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And FL governor says slavery wasn’t real

what's crazy is that there is more slavery now around the world then at any other time in history and it is completely ignored by everybody, you would think rich celebrities that have the resources to do something about it and feel so strongly about slavery 200 years ago would join the fight to do something about it now.

Blacks owned slaves

WHAT UP DOUGH MY GUY??

Had they been slaves to the Ottoman Empire, they wouldnt have been able to breed!

i’m 28 and my great-great grandfather was born enslaved in 1850. His son was born 1887. My grandmother born 1916 and my father born 1957. I was born in 1995. all had kids around age 40 so it’s not too many generations back. I found PHOTOS of my gg grandfather today and learned what county/plantation he and my great great grandmother lived on. mindblowing

Parallel has such a beautiful light. I would love to just sit and chill with him.
❤ I love him so much. ❤

What kind of people? The same kind that are still holding slaves in Africa and many muslim countries. Same difference.

African Americans aren’t the only ones who endured slavery

Like Mother’s Day cinnamon bon waffles with stawberry icing

That's how many undocument Mexican workers endure in the US agro fields

This was the most moving episode

Most slaves didn't really have it that bad, they would have worked even harder if they were living as free men as all poor folks of any color did and had nothing to fall back on. Most were not whipped and beaten because they were highly valued and they didn't need them hurt. I'm not excusing slavery, it was wrong but as bad and wrong as it was, it's been painted far worse for the enslaved people than it actually was.

reminds me very much of the help

This shows me why he made No One Ever Really Dies. His ancestors and his people shows that the fight need to continue where equality emerge for the African American people

And the GOP wants to take America back to those times. Insanity.

The people who did all those atrocities are the same people who rule the world today and try to destroy it. Nothing has changed

His names on the epst3in list

This was so hard to watch… I cried thinking about all those children… ugh

I don’t know why an African American would be surprised by this. It is in every one of their history if you go back far enough.

Being on this site for the first time and seen this story has encouraged me to subscribe to this channel.

My father died in 2020 at the age of 77. He hated passing cotton fields along the highway here in South Georgia. He literally hated it. He was arrested several times for several rights protesting.

So grateful for this

I heard Pharrell read the words. Heck..I cried. There were humans that treated other humans like animals. Horrible times. I am so glad no one in the US is enslaved.

This makes me cry, but at least they had each other and THEY LOVED ONE ANOTHER. Is that what it takes to have and be love? Do we have to be victims in order to keep our hearts intact???

How on earth were they able to get all of this info???

My ancestors did not own slaves, and for that, I am grateful. I cry every time I hear or read the stories of what they (the slaves) had to endure. That was a horrible time in our history.

This is a FACT that no one has noticed probably but me... When I was reading the letter that Pharrell was reading now I know for a FACT where slang terminology came from rappers use "dat", "da"... and countless other popular hip hop words that was created over 200 years ago!!!
So now guess who kinda started underlined hip hop words 🤔🤔

Cry baby

bruh every slave back then would be disappointed at what blacks are idolising now.
And african americans think they are the only group that got slaved in human history

I’m a 55 year old white man and I am in tears

should carry ones self differently . not a clown, pull pants up and act like a man. for those who suffered what we call life so you can stand on their shoulders. so you can smell the fresh air of freedom. its the least you can do for those who come after you. Never Forget their sacrifices

Everyone's always whining and crying about slavery that happened hundreds of years ago, how about take that energy and work to abolish all the slavery that is currently happening.

Blacks where not the only people who where slaves stop pushing hatred towards whites only the elites own slaves and the word slave comes from Slavic which where whites slaves to the arabs 1200s to the 1600s

I'd love to see an episode of the descendant of one of the 200 or so black US slave owners finding out their family's history. It would be fascinating to hear about this little known aspect of the transatlantic slave trade.

Slave owners were horrible people and your fellow Africans who sold your ancestors into the slave trade which still goes on in the world were horrible.

They would be proud to know their descendent became a very successful millionaire in America.

What kind of people, what kind of people!!!!! Thats deep

Theres always been slavery. Why in Mexico and South America the Incas and Mayans had slaves. In Mexico the Hacienda owner's had slaves or servants to tend to the home and the fields or livestock and horse's.
Only not all of us live in the past in which we had no part of. We didnt live it

A reminder that there are currently over 40 million modern day slaves, most of which live in Africa.

It wasn't just an experience of the African American's. Remember, it was a British Colony. Slavery started for the Irish in the mid 1600s, under British occupation. 90% of the Irish were sent as prisoners or slaves to the American colonies, and the Irish population was replaced by British inhabitants. So they were not only sold to slavery but their Country was also ethnically cleansed. The remainder of the population, swore an oath to the Crown, and took on English names, so they could hold onto their lands.

I researched my relatives in my father side and found out that my sixth grade grandfather who was of Scottish descent, owned six slaves.
He wasn’t rich, but he owned a farm and his slaves were listed as part of his “property”that were left in his will and it named each one of them.
That hit me really hard seeing the names of those human beings listed as his property. 😔

What about the enslaved jews that built Egyptian temples?!

Just shows that Mexico should have been Annexed and not paid after the Mexican-American War.

Remember the Alamo!

If it was possible to go back in time and turn those slave ships around, most blacks would say no, do not. Most whites would say yes, please do. Ali said it best upon returning from Africa, "I thank God my ancestors got on that boat". Sub Saharan Africa dominates the list of the worlds poorest countries.

Host: It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say...

This made me cry 😢.

He is a very good looking man.