ABC News’ Alex Presha examines rare audio of formerly enslaved people to preserve their stories, and interviews one of their descendants, in partnership with the 10 Million Names project.
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Still waiting for proof that white people haven’t been evil throughout history 🙄
I hate this narrative that black ppl only picked cotton they did so much more for america
My great grandmother is turning 100 this month and her mother was a slave and also her mother. I also found most of my ancestors on ancestry and found out a lot of information
You can research how slavery still persisted in America 🇺🇸 😳 even after it was said to have ended in 1865.
Ok. What do you hope to hear from them? They didn't have access to any education, they were treated like commodities, they couldn't dream, they couldn't leave the farms, sometimes even singing was prohibited, didn't have access to they people history or comunicate freely to they people. What do you expect to hear from them? It's hypocrisy. They existed only to serve their masters, go through violations, humiliations, nothing more than that, unfortunately. Why always talk about what you already know? It was a very shameful time for both the black man and the white man in America and europe, end of story.
No other people on this planet could have endured such hardship and not only survive but thrive. What confuses me is that we are still enslaved in many ways and do not realize. Prison, professional sports and so many other ways. We are educated by our oppressors, we are marrying them and trying our best to be like them. WE are surely the people of the Most High God. He still has HIS hand on us. Our redemption draws near.
Thanks to those who made this project come to fruition. In my opinion it is important that all people in every nation know the true history of the USA.
There are lots of audio recording of former slaves from the 20s and even 30s. Contrary to the title here, it’s not that rare. Type it into YouTube and lots of examples will come up
I don't understand the purpose of always bringing up slavery, knowing the history
It's not about wanting to relive it in your mind all the time, the story is already shameful enough to be told in schools, but it has to be. This has already happened, the slaves have already died and the slave owners have already died too. That's why the USA has serious racism problems because you try to relive the past, the idea is just to know the history, nothing more.
Sassy‼️
I honestly do not think that "WHITE" people should be handling such delicate recordings and pictures etc.
This stuff makes me so angry inside. Black people built this country and have nothing to show for it. Still till this day, its we are complaining! How much real estate would be ours? How many inventions and companies would be in the names of black people? How much land would be ours? The real estate, land, companies, etc. continues to trickle down in the same ⚪ generational pools.
Thank you ABC, for broadcasting this. With the strong effort by a segment of our society to suppress this history in our schools, people are going to have to take it upon themselves to seek out and teach this truth to their children. Hard truth, but necessary.
Definitely not ancient history. Remember that Harriet Tubman walked the Earth at the same time as Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. (She died one month after Reagan was born.)
Context is so important.
We need to record the accounts of the descendants and what they were told by their family members who survived slavery. It sounds like they probably got a more complete account than the white interviewers ever could.
Also, sharecropping was a form of slavery that lasted a lot longer than slavery did. These survivors still live amongst us.
Why are these recordings in the National African American History Museum in DC?
It's amazing people in this country still fight the fact that racism is built into our structural society. Only two generations ago this country was full of millions born into slavery. The reality is blacks in this country are still trying to get out of the poverty they were born into. Millions of enslaved African Americans were set free with not a dime to their name. Education barely existed for these people. It's incredible to see, in such a short time, what freed African Americans have been able to achieve with the scales weighted against them. Such a shame that whites are now trying to hide this past in hope of changing the narrative of what once was. Never forget the past or we are doomed to repeat it. All peoples are created equal and should be treated as such.
It's NOT that long ago and to say we aren't owed anything is a lie… This country gave the descendants of JEWS reparations FOR SPIT THIS COUNTRY DID NOT CAUSE, but won't compensate us for spit THIS COUNTRY "Actually did" this country will pay God will not allow this to go unchecked, watch God is a God of judgment a God recompense and a God of reconciliation
That is awesome
I'm black. I used to think taking down the statues of those who supported slavery was wrong because it was part of history. But, now, I'm glad these statues and military bases are being torn down or renamed. Why celebrate those denying a person's basic rights?
Powerful hearing her voice. It's makes you think about a lot of things. Especially how we as black people see and view about this country
These recordings should be played to every GOP Govenor to every GOP House or Sentor who says that Slavery and the Slaves had it made. Let's see how their reaction would be when they hear this.
I knew someone who founded Tuskegee Veterinary school and worked with George Washington Carver.❤❤❤❤
I heard these recordings years ago.
Trafficking only now it's legal because we pay some people
We are not far from slavery. I was born 1973. I am 50 years old. My mothers mother is still alive. Her father was born 1897. He was born to the first generation after slavery. It's always exciting to me to hear the stories of older people. It's amazing. My ex-wife grandparents are white. I would love to visit her grandparents. Her grandfather would tell stories from his time in the military during ww2. My grandmother is now 87 years old. She would have more stories. I am planning to go see her and conduct an interview. I want to record it for my whole family. We don't know how much longer she will be here.
How short is life, the master and the slave are all dead in fact the whole humans of that time are dead, now they meet there creator and his court is the most just court 😢 greed will make you lose the eternal life just contemplate on this and realize the is no superior one in us 😢
This is amazing. Kudos to ABC for sharing this, it's an important part of American history.
But Trump cultist say this never happened 😅 what idiots..
Commenter interfered with listening tobthe recordings.
I’ll definitely be joining the project 💚
Omg I love her descents were located and that they were able to have this piece of history. They’re so lucky 🫶🏾
Slavery was so long ago… meanwhile we have this. Sending so much peace and love to my ancestors known and unknown 🙏🏾🥺🕯️🫶🏾
#FBAReparations now
I genuinely appreciated hearing this audio and that the story is shared 🫶🏾
🙏🏾🫶🏾
Wow! This made my eyes water. I remember my great great grandmother talking about picking cotton in Louisiana in her youth when I was six years old. Her hands were hard and calloused. I remember how they would catch my hair when she rubbed my head. Then my grandmother was a sharecropper and was taken out of school to pick cotton in the 3rd grade. She never got a chance to finish school. Don't know how anyone can say this country wasn't racist and people are trying their best to bury this history. This country has always been racist. From the theft of land to the theft of people.. and I wonder what trump means by making it great again. Great for whom? My parents were young people during Jim Crow. Make America great again. Great for who? The good ole boys? From my experience and the experience my family went through it has NEVER been great. A black man was just LYNCHED in Georgia this year on February 21st for dating a white woman. In 2024 black people are still being hung in trees. Because in my opinion this is where this country is headed back to!
Absolutely amazing! The best point is that they survived, so that we could be here. So much power in that!