This woman is an amazing heroine. This is why they don't want black history to be taught because peonage slavery still going on, and they don't want things to change.
Mrs. Harrell’s work immediately brings to mind an experience I had when I was in my mid 20’s… I once made several visits doing a volunteer Bible education work to the home of a woman in rural Gastonia NC in Crowder’s Mountain in the early 2000’s… the woman was approximately in her 80’s at the time… the woman would share stories of being treated poorly working in the homes of whites in her youth… she told me a story once of getting revenge by splashing droplets of milk from a baby bottle into the closet of twins after the woman of the house had treated her badly and demanded she redo the ironing… One day a white man in his 40’s starting coming into her yard when I would visit the woman… he would ask me questions about why I was visiting… I explained I was sharing comforting thoughts from the Bible… when I continued visiting he eventually said she didn’t need me to come anymore and that he and his family “look after her”… on that occasion or maybe I was brave enough to visit again a young white girl of about 11 or 12 ran up on to the porch in between us and grabbed the woman around her waist. The girl declared the woman was like her family member I think she said her aunt or momma…. The woman did not verbally support or repeat either of her white “like family” member’s claims… she just looked at me with as if resolved to her inevitable situation and told me “it’s ok you don’t have to come anymore”. I didn’t continue visiting, but I was happy we got talk about the Bible’s hope for a peaceful future and the answer to why horrible things like slavery and oppression happen how God feels about it and what he will do to bring justice for those living and those who have passed… She seemed to be relieved talking about the Lord’s Prayer when God’s will will be done on earth… Matthew 6:9, 10; Psalm 37:10, 11, 29; Revelation 21;3, 4; 1 John 5:19… I felt sad I couldn’t go back and I always wondered about her life and all the stories she hadn’t shared… I worried for her and all I could do was pray. After listening to Mrs Harrell’s talk I wonder if the woman I was speaking to was enslaved, trapped by need and “free rent” offered by this family… I wonder if the home she lived in and the land she lived on belong to them… she was in her 80’s how could she escape if she wanted to? Where would she go? How would she survive? So she stayed. It’s not hard to imagine in a place where families don’t move away they just build a house on another part of the property each time someone becomes of age. So families will live in the same 5 mile radius for generations… Thank you Mrs Harrell for your bravery, love, and compassion to reach these people and help them get a sense of freedom. Justice is so important to me and knowing these atrocities will be corrected and having the hope of soon seeing an end to all of mankind’s suffering brings me real comfort. I learned a lot about that hope and God’s justice in this magazine www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&pub=wp20&issue=202005
I'm invested, is there no way you can go back now as an adult and research more about the property, the lady herself and any possible descendants of hers?? I feel like there's a story here that needs to be told. With love from England ❤
@@secrets3116 that’s a great idea. I often do think of her. I live on the other side of the country now. So it would be a journey to find out more… The woman may have passed by now since that was nearly 20 years ago. I still have friends in the area that could help me piece together about where we would have been visiting neighbors around that time. The home is likely still there. People very rarely tear down houses in that area.… The families in the area MAY be willing to share some information. All pleasantries from their perspective maybe, but they’d probably be willing to talk about “the good ol’ days” … Definitely worth a trip… thanks for the suggestion. 💐
In 2015 I worked for a financial firm and our job was to call business and one day a woman picked up the phone and said she had owned a plantation and she mentioned it had been in her family for centuries and I was a bit confused and then I realized what she meant later and I was totally astonished.
Amazing! I am from East Tennessee and I just know there’s got to be similar scenarios around here. I am encouraged to go to surrounding courthouses and libraries and see what I can dig up.. this was awful and beautiful all at once. Thank you!
This is very commendable Ms. Harrell. When I saw the movie "Alice" I realized then that slavery did not end in 1865. Also growing up I would often hear my grandmother talk about when she picked cotton. So, I knew then she had to be enslaved in some, shape, form and fashion to be picking cotton in the 30s. The enslaved mentality passed on to many black families throughout the history of America. Even those who felt that they had to continue to work for white and black families, keeping their kids, cleaning their homes lets me know they still was mentally enslaved, and they sought out jobs that kept them to appear as if they were still in slavery. Many of those men/women in the 40s and 50s could have went and done better, (worked factory jobs, taught school, been a nurse) but they didn't seem to want to do better. My hats off to those persons who knew they could do better. Those who didn't feel this way, I know they was just doing the best they could to survive. Thanks
I appreciate the academic focus of a lot of the questions at the end, but can we be real for a minute? This is a human rights crisis. This isn't just something that needs to be documented, you should be terrified that there are babies being born into slavery in America right now. You should be asking about ways to bring the perpetrators to justice. You should be asking about reparations and THERAPY for the victims of these crimes. You should be talking to people in your academic community about getting Ms Harrell some funding. Just because this conversation is happening at a university doesn't mean doesn't mean the focus of the conversation needs to be about how to educate a mostly white group of university students. THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS.
OMG! I watched the movie Alice today and felt compelled to learn the true story behind the Hollywood version for myself. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I wish more people were aware of this atrocity. I will definitely be sharing this video.
They still owned the slaves and their childrens 1:01:24 of these children grew up thinking that was normal because they separated the family so there was no written or verbal means if communicating. They were completely cut off from society and any thing in the way of normal so it was so. easy to do because some of the slaves remained illiterate although aware that certain things did not make sense. This make my stomach just keep turning when I think of how so called freedom laws were not entirely abolished, giving these masters the right to harbour hatred for the ones who had a sense of their equal standing today, and chose to influence, hence, why some retain a stronghold so they would not lose their previledges.
Before peonage slavery, our last legally enslaved ancestor Matilda McCrear, lived until 1940. She sued for reparations, but was not successful. They never intend to repay this debt of genocide unless we demand it.
This story should be way bigger!!
Wow this woman is doing amazing Work. God bless her🙏🏿
This woman is an amazing heroine. This is why they don't want black history to be taught because peonage slavery still going on, and they don't want things to change.
I love and appreciate her work ❤
Antoinette Harrell thank you excellent presentation every black person needs to hear this information stay educated to prevent history from repeating.
Thank you and the internet 🙏
Mrs. Harrell’s work immediately brings to mind an experience I had when I was in my mid 20’s… I once made several visits doing a volunteer Bible education work to the home of a woman in rural Gastonia NC in Crowder’s Mountain in the early 2000’s… the woman was approximately in her 80’s at the time… the woman would share stories of being treated poorly working in the homes of whites in her youth… she told me a story once of getting revenge by splashing droplets of milk from a baby bottle into the closet of twins after the woman of the house had treated her badly and demanded she redo the ironing…
One day a white man in his 40’s starting coming into her yard when I would visit the woman… he would ask me questions about why I was visiting… I explained I was sharing comforting thoughts from the Bible… when I continued visiting he eventually said she didn’t need me to come anymore and that he and his family “look after her”… on that occasion or maybe I was brave enough to visit again a young white girl of about 11 or 12 ran up on to the porch in between us and grabbed the woman around her waist. The girl declared the woman was like her family member I think she said her aunt or momma…. The woman did not verbally support or repeat either of her white “like family” member’s claims… she just looked at me with as if resolved to her inevitable situation and told me “it’s ok you don’t have to come anymore”.
I didn’t continue visiting, but I was happy we got talk about the Bible’s hope for a peaceful future and the answer to why horrible things like slavery and oppression happen how God feels about it and what he will do to bring justice for those living and those who have passed… She seemed to be relieved talking about the Lord’s Prayer when God’s will will be done on earth… Matthew 6:9, 10; Psalm 37:10, 11, 29; Revelation 21;3, 4; 1 John 5:19… I felt sad I couldn’t go back and I always wondered about her life and all the stories she hadn’t shared… I worried for her and all I could do was pray.
After listening to Mrs Harrell’s talk I wonder if the woman I was speaking to was enslaved, trapped by need and “free rent” offered by this family… I wonder if the home she lived in and the land she lived on belong to them… she was in her 80’s how could she escape if she wanted to? Where would she go? How would she survive? So she stayed. It’s not hard to imagine in a place where families don’t move away they just build a house on another part of the property each time someone becomes of age. So families will live in the same 5 mile radius for generations…
Thank you Mrs Harrell for your bravery, love, and compassion to reach these people and help them get a sense of freedom. Justice is so important to me and knowing these atrocities will be corrected and having the hope of soon seeing an end to all of mankind’s suffering brings me real comfort.
I learned a lot about that hope and God’s justice in this magazine www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&pub=wp20&issue=202005
I'm invested, is there no way you can go back now as an adult and research more about the property, the lady herself and any possible descendants of hers?? I feel like there's a story here that needs to be told. With love from England ❤
@@secrets3116 that’s a great idea. I often do think of her. I live on the other side of the country now. So it would be a journey to find out more… The woman may have passed by now since that was nearly 20 years ago.
I still have friends in the area that could help me piece together about where we would have been visiting neighbors around that time. The home is likely still there. People very rarely tear down houses in that area.…
The families in the area MAY be willing to share some information. All pleasantries from their perspective maybe, but they’d probably be willing to talk about “the good ol’ days” … Definitely worth a trip… thanks for the suggestion. 💐
I had a similar experience in 2005 in rural Alabama.
Yeah, they felt they still "owned" her...
Wow!! I live like 20 minutes or so from Gastonia NC
Thank you!!!👁️🙌🏾✨
In 2015 I worked for a financial firm and our job was to call business and one day a woman picked up the phone and said she had owned a plantation and she mentioned it had been in her family for centuries and I was a bit confused and then I realized what she meant later and I was totally astonished.
Well, I want to be astonished to...whatd she mean?😅
Thank so much for sharing your story....
I’ve seen those types of ledgers in the basement of the courthouse where I worked for more than 20 years
Thank you for this video
Researching this for myself. This is new information.
Amazing! I am from East Tennessee and I just know there’s got to be similar scenarios around here. I am encouraged to go to surrounding courthouses and libraries and see what I can dig up.. this was awful and beautiful all at once. Thank you!
This is very commendable Ms. Harrell. When I saw the movie "Alice" I realized then that slavery did not end in 1865. Also growing up I would often hear my grandmother talk about when she picked cotton. So, I knew then she had to be enslaved in some, shape, form and fashion to be picking cotton in the 30s. The enslaved mentality passed on to many black families throughout the history of America. Even those who felt that they had to continue to work for white and black families, keeping their kids, cleaning their homes lets me know they still was mentally enslaved, and they sought out jobs that kept them to appear as if they were still in slavery. Many of those men/women in the 40s and 50s could have went and done better, (worked factory jobs, taught school, been a nurse) but they didn't seem to want to do better. My hats off to those persons who knew they could do better. Those who didn't feel this way, I know they was just doing the best they could to survive. Thanks
I am glad that I listen to this you just taught on ,this alone for me to not be angry for their doing,thank you .
New information to me.
@46:06 Is the woman asking a question calling the speaker Harriet? Or am I tripping?
No, she called her 'Harriet'.
i heard henriette
I appreciate the academic focus of a lot of the questions at the end, but can we be real for a minute? This is a human rights crisis. This isn't just something that needs to be documented, you should be terrified that there are babies being born into slavery in America right now. You should be asking about ways to bring the perpetrators to justice. You should be asking about reparations and THERAPY for the victims of these crimes. You should be talking to people in your academic community about getting Ms Harrell some funding.
Just because this conversation is happening at a university doesn't mean doesn't mean the focus of the conversation needs to be about how to educate a mostly white group of university students. THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS.
OMG! I watched the movie Alice today and felt compelled to learn the true story behind the Hollywood version for myself. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I wish more people were aware of this atrocity. I will definitely be sharing this video.
They still owned the slaves and their childrens 1:01:24 of these children grew up thinking that was normal because they separated the family so there was no written or verbal means if communicating. They were completely cut off from society and any thing in the way of normal so it was so.
easy to do because some of the slaves remained illiterate although aware that certain things did not make sense.
This make my stomach just keep turning when I think of how so called freedom laws were not entirely abolished, giving these masters the right to harbour hatred for the ones who had a sense of their equal standing today, and chose to influence, hence, why some retain a stronghold so they would not lose their previledges.
We must protect her ❤
Omg I would hve never known. Ty for this? This is why is baffles me how our young brothers are 💀illing each other everyday all day smh
i think Bob the Drag Queen would immensely admire Antoinette Harrell and her work if she doesn’t already
Before peonage slavery, our last legally enslaved ancestor Matilda McCrear, lived until 1940. She sued for reparations, but was not successful. They never intend to repay this debt of genocide unless we demand it.
I lived in Alabama 22yrs. And I personally know of a few black families that are still slaves in rural Alabama today. And it’s 2024.
Wow u that’s crazy what part of Alabama
@@DJBOOGDAGREAT talladega county
@@sejj01 I have to see it
What do you mean you personally know slaves?