤❤❤

[@imhotepmk8090]

@@leonisroberts2442 Aunty Leonis , for most of us, this is the first time we hear about the Merikins. Thank you very much for sharing as it was very informative and educational. Gratitude and appreciation ❤❤❤

[@leonisroberts2442]

You are most welcome Bless and Safe 2024 To You

[@f6876]

African/ black history is so RICH and fascinating! We really need to tell our own stories and make movies, dramas etc

[@annet1407]

I am a descendant of the Merikins. I am so proud of my history.

[@lisaboyce9246]

In Barbados we called that “washing machine” a jukking board. I remember my Mom using one in the 80’s. It’s wonderful seeing the similarities between our islands. Our ancestors were ingenious

[@ettaphil9586]

Called so in Trinidad too.

[@mohammedS47FOREVERGRATEFUL]

We still have them here in Gambia🇬🇲 western Africa we call it BANKU it can have other names in other languages too.. one people indeed 🙏💯

[@tundebakare6887]

​@@mohammedS47FOREVERGRATEFUL😂😂 but Banku is typical swallow food in Ghana just like fufu

[@mohammedS47FOREVERGRATEFUL]

@@tundebakare6887 yea u see the beauty of our languages lolz ..now when i go to the Ghanaian woman that sells Kenkeh will ask for the banku too🤣😂

[@tundebakare6887]

@@mohammedS47FOREVERGRATEFUL oh well. I'm a Nigerian by the way 😊

[@leonaisaac1368]

Kudos to this lady for preserving her heritage.❤❤ I would love to visit for a tour some day.

[@ksaljulimaiajuli5687]

I've never heard of merikins in Trinidad. Thank you. The government or local businesses of Trinidad should provide this woman with funding .

[@winsomeg1124]

WOW! I didn't know the Merikins were in Trinidad too. I knew they went to Dominican Republic.....My Jamaican Grandma had those too. Washboard, Safe, Coal Pot, Iron, Grater. She also had the Medicine Bottle under her bed with Rum, Leaves, herbs & a Big Black dead Scorpion. YES anti Venom for Scorpion bites. No snakes in it bc Jamaica doesn't really have Snakes running around. ( RARE, I lived there for 18 yrs & never saw a snake.) I heard the Mongoose killed them. The Mongoose has a natural Snake anti Venom.😊 So beautiful that she preserved History & has a small museum in her house. Priceless info & Artifacts. 👍

[@jabaltariq4606]

It may well be that (1) she never applied for funding or(2) there is no mechanism for her to apply for funding. If (2), then the first step should be for such a mechanism to be set up

[@dasaniwilliams9463]

So u never did Social Studies

[@etrivas1]

Beautiful. Welcome to Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹. There is a wealth of history from the Merikins (free African slaves) to the world. They were give land in 6 (1st. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) Companies in South Trinidad. Bush medicine is the best. Have an enjoyable one. Stay safe. Respect and blessings.

[@cyelgreen4655]

This woman is a treasure.

[@gideonwoods8834]

Man! The lady made it very easy to understand the merikin history and African tigress asked the right questions. I really enjoyed the this episode very much 📚✅💯

[@kingslj]

She has kept great history, which need to be kept for many more years for the young people to appreciate where they have come from although some may not want to know their history. I remember using the pressing iron & also the grass cutting instrument in my country Zambia too. Thank you.

[@amindedphone]

This lady is speaking truth.I am bajan and ai can remember as young children my parents giving us bush medicines steeped in rum from various bottles ,the bottles were exact replica of hers.

[@GloriaNoel-me9vp]

The story she told you is true some of the merikings are living in my neighbour hood they are very nice people and people still talk about her grand father pappa nesa that is real trinidad history🇹🇹

[@vinnette4583]

this Trinidadian lady is a great historian we all should know about our slavery history in the Caribbean or west i des i am a lova of history but it the first of hearing aboutthe merican in my country putting scorpion in a bottle of white rum after soaking it good for everything viewers from Jamaica

[@kerubel1436]

You should also know about your african history......your history did not start with slavery

[@masalamouth]

Hi Tigress, the drink Ms. Leonis gave you is called Zebapique (Neurolaena lobata): To treat fever, common cold and cough, the leaves are crushed and drunk in juice or soaked in alcohol and taken as a 1-ounce (30 mL) shot. Fever grass (Cymbopogon citratus): Also called lemongrass, it's used to treat fever and common colds or as a cooling. I'm enjoying your content in the land that I ♥️🇹🇹Enjoy the rest of your stay in T&T!

[@daleeastmond4031]

I am bajan and I love the history that lady is giving

[@abdulghafur-xz6ls]

I truly enjoyed this one. Don't be a stranger to bitterness,it allows for a balance with sweetness. "Who has not tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet". Great.

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

HAHAHA this way not regular bitter

[@ettaphil9586]

Un​@@AFRICANTIGRESS Have you ever had bitter melon/ called carillie in Trinidad.

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

@@ettaphil9586 nop

[@cynthiaedwards954]

My grand parents in Tobago used to give this concoction to us when we were little.

[@michelleclarke1022]

Hi Trinidad 🇹🇹 in the house

[@mavisburke495]

Wow i just learned something new about those people of Trinidad.

[@anthonytobi9773]

Most of the things our mama showed you particularly the pressing Iron, the herbal drink, the item for grating cassava I grew up seeing them with my grandparents. It is very much clear that most them were taken away from West Africa. I see much of Nigerian related activities in them. Thank.

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

Yes most were taken from West Africa

[@Lisa-kd1ul]

What’s in the herbal drink and what is it for?

[@leonisroberts2442]

​@@Lisa-kd1ulthe herbal Drink is mostly for Cough and Cold and Fever Ah Lil Boost for the Body

[@tundebakare6887]

Yeah there is a similarities with Nigerians and West Africans

[@maureenfrancois7596]

Great video. Very interesting. Kudos Leonis❤

[@KT_the_1st]

The granddaughter of one of the most famous Obeah Men in Trinidad... lots of history there..

[@winsomeg1124]

Interesting. They call it Obeah in Trinidad too?

[@magicmike6129]

My mom's uncle was a known Obeah man too, he once turn a man into a goat 🐐

[@catann9818]

😂😂😂😅😅😅😅❤​@@magicmike6129

[@tundebakare6887]

​@@magicmike6129really 😅

[@magicmike6129]

@@tundebakare6887 Real talk!

[@jacquelinemadoo2616]

I remember those artifacts she showed you. We used these things spending time in Maracas by my grandparents. Continued to enjoy your visit and stay safe, Blessings 🎉❤

[@shittywife]

"A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine goes down."🎶🎵🎵😂❤

[@carlcadogan4510]

That is so awesome the museum.

[@Lionspride426]

Thumbs up. That lady is amazing

[@islandgirl3330]

I remember my mother having scopions in a bottle. I wonder if her story about the Merkins is documented. We were never taught this in school in my day. This is new to me.

[@BlackHeartMan_NoSoul]

This history is very well documented actually, It's documented on the Nalis website (national library), National archives tt (natt) has downloadable pdfs on this. There's a documentary that was aired on ttt, it's also on youtube called - T&T legacy stories, the merikins (feat. Hazel Manning) etc...

[@thelmaallard3035]

Very informative. Carried me back to my young days

[@Pinky.1991]

I’m learning so much. Thank you 🙏🏾❤️

[@tinatendi]

This is my other channel and I’m enjoying Trinidad vlogs. Thanks dearest ❤️🙏🏾

[@kaydenpat]

She’s a very lively woman with so much unique knowledge. First time I’m hearing of merikans.

[@extremeensemble608]

Lol you had me laughing so much after drinking the concoction...omg I dont have a stomach for that at all lol.

[@rda-gama2567]

No way I could have drinking that concoction!

[@B1970T]

An Amazing Lady, I learned a lot.

[@whz366]

Antiques and artifacts. I know them all. I used the potty as a child myself. My grandmother had her mortar and pistle, and when we roasted corn it was done on the cold pot. We used the iron press as a door jam eventually and the sowing machine was mounted on a table. The third version of the sowing machine added the metal foot press. At home we did not have outhouses, but my mother's great aunts in the countryside did and I had friends with latrines. I have never heard of the Merikins, but one is never too old to learn history.

[@annmariemccoon]

My beautiful country Trinidad 🇹🇹 enjoy my dear 🙏💕

[@melissastraker1155]

Get well soon Tigress. You are doing just what you need, rest and relaxation and you are in the right place for it.

[@dolarie5285]

Wow that is very educational and very historical please preserve your memories and legacies.You are very inspiring.

[@colindenoon9605]

Great video. Merikin history isn't in the history books at all. I had to gather bits and pieces about them as an adult.

[@tesfatsiondominik]

Wow, you are so brave. I don’t think I could ever drink something like that.

[@gloriaroffey6884]

When I was growing up every one had one of those bottles. The drink was given for any ailment.

[@hyacinthrosamond]

Thank you for highlighting this part of our history...😊 very interesting!!!

[@annmariecooper5606]

My school friend Octavia, hosting African Tigress. Princes Town my home town

[@leonisroberts2442]

Hi Annmarie All the Best for 2024

[@QueenofAfrica1217]

That's good stuff, African Tygress. Make your body strong.

[@user-dl1lc5xe2l]

I'm a Merikin descendant...Blackwell blood line. Thanks for sharing.

[@mudlanetv4766]

My grandfather have a bottle like this at home with the same insects in it...🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@stillirise7813]

Real talk 👍🏾🇹🇹🇯🇲 💯

[@lincolnclay7925]

I remember growing up in the 70s and 80s when I would act up, my grandmother would belt me then say I have it good with her because her mother would of made me kneel on a greater for hours, I didn't believe that happened until this video. 😅😅

[@leonisroberts2442]

😂😂😂

[@donnacadogan5982]

Amazing!

[@ar123..._]

Wow, I was talking with my son just Monday night about this very same thing The only thing is I was talking of the people I know went to The Bahamas and Bermuda but I did not know of one going to Trinidad and other Islands but I'm sure they did. We were talking about the national anthem of America and there was a section that they took out of the song which was very graphic revenge that they were going to take on the black people who fought with the British.

[@stedwatts2486]

TIGRESS, SOME PEOPLE FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, LIVING IN AMERICA, DRINK THE SAME HERBAL MEDICINE LIVING NEXT TO ME! I DRINK IT BEFORE A FEW YEARS AGO! IT'S VERY GOOD! PLEASE TAKE A SIP OF ME 😂😂😂🇺🇸

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

Hahaha take two for me

[@gloriaroffey6884]

The company was their regiment

[@lisalai8709]

AT thank you for sharing 🇹🇹❤️

[@michelleclarke1022]

Love it😊😊😊

[@bernadinemaynard9327]

AT this episode is very informative ❤🇹🇹

[@leonardorjioffor6683]

This same ways we used to drink these roots back I Nigeria when I was growing up

[@misstrinialicia643]

Really informative video ❤🇹🇹

[@mh4335]

It's amazing how this Trini women is showing us what we used to use long ago throughout the Caribbean with the outhouse, basin to bath, and wash boards for doing laundry. I remember meeting some Trinidadians in the US who claimed they never had to use them Things back in the days because their country was the wealthiest in the Caribbean. 😅😮 So why is this Trini lady here today telling and showing us the truth? 😂

[@kerryleeboucaud5171]

This woman has made it her mission to upkeep && inherent her ancestoral items. But I can assure you most Trinidadians do not have all these items. She literally said MUSEUM

[@candid0111]

Well the older ones might have had to use them and remember this lady said they are based in south which is more to the countryside. I'm a trini woman in my thirties and never had to use these things or even saw most of them until I visited the local museum. Didn't even know about the merikins and that they got land and stuff like that. U learn new things every day.

[@mh4335]

The Trinidadians who were making that claim were up there in age. Old enough to know.Even though it was how they lived in the countryside or not , those days were primitive years. I find it odd that Trinidadians wouldn't know about these things. Even in some parts of the United state , mostly in the southern parts , they used out houses and some on these items she discussed back in the days.There's no need to be prideful or shameful about any of thi. I embrace that part of our culture and history . History simply teaches us our story.

[@rosemariegray-olabiran7991]

The older generation used the outhouse known as the latrine. Most young Trinidad have never used an outhouse. However poor people still used them. The Trinidad lady was right when she said she never used the outhouse

[@prosperousnatasha8153]

Everyone grew up like that because those were the times before Washer and dryer were invented unless they were born after that time. The museum look like the home I grew up in my parents were born in the early 30’s

[@oceejekwam6829]

Fantastic intro. - I laughed heartily. Caribbean people are very hospitable. This is educational for me as I had never head of the Merikin people before.

[@oceejekwam6829]

I wonder if any of the Merikin people settled in Guyana 🇬🇾 or Suriname 🇸🇷?

[@patricialazare5526]

There are African ancestors who were free in the USA Trinidad need workers to plant rice Cocoa coffee the British took them from American to Trinidad to work cutting down the forest making roads that's why it name is called they were not born in Trinidad they born USA they made it them self Amerkin. USA,/ Trinidad Born lives USA 🙏💖🎉❤

[@leonisroberts2442]

​@@oceejekwam6829they are called Moorons

[@tundebakare6887]

​@@patricialazare5526oh great I have learnt something from you ❤❤ 🇳🇬

[@lincolndipnarinesingh3035]

I heard about the Merikins if I am not mistaken couple of them when to Belmont, watching from Bellrose NY

[@lorenzoabbott1442]

No the slaves that went into the hills of Belmont were actually slaves in Trinidad, the Merikans are freed slaves from America that got placed in moruga south Trinidad by the British

[@shellyh.2033]

When I go home I will visit her in Princes Town. The ANCESTORS Time has COME. We will tell OUR OWN STORIES🔥🔥🔥👊🏿

[@auntie9077]

Very nice share

[@ianbolah5873]

African Tigress will never get sick again drinking that natural herbs medicine 😊

[@user-cv5sj5iz5i]

Like your screem😂😂 enjoying fr Jamaica 🏖️

[@yuridickson5543]

Thank you.

[@ginapersad7440]

Beautiful and blessed treasures indeed 🙏❤️

[@ObiJMedia]

Keep it on African Tigres

[@user-vb1or2xx1b]

My grandfather was an merikin, his name was MacKenzie francis,my grandmother was Wilemina Olga francis

[@makedahutton1267]

Merikin, my people from the companies in Moruga.

[@redfaman]

This is an amazing story. I never heard some of these things as my family was mixed with Spanish and Creole Chinese. But we had plenty adventures stories going up.

[@mikejospha254]

Wawawah 😂. Kenyan bwoy watching

[@ettaphil9586]

Hello from Trinidad and Tobago ❤

[@kimberlygila]

Nice video of history from the lady and that alcohol must have been too bitter.

[@InstaF.A.M]

Wow! The house has narrow hallways .you are courageous to drink the drink. Atleast it’s all plants and not the snakes one

[@nivaldopaiva4570]

Hello African Tigress! Here in Brazil there is also a very strong drink named "cachaça". When you come to Brazil, try it.

[@africanrumpunch7742]

That posey took me back boi! 😅😅😅 Is that Zebapeak?

[@daleeastmond4031]

African tigress thank you for visiting Barbados and thank you for visiting my 2nd home

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

You are welcome darling

[@cyrillaanselm5336]

It's funny that the two women came from the same source but did not acknowledge their oneness.Africans need to acknowledge that Black people in the Caribbean are there brothers and sisters.Then we would have come full circle.

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

How didnt we aknowledge?

[@usertopista6633]

Great history and culture. AT wafaa kuonja shubiri ni bitter zaidi

[@tundebakare6887]

As an African history is very important for the black race to know where they're from to know where they're going to.

[@barbarabranch-ef2cj]

You will be fine tigress 🇹🇹🇺🇸

[@margaret6061]

The US Embassy has a grant for cultural preservation, they should apply.

[@KT_the_1st]

Negative to that.. Trinidad must take center stage in its own cultural heritage..

[@gloriaroffey6884]

My grandmother’s family was Merikins

[@patriciamatthews9390]

I don't know if I could drink snake drink I will throw up but enjoy Trinidad ❤️

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

The one i drank has no snake in it

[@jedwards1874]

In Barbados we call it the jooking board

[@thedoveflykm5679]

Yes

[@mohammedS47FOREVERGRATEFUL]

We still have them wooden washing machine here in Gambia western Africa we call it Banku it can have other names in other languages too..

[@rosemariegray-olabiran7991]

The companies were their military units they belong in. The meriken were runaway black American slaves l who fought on the side of the British in exchange for their freedom . They were given land and freedom by the British in moruga Trinidad

[@kaydenpat]

Wow. I had no idea that happened in Trinidad. I’m aware of those Black Canadians who live in Nova Scotia and are descendants of African American enslaved people. Learned something new today.

[@kerubel1436]

They were runaway africans that were made into slaves in America

[@anthonytobi9773]

That pressing we do have in Nigeria.

[@estherrajballi247]

“Lopinot” ,Toussaint brought them there ,they were also receive education,unknown.later on it was known to everyone. That was good news.

[@miakmo59]

👏👏👏❤❤

[@redfaman]

My family in Santa Cruz Trinidad called it the Jucking Board.

[@shellyh.2033]

The road to death is sweet😊. Embrace the bitter which is Life in the herbs

[@aldeelollah5732]

The bush medicine drink is currently being produced in Africa same way.

[@shellyh.2033]

The posey, memories🤗

[@tishagabriel3146]

❤❤

[@tishagabriel3146]

Tnk u for your love !!! I am one of your followers ,I love watching u am from moruga but lives in the USA...ask your host to take u moruga there is a museum there to ...have fun

[@isiomaamma9869]

Lots of Yoruba people were brought to Trinidad as slaves any one can look it up on the transatlantic routes

[@tundebakare6887]

You're right

[@GoSeeAfrica]

Guys let us subscribe and share her channel

[@rosemariegray-olabiran7991]

Loverly museum

[@MrLionLC]

Original Spice Rum!!

[@rosemariegray-olabiran7991]

Hill rice was brought to Trinidad by the Africans

[@tundebakare6887]

Yeah from West Africans

[@kahluaqueen]

😳😳😳

[@africarain8294]

They call it grip also over their in jamaica

[@tundebakare6887]

The former Liberian president Charles Taylor's father is from the Trinidad he was amongst the mericans Who came to Trinidad

[@rosemariegray-olabiran7991]

Mrs. Hazel manning is a descendant of merikens the wife of our deceased Prime minister Patrick Manning may he rip.