Thank you this very informative video and dearth of information. I am trying to track the path of my ancestor's enslaved people from St. Louis, MO to New Orleans, LA in 1832. Hopefully, these resources will be helpful. Thank you.
This was time well spent! Thank you for sharing this wealth of information. I believe I can truly benefit from the resources that were noted as I’ve used knew of them and have used some, however not really successful. Though the guidance on how to find them is most helpful. I listened to this recording, yet I’m going to play again and watch the video on TV as well as find the previous pertinent video(s).
The times that o have reached out to my mainstream American cousins. They normally aren’t interested in our connection. I did find one women though who was open to converse. Turns out we both descend from a Thomas Edmonds who arrived in Virginia in 1630. He eventually had children one of which moved West and was her 7x great grandfather
I could tell you I'm related to 18 U.S. Presidents and actors like John Wayne and Lucille Ball. Most of these people wouldn't spit on me if I was on fire, but we can't change the past stupidity of OUR ANCESTORS! WE ARE ALL COUSINS! I'm satisfied with knowing something instead of knowing NOTHING. I will find my black, African bloodline by any means. NO ONE WANTS TO BE FORGOTTEN!
@ I’m confident that I descend from some of the earliest American pioneers/colonist in Virginia and North Carolina. We are indeed related. So many want to only acknowledge the Europeans though.
06:00: It would save YEARS of time if the name of the enslavers and what farms so many of my ancestors were on was known. So, my family would know who/what family did the horrid atrocities!!!
Hopefully you see this, but I’m looking for a believed slave I assume he was a runaway because in the 1870 census it says he lived near grand contraband camp on union street what do you suggest I do to find his slave master. I also found a record saying he was free then sold back into slavery in 1943 for not paying taxes
You actually reinforce the notion that we were not people every time yo refer to us as slaves and them as slave-owners. A driving force in enslavement was the need to make Africans believe that our captivity was normal and natural, rather than something that was imposed on us. Therefore, referring to us as slaves and and them as slave-owners actually reproduces the notion that it was a natural condition. On the other hand, referring to us as enslaved and them as enslavers, forces one to raise the question of who was enslaved and who did the enslaving. And as an extension of that, it is preposterous to call enslaved black people African Americans. The Americans are the ones who enslaved us. To call an enslaved people by a name that identifies them with the people actively enslaving them, is a not-so-subtle way of erasing our national identity and right to self-determination as an oppressed nation.
OMG. And to think I was just sitting here appreciating how this man is trying to give us information and tell the truth about the situation. He has used the term enslaved several times during his talk, not just slaves. Sometimes we just go overboard. You are directing your comments to the wrong man. He is obviously educated on the slave system, and has made several side comments about how wrong everything was. Give the man a break. You're preaching to the choir. 🤦🏾
I am glad he is referring to it as such, and it was FACT, and it needs to stay in the records as such, though, in the records they call us Negros, and negress Continue on your work, as you are doing, it is greatly appreciated, that it has been placed on the heart of this man, to share so great valuable information So carry on, and say slave, and slave owner, for that is what it is
Slave owner names didn't disappear.... we are wearing them! Find our way out of these names. It's super hard for us for some reason...this was the biggest and worst tragedy in human history! How can we really forget wearing these names?
This is the wrong way of getting to the truth about your ancestry. You need to start with your family oral tradition and then trace it back as far as you can go. I did find out that my 3rd great grandparents were enslaved by Scottish relatives. Take advantage of US Census Reports, Birth and Death certificates. Many court records were intenitionally destroyed to destroy the audit trail. Most of us can trace our ancestry back to at least 1 American Indian Tribe. In my case 4 American Indian Tribes. I found that 2 great grandmathers were Cherokee, 1 great grandmother was Blackfoot/Scot=Irish and English and 1 great grandmother was Scottish. I found no Afrikan ancestors during my research. They were either enslaved American Indians or enslaved mixed Indian/Euopean. DON'TTrust a colonizer to tell you who you are because they will say you are an Afrikan every time.
Thank you this very informative video and dearth of information. I am trying to track the path of my ancestor's enslaved people from St. Louis, MO to New Orleans, LA in 1832. Hopefully, these resources will be helpful. Thank you.
This was time well spent! Thank you for sharing this wealth of information. I believe I can truly benefit from the resources that were noted as I’ve used knew of them and have used some, however not really successful. Though the guidance on how to find them is most helpful. I listened to this recording, yet I’m going to play again and watch the video on TV as well as find the previous pertinent video(s).
Helpful. Thank you
The times that o have reached out to my mainstream American cousins. They normally aren’t interested in our connection. I did find one women though who was open to converse. Turns out we both descend from a Thomas Edmonds who arrived in Virginia in 1630. He eventually had children one of which moved West and was her 7x great grandfather
I could tell you I'm related to 18 U.S. Presidents and actors like John Wayne and Lucille Ball. Most of these people wouldn't spit on me if I was on fire, but we can't change the past stupidity of OUR ANCESTORS! WE ARE ALL COUSINS! I'm satisfied with knowing something instead of knowing NOTHING. I will find my black, African bloodline by any means. NO ONE WANTS TO BE FORGOTTEN!
@ I’m confident that I descend from some of the earliest American pioneers/colonist in Virginia and North Carolina. We are indeed related. So many want to only acknowledge the Europeans though.
06:00: It would save YEARS of time if the name of the enslavers and what farms so many of my ancestors were on was known. So, my family would know who/what family did the horrid atrocities!!!
Then what would you do?
The last enslaver is closer and more accessible than you think.
There is no such thing as African American we are the Aboriginal American Indians documented
Excellent information!
Hopefully you see this, but I’m looking for a believed slave I assume he was a runaway because in the 1870 census it says he lived near grand contraband camp on union street what do you suggest I do to find his slave master. I also found a record saying he was free then sold back into slavery in 1943 for not paying taxes
I know my families slave owner this is gonna help me so much. His name was John Gayle from sumpter South Carolina
You actually reinforce the notion that we were not people every time yo refer to us as slaves and them as slave-owners. A driving force in enslavement was the need to make Africans believe that our captivity was normal and natural, rather than something that was imposed on us.
Therefore, referring to us as slaves and and them as slave-owners actually reproduces the notion that it was a natural condition.
On the other hand, referring to us as enslaved and them as enslavers, forces one to raise the question of who was enslaved and who did the enslaving.
And as an extension of that, it is preposterous to call enslaved black people African Americans. The Americans are the ones who enslaved us. To call an enslaved people by a name that identifies them with the people actively enslaving them, is a not-so-subtle way of erasing our national identity and right to self-determination as an oppressed nation.
OMG. And to think I was just sitting here appreciating how this man is trying to give us information and tell the truth about the situation. He has used the term enslaved several times during his talk, not just slaves. Sometimes we just go overboard. You are directing your comments to the wrong man. He is obviously educated on the slave system, and has made several side comments about how wrong everything was. Give the man a break. You're preaching to the choir. 🤦🏾
@@dlc0429Stop being so grateful that a white person likes you that you cannot correct him. I'm simply educating him, not attacking him.
I am glad he is referring to it as such, and it was FACT, and it needs to stay in the records as such, though, in the records they call us Negros, and negress
Continue on your work, as you are doing, it is greatly appreciated, that it has been placed on the heart of this man, to share so great valuable information
So carry on, and say slave, and slave owner, for that is what it is
Slave owner names didn't disappear.... we are wearing them! Find our way out of these names. It's super hard for us for some reason...this was the biggest and worst tragedy in human history! How can we really forget wearing these names?
Ugh! It’s not MissourA---it’s Missouri-eeeee
This is the wrong way of getting to the truth about your ancestry. You need to start with your family oral tradition and then trace it back as far as you can go. I did find out that my 3rd great grandparents were enslaved by Scottish relatives. Take advantage of US Census Reports, Birth and Death certificates. Many court records were intenitionally destroyed to destroy the audit trail. Most of us can trace our ancestry back to at least 1 American Indian Tribe. In my case 4 American Indian Tribes. I found that 2 great grandmathers were Cherokee, 1 great grandmother was Blackfoot/Scot=Irish and English and 1 great grandmother was Scottish. I found no Afrikan ancestors during my research. They were either enslaved American Indians or enslaved mixed Indian/Euopean. DON'TTrust a colonizer to tell you who you are because they will say you are an Afrikan every time.