VOICES FROM THE DAYS OF SLAVERY - LAURA SMALLEY (FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES)
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Item Title
Interview with Mrs. Laura Smalley, Hempstead, Texas, 1941
Author/Creator
Interviewee: Smalley, Laura
Interviewer: Faulk, John Henry
Interviewer: Unidentified Woman
When I say I'm so proud to be black I wouldn't have it no other way. We are powerful in every way.
I thank God for the person who invented the tape recorder. Without it, we would have never been blessed with this beautiful voice from our past. This woman's memory is incredible!
Agreed.
Is it me or could you just sit and listen to her talk all day
No can’t understand her
I love her speech.. very warm and wise! If you can understand Hillnillys and deep southern whites, .....
Me too!! I feel like I know her. My grandmother sounds just like her.
It's just you hun.
I can't understand a damn thing she's saying
Me too
Love it
Its for these people. Why i push myself so hard. We have no excuses. We have to make there spirits proud of us. How i loved this.
This is the closest thing to a time machine that we have. I've read all the library of Congress slave narratives, which are truly profound, but hearing her voice... gives me goosebumps. As a white guy from Texas, I'm humbled by her spirit. THIS should be required listening in high schools.. along with reading all the slave narratives in the library of Congress.
K. Fletcher how do I access the library of congress
@@Snglnsaved google it and it will tell you step by step how to get the archives anything you ever want to know just ask it the way you just did.
I agree this should be taught in schools across America.
MadameLadyM yeah it should but we know it isn’t ever. Because it’s only a indoctrination of you to be able to submitted to the higher up way of thinking, living etc. Why would they have you at their boot straps. To have you be more stronger to know about yourself and the past of how your group were to have sense of self worth. It’s for you to work and make another on top nothing more.
K. Fletcher as a black man here in America much respect and love to you my brother ✊🏾
Guys.. my Nana told me this is my great great great great grandmother!! I low-key didn't know it was, my Nana took a test and went really far down to her roots and this is her. I wanna cry, I'm so happy..
She's a sweet soul, I want to cry right along with you
Wow , that is awesome !!!!
Amazing!!
My peace and blessings be upon you and your family 👪
Wow!! Bless her heart ❤️
The fact there are the audio recordings drives home the years of slavery were not really that long ago
You're right. Slavery ended in 1865. However, the slaves who were old enough to remember the institution but young enough to live into the twentieth century lived alongside some people who are still alive today. This audio was recorded in 1941. My father was born in 1937 which means some of the elderly folks around him as a boy may have been slaves early in their lives. Sylvester Magee, who is the last known slave to die in America, lived to 1971.
Objet D'Art thank you for uploading this remarkable piece of American history.
And they say black people doesn't need reparation
How do feel about reparation
I'd like to say that those days are not over. Slavery is disgusting. We are ALL still in the BIGGEST one...that of debt. Everything others take from the Earth have NO right at all to CHARGE another citizen for that which they receive freely. Using debt to harm another isn't freedom, is it?
Now, if ANY countries should be blamed and charged for slavery & crimes against humanity on a global scale? ENGLAND. THEY used the "Great Expansion" period to HELP AFRICA to spread it. Look up REAL HISTORY...in BOOKS. The AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR was started for 2 reasons: unfair, unrepresented taxes AND England refused to recognize the LIBERTY OF ALL from ARISTOCRATIC tyrants. England sent Irish & African slaves & would not allow their freedom. MANY set them free on their own. DemocRats in the South were LOYALISTS. THEY refused the release as well. Lincoln's Anaconda Plan was nefarious & wrong, BUT it was for the FREEDOM OF ALL.
Now, Affirmative Action Laws, that were LARGELY VOTED IN by DemocRats...in the fine print I'm sure none read: allowance of any country label BEFORE American grants allowance for DEPORTATION should a specific group of peoples become a danger or detriment to polite, organized society. Deportation for ANY specific group of people who label themselves as coming from ANOTHER country, born here or not. Sound like betrayal of the black communities to you? Does to me. DemocRats are teaching YOU to deport yourselves...perk up those HUMAN ears...educate yourself or deserve the fate your specific group of people VOTED FOR.
our beautiful ancestors
Anayah Harris I worked on my genealogy about 8 years ago and was happily surprised to find a great aunt who was a teacher in Pennsylvania and she snuck books south so that one day the slaves would be ready for their freedom. :) my high school was across the street from The Hubbard House on lake erie in Ashtabula, Ohio. "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard" meant the Hubbard House. I absolutely love these recordings! !!
Anayah Harris Yes indeed MY sister we are the most beautiful people in the world, All praise to the most high God yah.
Anayah Harris you look good
Yes
@BoboBrazil df
Wow I give full respect to our ancestors, they had hard times
And they went through all that for ya'll to act a bunch of fools today. Ya'll are disgrace to these ancestors
All people have suffered in the past,.its over thank.God but such as this brings it back to life n the hate with it, not needed as we have healed much of it but we all or. Most hate what's Past, Division tears apart,unity brings us together, no.one.in years brought back what.
MLK fought for as did Barack n big Mike!! Dr. King is an.American hero, not Obama jive !!
Real Talk
@@donnajean9875 Only a WS would say that ,your evil caucus mountain inbred ancestors & your self is a disgrace to the Most high Yahweh!!! He Is coming for the rest of you SATAN PALE DEMONS....ETERNAL FIRE IN HELL AWAITS🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Donna Jean Speak for yourself and the people you know who act like this and don’t degrade our race .As a matter of fact just log out please and thank you.
Our ancestors are Strong they had hard times and yet prevail
You are absolutely correct
They "prevailed" with the help of white people.....they cannot do anything without white people.
@@dapabur1 okay
@@dapabur1 you really attention
@@deelee5244 You really attention???????
She says, “I ain’t gotta voice for singing,” and absolutely killed it. Amazing. 😆
As a black person this made me realise how lucky I am, my ancestors had it way harder back then and I wish we could go back in time and save them:(
I wish the SAME thing. I really do
I know that's right
That’s interesting that she described being suddenly free to being “turned out like cattle-not knowing where to go” was the same way Mr. Fountain described it.
Gave that phrase a new meaning to me
Where do you go and what do you do when you have been denied your right to education, denied your right to be your own person, denied your right to your human rights, how lost would you feel
So sad that the slave men couldn’t even protect the slave women and children because they were damaged so bad mentally and physically that they had no confidence or strength, imagine having to sit there and watch your wife,or mother get abused and raped by the Master..heart wrenching💔😢😭🥺
I’m crying. 😭 This hurt my heart and touched my soul. So much strength in adversity. 🙏🏼
No you're not 😂
From the Mendé tribe of west Africa. we still sing so of our relatives that was kidnapped til this day. We lost too many people.😭 Maybe if I make it to paradise we'll be able to be together.😭😭
My God. We were nourished by the milk of those amazing women. Black women have carried such a burden, but have given so much of themselves. I'm in awe.
They never gave anything y'all took what y'all needed and wanted
K Stephens yes given good strong healthy milk to those those white babies , white race needed black race to carry on and survive in huge USA blacks were even advisers to the white Masters in all their life matters and affairs ,
Blacka Đøn yes you are very right , very lazy too only help out themselves their kids do all the dam chores for the mothers also very rude they give people horrible looks wanna fight and argue , completely different Ofcourse they didn’t experience any kind of abuse like special Ancestors did
@Blacka Đøn If not having to give of myself to someone who will grow up and brutalize my children to the detriment of my own children makes me more self centered than my ancestors, Im cool with that. Im sure my ancestors resented NOT being able to center themselves more. They were mules and not because they wanted to be. I am not, and I am sure that makes my ancestors happy.
I am so glad my milk only went to my babies. I am glad I don't have to give of myself, and then see even the black men down me in response.
@@jaajaarogers9101 What a shitty take. Of course, after being looked at as milk machines, and regularly raped and impregnated by enslavers, we are judged for "defiance." Nope, we just don't accept the role that is written for us. The ancestors rejoice.
Her songs made me cry. To have gone through that and not let it break her spirit is true strength
God bless our Ancestors, May their soul rest in perfect peace and punish all those who abused them
Recordings of first hand experiences like this are far more valuable than anything a person can learn from a text book.
Exactly. Because texts can be altered
@@starter47990 me and my friend talked about this. One of the reasons we didn't enter ww2 so soon was because of weapon sells and exports. Kinda fucked up that the government hides shit like that from us
@@starter47990 Nawl clown you would like it to be go find you something to do with your ignorant stanky ass
Agree
@@deelee5244 really? Rude!
I look up stories like this cause it gives me comfort and reminds me of when my grandma would tell me stories of how her life was coming up may God rest her soul I miss her sooo much Rest in love and peace Dorothy Caskey
Thank you for your reply... I took the time to clean up audio and produce this video to instill humanity into this historical experience... People no different than us live through these experiences... and we should do more to connect with these stories in a constructive way... by celebrating the indomitable spirit of these people who many of us are related to... just as you have through your Grandma, the late Dorothy Caskey...
this is the exact same accent and venacular as my mother and grandmother!......we are oh so close to slavery, because we are still in it!
I've met a few old-timers who sounded just like this too.
c marcelin.....lol, yeah sure.....Tell her you're a slave!
Adam 1....I concur
Yup! We have not overcome
To the naysayers of the original comment: if you know and understand your Bible than you'd understand exactly what it means. We are still in the land of our captivity...waiting for our Messiah to bring us back to our land. It's in the Bible...
I hate how they were forced into slavery.
It was so wrong.
I love hearing her stories and gospel songs.
I think everyone needs to listen to this.
I enjoyed listening! That voice is history!
my great granddad was a slave.. my granddad was a sharecropper...born in 1896..
hearing this reminds me of how i used to listen to my granddad hum songs when i was a kid.. when those chariots swing low.. we all going home.. and i dont reckon it will be as long as it has been..
#ayoungLion
"they called her sassy n***a" and those words are still around today and all because she wanted to defend her child. People don't realize slavery is only a generation or two away from some. They are grandkids or great grandkids and they know first hand of what their ancestors went through so of course it will affect them.
You talking about the N word. That is so funny because I've never heard any white people say that it's only the black that called their own that
@@ea4602 then sadly you've never been out much. It's on the internet Facebook and utube of whites calling blacks the n word.. don't be obtuse
@@ea4602 that's bc they say it in private
@@Angel-tw3ko also thats all you hear when your around blacks is the n word young kids and all..but guess thats ok..more of the double standard shit..seriously surround yourself with blacks an all your hear is the n word non stop..
@@christopherhayes5309 seriously? Then you've not been around the right black people! Intelligent people do not use that word, I'm a black person and my family and circle of friends dont, so.
God Almighty, the settler of all scores, who saw every hate and heard the faintest cry, from all the oppressed, will reward every evil work as He judges right.
Glenn Hudson Amen
Amen!
Amen & Amen !! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Selah!!!!!!👃🏾
I wish I could bow down and kiss her feet. my queen there will never be anything greater then my African queens and kings that suffered much. thanks for this video.
I have some videos on slave revolts in the Americas.
Truth S.D.W Hudson OMG I swear!!!
Truth S.D.W Hudson Pleases stop. If it were not for the African Kings and Queens she would most likely not have been here.
Oh shut up!! You can bow down and kiss my ass!
brianm lee go to hell susian
Im 44 yrs old, And Im always looking stuff like this up.. It touches me to hear such history, but also so ashamed of what the black people had to go through.. 💕💕 Im so glad someone thought to do this so we can hear this history not just read it..
Frances Roberts, thank you for taking the time to listen to Ms. Laura Smalley's personal account of her experience as a slave in the same spirit that I put this video together in. And I agree that her story is very touching. In addition, her story is a reminder of just how many other uniquely personal stories are untold. That said. I consider Ms. Laura Smalley's story a lesson for us all on the importance of compassion and a lesson on not losing your humanity just because you were on the receiving end of malice and hardship... And it is my opinion, although unpopular, that none of us should feel ashamed of our American history unless we feel that we would repeat the same moral wrongs as all those who have come before us because we have learned nothing. And we should feel ashamed if we are trying to justify the wrongdoings of the past or the wrongdoings of the present in so-called retaliation. That said. This is better than reading about history and it is my hope that Ms. Smalley's compelling voice will serve to mend differences, not increase them... Peace!
Frances Roberts aaww thank you sweetie
FOH
"So we can hear history and not just read it " I love that
Yes the truth. Because we can't depend on any book from a library to give us true facts
Bless her soul... she said “I can’t read”..but I tell ya she sure speaks well, and has an excellent vocabulary. Sobering...listening to her singing..tears tears tears.. who what how why whom where ..
😭😭😭😭😭 I'm sooooo sad listening to her, it's heart breaking!!!!
No evil will have my joy🙌🏾
Feeding the children out of a hog trough...So inhumane...
I'm so glad that this was captured so that we can learn directly from our great ancestors., their daily lives and their struggles. Bless Miss Smalley. She will be forever immortalized in our history.
hearing her sing is magical❤❤❤❤❤❤
#blackgirlmagic
Existence Is Everything who hurt you?
A beautiful woman and strong rock these women!
My favorite part was to hear the joy in her voice as she counted all her children, grandchildren and great grand. Seemed as if survival and her family was what she had. And it was enough.
hearing her voice is so impowering thank u for ur strengths and courage to able to speak about it.
Thank you for your reply. You have received the video in the spirit that I posted it in. Laura Smalley is not a slave. Laura Smalley is a woman who experienced slavery for a portion of her life before she was freed. And she is a person who chose to share her experience with us so that we can better appreciate her personal struggle and our own personal freedom. Laura Smalley is the offended. That is to say, she is the victim, not us. We are the students of her life history. What we do with our knowledge is entirely up to our personal character. And you have great character, Kelly Martinez!
Another voice: ua-cam.com/video/fkArabbqKMw/v-deo.html
Kelly Martinez Amen. God Bless all the souls that lost their life to slavery. I am ashamed of my ancestors for doing all these horrible things to precious souls.
+It'smePaula Dvlogs why would you be ashamed of your ancestors...? If this is
The case ALL of us, white black and every race under the sun that ever lived would be ashamed of their ancestors! It was a way of life back then and throughout humanity..... was it right, no... but it is all history. Humanity has evolved and learned that it's not right to own other people... well except in a few other countries including Africa, where there are still 10s of millions of slaves today.. North American slave trade is only another part of history that paved the way and lives of millions and millions of people. Slavery didn't mean slaves "lost their lives," in fact very few slaves lost their lives and many were taken care of and treated decent.... not saying atrocities didn't happen but atrocities have happened all throughout mankind's history!
speculizer1971 You are "talking crazy". You must like to read your writings to make yourself feel good. There is no way that any race of people would want to be a slave. To have your freedom taken from you, work sun up to sun down, can't learn to read or write, afraid each and every day that your family would be torn apart, or of being whipped to death or sold like cattle....Don't talk or write anymore, you are mad.......
Because of them we are stronger today🙏🏾😌
because and/or in spite of some of them, we are stronger today... 🙏🏾😌
My grandma would tell us about slavery I miss her so much
You're grandma didn't know shit unless you're a hundred years old. Lmao btw
STUBS 1960 shut up fool
E.Allan B. Why would any one want to come to another crime infested poverty ridden area..ive heard about dc just how bad it is there.again another poor uneducated area full of goverment assited and drug and muder criminal area..so why would any decent person want to come to the slums of dc...not me
@@stubs1227 you slow asf
Stop lying.... how would your grandmother tell you about slavery if slavery ended in 1865? 🤔😂😂😂..... over 155 years ago.
I Love ❤️ My People 🙏🏾✊🏿👌🏿
Born and raised in the South by my sweet grandmother. My grandma was born in 1921. She's gone now. 7 years. I now live in New York
"what they called up the road". Listening to this sweet women makes me long for my " Momma"
and her beautiful friends I grew up with. God Bless them and I'm sure I'll hear them again one day.
My heart is soo full hearing this. I wish i could just sit at her feet and soak up all this in person! Thanks for sharing this story... it makes me so humble and appreciative for freedom and the sacrifices made by my ancestors!
I'm sure they would be happy that their descendants have a better life
Humans are capable of the worst atrocities, enslavement one an other is one of the most degrading and cruelest of them all
Thank you for getting it. The average person is too busy pointing fingers and assigning blame to acknowledge that this potential lives in all humans. And at some point in human history, we have all participated in these atrocities.
@@shopobjetdart its stuff like this and the holocaust that makes me grow so cold towards the human race. It's so sad that people had to go threw this tragedies in life. To be force by another human who bleeds the same blood. So sad. There bad to have been people who thought to themselves that this isnt right. I just dont understand why no one could of stood up and say " this isnt right. Why are we doing this?"
@@JMPK23 While it is disappointing to know that humanity can stoop way down to the level required to make stuff like this and holocausts possible, it is uplifting to know that there are people who do not approve and who are willing do everything required to end these sort of atrocities... You are not alone and have never been no matter how far back you go in history...
Glad you said humans. All stand guilty.
@@shopobjetdart Yet there are still those who allow the past to rule their hearts.
I was raised in the South, and to this day I hate the South. We were treated like "nobodies" by the whites. I left the south when I was 18, out of high school, and in the 54 years since I left, I've only been back about 3 times, as far as I'm concerned, it will never change. It's hard for me to listen to these stories without shedding tears.
I'm a white man born and raised in SC and I agree, the south is very, very slow to changes, if not actually hostile to change. It's the culture. It perpetuates ignorance. Indeed ignorance and backwardness can be found anywhere but it's exceptionally distinct and deeply rooted in the deep south. If it weren't for family down here, I would've moved long ago.
The only difference between The south and the rest of America is... The South is overt, obvious racism, up North, East and West Coast the racism is hidden but it’s still there!!!
Ella Presley Not only in the South ! Its anyplace these demons ARE THERE IS HATE TOWARD THE NEGRO PPL !!!
I wish blks folks untried 60s and 70s tell us they history past down from their grand parents.. Like my father did
Thank You for leaving and giving all your ancestors land to white folks.
Thank God we have these recordings...history cannot be rewritten so easily in the future if the voices of the past can be heard..
There is no song as beautiful as a song sung from the deep in the soul. She nailed to beautifully. It would be nice to have one of her recordings in my home to listen to.
SMALLEY IS ONE OF MY ANCESTORS LAST NAME. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER 4X WAS MARY "MOLLIE" SMALLEY BUT FROM EDGEFIELD, SC. I LOVE MY ANCESTORS AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. I PAY TOTAL HOMAGE!!! Mojuba Mama Laura Smalley!!!!!! Thank you for sharing
Thank you for your reply! We should all pay homage to the individuals who actually endured the hardship of bondage and real disenfranchisement.... We are the hope and the essence of their dreams... which was for their offsprings to live freely... More than likely, this is what kept them going when they had nothing else to live for... I am certain that they never imagined how much resentment many of us would harbor. If only our resentful would realize that success is the best revenge...
Lost Marbles how old was Ms Smalley in this audio and how old at death?
Good question. Mrs. Smalley was born into slavery on a plantation in Hempstead, Texas, at an undetermined date in the 1800s. We can assume she was at least 86 which would have made her 10 years old by the end of the Civil War.
you have great slavery videos keep up the good work ill do research on her
Leigh Browne +you know any Harrison's from Edgefield, s.c.?
I mean this in the most respectful way possible...this is one of the most interesting things ive listened to in a long time. So raw and revealing...its so amazing and important that recordings like this were captured.
She sounds exactly like my granny lol.
🖤👸🏿🖤🤴🏿🖤..her voice and wisdom and memory reminds me of my 91yr old granny..🖤
"and turned em loose on the 19th of June. And that's why we celebrate that day"
I’m so proud to be black and that is what we are meant to be proud of because someone try to make us not feel proud of that...❤️💯💯. I’m glad I press play to listen and have understanding... thanks for this up load it’s appreciated
I love being black and proud my sister.
Both my grandfather and great grandfather's land is not far from here. Sadly it is the same county where Sandra Bland was allegedly hung in a jail cell for a police stop. There was no cause for the stop. I pay homage to Queen Mother Smalley , Sandra Bland and all of my ancestors whose voices will never be heard. Rest in Peace & Power!
It was a tragedy that we're told to forget about it, and stop belly aching about what happened to our ancestors by a cruel people without conscious. What is amazing is that whenever we congregate to discuss our history and the lives of our ancestors, the people that God called our "enemies" (Deuteronomy 28) continue to come among us. God in heaven, will we ever be free of this scourge?
It's amazing how these people kept there humanity,there grace,there love
They had each other, and amazingly high human spirit
I can remember in the 1980s while in college being introduced to the Library of Congress by my mother. I received my card and could not wait to go here and learn about The field recordings of The Lomax project. My Mother knew but did not tell me, once I heard the Slave Narratives my life would be changed forever. It took another two years of going there from time to time but I did finally hear the music I was lead there for. The thing that shook me to the core most was the details in which these people spoke of, how almost family like these people actually were to their owners. I was young and angry each time I left after sitting and listening. Not once fearing this could change me in a very harmful way but I prayed on it and kept going back for small doses of anger until it turned into inspiration. The inspiration provided me the fuel to not harbor any more hatred of white people and to finish my education in their name. I did and I had no regrets but god have mercy on the souls of the people who endured such horrific treatment from the very group of white people the Moors ruled over and dominated for so many years in Europe. The Moors even taught these Europeans how to read and how not to dwell in the same building the livestock were living to prevent smallpox and measles. Even translated the Bibel to them and taught them to read and write Latin. That is when it hit me: Perhaps this is why white people mistreated us so badly and with such hostility. Look at where we are now in 2018 I struggle to call it progress even though it is but whatever it is people like Laura Smalley should never ever be forgotten or dismissed for these are the true American Patriots and the Creators of our current economy.
😂😂😂
@Scuzzetta Fonkbush How the hell does a person with a name like "Fonkbush" even remember that
@Scuzzetta Fonkbush You got me laughing like a mental patient over here, then again the Dispensary was open today and I just finished a roasting session
I know your looking down on us Ms Laura Smalley from up in Heaven.
This give me chills. God bless our ancestors🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Bless this soul. RIP Queen Mother
I wonder how the slaves managed to persevere in this kind of situation.
Bless the memory of our Ancestors.
This living history must be preserved for future generations to pass on as teaching tools.
I must add. I will not only delete racist comments but I will block you if you continue to harass and report your comments to UA-cam's moderators. Thank you for using your better judgment in advance.
Lost Marbles While you're at it why don't you report these fools spreading false information on who American slave owners were. It's irritating. Kenny desee being one of them.
You need to produce a counter-argument that presents evidence that renders "Kenny Desee's" claims false along with sources. This is the age of intellect, not emotion. Being upset and/or irritated should motivate you to dismiss their claims with information that you have taken the time to produce. Who were the three largest slave traders? Who were the three largest slave owners? When were the first slaves brought to North America and who purchased them? Kenny Desee should provoke your intellect, not emotions.
Lost Marbles This isn't regarding my emotions, it's to counteract your bias in these comments. You crack down on the use of generalizing nouns but completely ignore false information and blanketed, vague statements? Yeah, real mature.
Your comment couldn't be vaguer. For the portion that was clear, if you consider any information false then counter it with facts. That is the mature and the constructive thing to do. And never mistake lack of favoritism for bias.
Lost Marbles 0qqp
I loved the story of her step father. A captive that spoke to the captor...saying you will not bear me or mine. And her mother that wanted to fight the captors wife for trying to beat her brother
My granny was born in 1920 her mom in 1890 ..they stories they would tell. My dad in 42 can tell stories his great granny told him... Imagine what was told and what was left out.
Rise
In
Power ..ancestors ..we shall never forget.
These recordings are so fascinating. They're voices from a time that I just can't wrap my mind around. I really don't understand The South. The culture, the mindset, any of it.
her voice is so beautiful.
hearing her sing was amazing she was 91 or 92 year's old.
Great interview. My favorite part was when she sang.
I wish I could give her a hug. Tell her thank you, I love you #RIP#.
I could listen to her stories all day
What a treasure..an actual account and recollection of her life and others living in the most horrific time ever known to man. I honor love respect our ancestors with everything in me..I pray to and for them daily..I apologize to you for what you had to endure for us today. Never forget and please teach the youth. Our history must never appear to have never existed. And what a beautiful one it is. Thank you for sharing. One story of many.
.Thank you for your feedback! And I completely agree with you. I found the audio among the archives of the Library of Congress. I downloaded it and added visual aids. I am happy you took the time to listen to Laura Smalley share some of her life experiences. Of course, there is so much more to her story than what she was willing and/or able to share. But if you listen carefully, you'll realize that although she may have been through some of the most horrific experiences known to humanity by our standards, she was aware and grateful that her life could have been far more miserable in comparison to other former slaves. All the same, she was critical of her former masters but she was not broken nor dishearted. And you can gather from her criticism of some of her own people that she would not be on board with the way our community is glorified and promoted in mass and on social media. Despite what she had experienced, she had a moral compass that truer than compass many of us use today. From what I gather, Ms. Smalley wasn't one to bite her tongue. She told the truth as she saw it. And she wasn't about a whole lot of foolishness.
@@shopobjetdart Thank you for great reply and taking the time to do so. We're blessed that you found these recordings and shared. Have a wonder filled day..because I watched and listened..mine is. 💖
@@Goldyntuch You have an awesome way with words! And they reached me in the same way Ms. Smalley's words did. You are both beautiful women in the ways that matter the most and deserving of great respect despite being generations apart. Take care!
I think I'm a old soul..I love this
I’m so proud of all my elder ancestors 💪🏿✊🏿 we shall prevail
What a wonderful woman, what a beautiful voice, what a humbling story.........I wish I could undo all the hurt any of my ancestors caused her. I am ashamed of my ancestors that owned slaves, and yes, there were a few of them. I hope she's smiling and happy in heaven now, and just a singing up a storm with those angels, cause she definately had a voice for singing!! Rest in Peace, Mrs. Smalley, and God Bless You. xo
Thank you for your kind words, Ms. Andrews. And I believe that despite what she went through early in life, Ms. Smalley was able to find happiness here on earth as well. And what we're listening to is a small slice of it. :)
Thank you for posting this. These stories are so important.
Thank you for taking the time to watch it and for receiving this historical recording in the same spirit it was posted... Many have preconceived notions about the life experiences of the millions of slaves who were subject to the institution of slavery. And so, they just dismiss the individual perspectives of these people for the popular narratives and political agendas of today... Ms. Smalley's interview reveals so much more. First, she has a surprisingly high command of the English language; higher than some folks today, even though it is a Southern dialect. And though she is elderly, she is very much in the moment. She answers questions directly and is honest and forthright about her view of her former acquaintances - White and Black. She reveals a hierarchy of care and authority and the physical and often brutal nature of retaliation and punishment. And she wasn't hesitant to recount the violence set upon Blacks by Whites and Blacks. She doesn't turn a blind eye to any of the misfortunes, exploitation, and atrocities.
IF YOU LISTEN TO HER VOICE, YOU CAN HER THE SOUND OF AFRICA, THE VIBRATIONS ARE STILL THERE. JUST LISTEN!!!!!!
WE ARE NOT AFRICAN THEY SOLD US TO THE ARABS WHO SOLD US TO AMERICA AND EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD. READ OUR HISTORY THE HOLY BIBLE DEUTERONONMY 28 TELLS HOW WE FELL FROM GRACE. WE ARE ISRAEL HEBREW , JEWS. THIS IS WHY THEY WOULD NOT LET US READ FOR THE HOLY BIBLE TELLS US SO. STAY WOKE OR DIE A SLAVE CONTROL THOUGH YOUR FALSE HISTORY .SHALOM
You could hear the vibrations better if you returned to Africa.
@John Kimber to say "no one cares" is a lie. 😏
WE ARENT AFRICAN............WE ARE THE LOS T TRUBE OF ISREAL
@@myluvsstormy1389 is that a joke?
Slavery here in Brazil ended in 1888. My grandfather was born in 1889 and I was born in the 70´s.Slavery in my case is only few generations back. Brazilian and American slavery stories are very similar. I took an ancestry/DNA test and found out that I am related to many African American people , probably related through slavery
PatricyaT Yes In Brazil & Cuba we share ancestry with in the US. #SmallWorld
Priceless piece of history... thanks for sharing... :)
I just want to hug her,she make me think of my grandma,i got tears in my eyes and pain in my heart!
The greatest people that ever lived
I love my ancestors I can just sit up & listen to her all day
That song she sang just touched me heart.
the bougainvillea plant produces red, pink, and sometimes white flowers. Yet, they all belong to the same family. It is the same with humans. Although we may be of different races, skin color, or ethnic background, we all belong to the same family, the family of mankind.” from a west african 😊👍
I Love her PRECIOUS SOUL! I AM THE VOICE, THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT OF MY ANCESTORS! ASHÉ!
amen family amen u would think would look out for each other now
Sonjah93 Amen
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I actually think she's well spoken and very detailedly articulate...she entails EVERYTHING....job.well.done.!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.
Absolutely!
Ain’t nothing like being Black. Powerful outstanding video. I love to hear these heartfelt, but sad 😢 stories. I can really learn to appreciate these much needed truth information in this hour. These stories are priceless and I could listen to this forever. This is real entertainment for me, true stories of our History.
I’m so thankful that we have these interviews.
My heart is crying and spirit!!
This is beautiful. I love that her voice has been heard, recorded and put on here so others may hear! Pure beautiful gold! Whoever owns this video do not delete this, make sure it makes it to the future way of media.
As painful as this is to listen to, I needed to hear. And just think they use to nurse from a black woman . wow because their mamma's were to lazy and vain. how about that?
I can't imagine breast feeding the children from a people that dehumanized and murdered at random and with impunity, a people that committed unspeakable atrocities. It's monstrous! It's mind boggling. And we're mocked and told to forget about it. No other people are told to forget their history. Even God said to remember the days of old (Deuteronomy 32:7), and He separated the people (Deuteronomy 32:8). Christinsanity has mentally destroyed our people. No one wants to believe (Isaiah 14:21, Jeremiah 30:17, Isaiah 14:1-5, Jeremiah 51:20, Psalm 83, and the book of Obadiah). Let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya and wait to be whisk off to heaven, where God is white, the angels are white, Jesus is white, and obviously the people that were enslaved and dehumanized will be servants just like in the good old days that were gone with the wind, but are returning rapidly.
When I learned this years ago I was so shocked.
My late maternal grandmother (1920 - 2008) told me about that when I was a child. Her grandparents had been slaves.
You all realize that in the grand scheme of things (time), slavery really wasn't that long ago? 🤔😧
I wish I knew the names of my ancestors. :-( I sould love to know where I came from. Which tribe I've came from.
Thanks to my ancestor's, who shoulders and foot prints, I strive in ,today! They prepared for us what they could spare from almost nothing! My honor goes to " them all" for their sacrifices! Amen...let us pick up and follow suit! Hmm...
Agreed!
She sounds more educated than our youths of tiday and yesterday? ?? Why?
Maybe because they're teaching them stuff like " political science". Rather than that what is needful.
So grateful for these souls to tell their stories. I have nothing but respect for this beautiful lady. I hope she is resting in peace.
I love her beautiful she’s right with God in heaven
What a sweet ladie , may she rest in peace. feel so sad for the poor sweet people.
I agree. And thank you for making your compassionate comment about Laura and her life struggles instead about our modern problems...
its about the history right , that people let things like this happen is repeating and one doessent learn from this sweet ladie ,one has to listen instead of judging .
Hidden colors
My Grandfather was born in 1889 and died at age 96 !! I always enjoyed his stories when he grew up in Clarksville Texas !! He told me of hanging and hardship!! I miss him !!
Clarksville, Tx?! I'm from there! Edwards and Richardsons are my family
I love her voice.so soothing.thanks for being you
This is a beautiful and heartbreaking narrative. I can't imagine the pain and humiliation of Ms. Smalley and our other ancestors.
PREACH FROM THE SPIRIT...I YEARN FOR THAT TYPE OF PREACHING. I LEARNED A LOT FROM MISS LAURA ,THANK YOU & GOD BLESS
Human divine lady Laura, see you in the Light of Heaven