U.S. Slavery in the North
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2012
- When Katrina Browne was 28 years old and in seminary, she learned that her ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. And, they were not from the South; they had lived in Rhode Island. Katrina wrote to 200 family members, inviting them to explore their family's past. The result: an award-winning documentary, Traces of the Trade, made with co-producer Juanita Brown, who helped plan a journey to Africa for the group and facilitate painful conversations about their discoveries. Karen Saupe hosts.
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I'm sadden to see hardly any comments on this subject.
I agree. Given that there have been nearly 14,000 views (as of 6/23/23), you would think there would be more than 9 comments. Guilt, perhaps?
great upload. many more to see this. I'll share.
Thank you for uploading this...sadly many people take academia's slant on the matters and never question the narrative
One of the words that stand out in this video is "glaze". I can almost see the glaze come over the commenters, black and white. These filmmakers and researchers did something very important. They took progressive actions to solve national wounds. They are role models for how to approach this topic.
Quit deflecting. Couldn't have said it better myself.
the south is the north's shield they were always more racist than the south thus was noted as early as 1830 by de Toquiville
Reparation, my pockets are broken and that's what need to be fixed if you really want to know.
Did any one else hear the sister's analogy? Comparing the Afrikan and white rrelationship, as lovers? I am sorry to my beloved sista's , but is has always been the ploy of white women, to get a so-called black women to help them against US. One example is .., the feminist movement during the 60's. Now at the same time the civil rights movement was in progress. The white women saw her man in trouble, and came to his aid through the women's movement. This sister is a shame.
Slavery came to North America due to a court ruling - Casor v. Johnson.
Anthony Johnson was black from Angola. His tribe hand been captured and sold to Mohammedan slave traders. The Mohammedan slave traders sold him to a merchant from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Slavery was illegal excepting under special circumstances in the West - Mohammedan pirates captured in war is one example. Anthony Johnson was not a slave even though he had been purchased as one. Once he was purchased he signed an indenture of seven years in return for some land and money.
Indentured servitude was quite common in Europe and this practice was continued in the Thirteen Colonies. You are considered a servant for the term of the indenture after which you received payment in the form of money and or land in return for the services rendered. Usually the term of service according to the contract would run between three to twenty years but usually four to seven years. Many German immigrants came to the colonies as indentured servants.
Thus, when Johnson’s indenture was complete he received a large tract of land and some money in return. Johnson then went on to purchase indentured servants himself including three Germans at different points of time. At some point Johnson purchased the services of John Casor. Once Casor’s indenture was complete, Johnson continued to force Casor to work for him without paying out for the services rendered. Casor attempted to sell his services to another colonist but Johnson sued the other colonist for Casor’s services. At this point, Casor sued Johnston in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Johnson argued that Casor was not an indentured servant but was a slave in perpetuity to him. He argued that Casor knew that culturally he was a slave when he was purchased and the idea of indenture was foreign to Casor. The court ruled that Casor should return to Johnson for the entirety of his life - making him the first slave in North America. This court ruling set a precedence for other colonists to make the same claims and soon due to this ruling slavery became an entrenched institution in America.
Yes, it was one black cheat who created this whole mess for which white people are blamed for.