Not just a story. Historic facts. Not just interesting. Important information.
@truthbomb27
2 ай бұрын
Not really…
@christinehoughton8591
2 ай бұрын
I think it’s important too.we should never forget our history. History is what we were and we can use that to change for the better.
@baddognobiscuit2
2 ай бұрын
why? @@truthbomb27
@baddognobiscuit2
2 ай бұрын
@@truthbomb27 Why?
@josefinagarza241
2 ай бұрын
It is interesting, to each their own❤@truthbomb27
@tristancyd5109
4 ай бұрын
This history of African Americans is American history, it enriches all Americans.
@lonniemonroe2714
2 ай бұрын
So does Irish. My ancestors predate the arrival of blacks in North America
@classylady2257
2 ай бұрын
@lonniemonroe2714 And sailors left their DNA everywhere they sailed. Some of that resulted in the Black Irish and came down to my DNA. DNA is revealing a lot that people have denied and hidden in the past and are still trying to hide in the present. 🤔😊 Sometimes it waits a generation or more, then SURPRISE!! 😆
@tristancyd5109
2 ай бұрын
@@lonniemonroe2714 who said Irish Americans should be excluded? Also you weren’t here 1st.
@judyferguson3185
2 ай бұрын
@@lonniemonroe2714so they were here in 1619 when the first African slaves came to Jamestown?
@todayiwasblessed1512
2 ай бұрын
@@judyferguson3185🎯🎯🎯
@sharontracy-obrien4225
4 ай бұрын
I am part Cherokee but no one in the family wver mentioned this. I never learned this in school. This is the FIRST time I have ever heard this! Now I am going to do some research.
@kellsbellls
4 ай бұрын
School purposely doesn't teach you everything. They're more or less of a place to indoctrinate the youth.
@rulon6064
2 ай бұрын
Yea me neither
@wildedibles
2 ай бұрын
you just unlocked "reparations owed" ;)
@daykibaran9668
2 ай бұрын
It’s probably partially forgotten
@9roselove9
2 ай бұрын
Because it’s shameful and the native Americans like to be really funny and weird when it comes to how they have hurt people. But let them talk about their pain and it’s never ending 💤
@SmilerORocker
4 ай бұрын
I'm Irish. A lot of you have heard about the great famine here in the mid 1840s. American Natives actually helped the Irish a lot,... there's a beautiful huge monument here so we all remember. Not many know about that story
@gardensofthegods
4 ай бұрын
I'm not sure I know of that Monument is it in DC ?
@gardensofthegods
4 ай бұрын
My great-grandfather came over during The Hunger from Ireland ... when he disembarked from the ship the New York City he was an orphan of about 10 years old maybe even 9 .
@jorobs4935
3 ай бұрын
I believe it was the Choctaw Nation who sent $170 to the Irish people and in 2020 Ireland donated to the Navajo and Hopi Nations who were hit the hardest during the pandemic. Also Ireland started a scholarship program for Native students to study in Ireland, to date, 500 Choctaw students were awarded scholarships. It's a beautiful kinship between the Irish and Native Americans.
@ziggy33399
2 ай бұрын
@@gardensofthegodsI’d have imagined it’s in Ireland. Who knows? I went to the Smithsonian in D.C. about slavery in the U.S. (difficult to look at) and didn’t note any Cherokees having slaves in the U.S. …. I got an idea American Indians were run off the lands, killed or confined. But what do I know?
@SmilerORocker
2 ай бұрын
@gardensofthegods no.... Its in Cork, Ireland,... its a circle made up of huge feathers and it's called Kindred Spirits
@bethanyhanna9464
4 ай бұрын
I have a family member who is black and VERY PROUD of their Cherokee heritage. I doubt anyone in their family knows this page in the family history. Tribal people in North America were enslaving other tribal people long before Africa was involved. Some tribes would eventually assimilate their slaves into the tribe, others did not.
@lbarnx
4 ай бұрын
He did a series called Black Slaves, Red Masters. It is on KZitem.
@gillianmurphy2111
4 ай бұрын
This comment should be #1
@techsupport891
3 ай бұрын
The distinction between in the US vs. Every other country was that Slavery in other cultures was often not solely racial, could include various social groups, and did not typically enforce hereditary slavery.
@citigirlcountrified1927
3 ай бұрын
Thanks! That's what I came to comments for @@lbarnx
@thescienceline9420
2 ай бұрын
It was tribal essentially not that bad…Same said about slavery in west Africa… I don’t think the victims/slaves would agree…research how deplorable the Freedmen were treated during Covid on the reservations
@karenkelly6507
2 ай бұрын
Wow, I’m so glad history was recorded.
@Maggie-b4f
4 ай бұрын
Every culture has some kind of servitude... Even Native Culture ... I'm happy you found part of your family!
@katherinewatkins4182
2 ай бұрын
Servitude and chattel slavery are two different things.
@randallsanchez3161
2 ай бұрын
@@katherinewatkins4182 Correct. However, indentured servitude was less common. Chattel slavery was the norm across the globe.
@kismet6309
2 ай бұрын
Exactly…. Mankind… from the beginning… stronger preying on the weaker and making them slaves. From the BEGINNING! American didn’t ‘invent’ slavery.
@Godisamazing-tc8iu
Ай бұрын
@katherinewatkins4182 Thank you. Chattel slavery was pure evil .
@janicecirksena8300
2 ай бұрын
That is something I didn't know!! I love learning something new every day! That needs to be in our history classes!
@yvetterenee8256
21 күн бұрын
Some Black men owned slaves, as well. Please research it.
@reverenddeborahedwardsdth5460
2 ай бұрын
I had no idea but grateful slavery was removed. No one ever should own a person! God bless everyone
@yvetterenee8256
21 күн бұрын
Some Black men owned slaves, as well.
@gloriageyer7691
15 күн бұрын
President Lincoln made it his mission to end slavery.
@thomasmatthews8055
4 ай бұрын
I always noticed my Grandma's color and facial features to be very different from my own. When I was grown I came right out and asked her about it. She said," Baby, I am a Cherokee woman". So I went on to ask Mama why she never told us that her Mama is Cherokee. She told me something then that struck very deep. We are all people son...
@nicolegroves6880
4 ай бұрын
Sounds like she was a very wise woman. ❤
@jqths1974
4 ай бұрын
I wish every person on earth understood that statement 😢
@KingSlat730
4 ай бұрын
no, this is misidentification by her wanting be something other than what she was probably due to the time period she grew up in.
@ericmorgan204
2 ай бұрын
@@KingSlat730But isn’t it Great, that Now we can be from Any Background or Race, and it means Nothing, phffffffft!!!!, We Wish.
@classylady2257
2 ай бұрын
@@KingSlat730 You don't know that.
@robing.3220
4 ай бұрын
I knew about this. Trail of Tears, indeed! People gotta read more. Thanks for sharing this more widely.
@ednakravitz2738
Ай бұрын
Trail of tears, indeed???! Are you out of your mind? The slaves that the Indians have were from conquering and taking They weren’t the chattel slaves that you were talking about in the south I’m sure they had some white slaves too Just like we did I also heard some Black people had slaves Did you hear that one?
@lynnmac6494
Ай бұрын
Are you discounting the Trail of Tears?! 🙄
@melisasmythe
Ай бұрын
@@ednakravitz2738There were slaves on The Trail of Tears. Historical fact.
@doloresbeauchamp3484
Ай бұрын
@@ednakravitz2738 There were chattel black slaves who were sold to Indians who walked and died on the Trail of Tears. Yes they also captured white settlers and enslaved them. And no I'm not out of my mind at all. I read and watched a lot of documentaries. You heard that blacks what 🤔 maybe that's an issue you heard . Without really researching a subject. 🤔
@doloresbeauchamp3484
Ай бұрын
@@ednakravitz2738 Yes slaves who bought there freedom from masta turned around and bought their family members and Friends to free them.Maybe if you were taught true history and not his- story you would have known that😏
@Kormac80
4 ай бұрын
Great story and well told. The man is a natural story teller. Great delivery.
@PuroBrim36
2 ай бұрын
Not a story though it's actual faxts.
@Kormac80
2 ай бұрын
@@PuroBrim36 Stories can be truth or fiction, but they're still stories, and either way, they can include facts.
@candicepiercy3682
4 ай бұрын
That fact that the people in the pictures share such a strong resemblance is amazing...Even if there were no written documentation the proof is there to see
@kenlowder6932
Ай бұрын
He’s right. I didn’t know this and I find it fascinating, not surprising, but indeed fascinating
@katja6332
4 ай бұрын
Greetings from Germany, we haven't learned this in our history classes. Love the shared knowledge, thank you. ❤
@GMMedic
4 ай бұрын
Slavery was the law of the land in the southern colonies. If you had enough money you could buy another human being and keep them enslaved- it didn't matter who you were! If you needed a farm hand, you saved up and bought one! If a slave could manage to earn extra money when not working for you, they could save up and buy their own freedom. It's a hard concept to wrap a modern head around, isn't it?
@ajstacks41510
3 ай бұрын
That's crazy because we learned about y'all
@sonyiaegland5951
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for this history. There is SO much that was not taught to us in school.
@heatherbostick1719
4 ай бұрын
A perfect example of deficiencies in our education system. Many of these types of things may seem minor but together is where the problem shows itself.
@classylady2257
2 ай бұрын
And too many parents are depending on others to teach tBlack history to their children. They can Google everything but that. My family members know a lot of our history, but I am creating a formal Family Historians training program for the teens and young adults to learn how to interview our senior family members. They will work along with the young adults to also do genealogical research on the family. We have to stop depending on others to learn about and share our true histories. How many of you know about Sankore Univetsity in Timbuktu, Mali that had 25,000 students in the 14th century and their students came from around the world? It's still in existence today! Google Mansa Musa, whose wealth was in the area of $400 billion, more than Elon Musk and several other billionaires combined. Learn our history. It's amazing. 💯💯💯
@BubbasndRayEarl
2 ай бұрын
Not a deficiency , it's intentional
@jamesczerniak7808
2 ай бұрын
There's no deficiency in our education system. Every bit of history can not be taught. YOU have to want to learn. YOU have to want to research. That's what our education system is meant to be
@CharlesAllen--
2 ай бұрын
They call this critical race theory in Florida. A teacher can be fired and lose their accreditation!
@member57
4 ай бұрын
Native Americans took slaves for centuries before colonists arrived. To me it's no stretch they had black slaves. Slavery and indentured servitude was an institution for centuries for all cultures at various points in time. More likely than not, we all are derived from slaves or servitude at some point.
@sweetpealee056
2 ай бұрын
Truth! Slavery has been all throughout man's history. Even biblically. Not condoning just stating fact.
@TehKarmalizer
2 ай бұрын
I came here to say the same thing. It’s a miracle slavery has been abolished anywhere, tbh.
@Dean-sb9lj
2 ай бұрын
Not me my ancestors came to this soil a free man
@ec9833
2 ай бұрын
…you’ve gotta be kidding. Slavery isn’t abolished. Indentured servitude isn’t abolished. And current day…it’s still affecting black and brown ppl at a significantly higher rate than any other skin tone.
@member57
2 ай бұрын
@@ec9833 Bull
@StephenADay
4 ай бұрын
Sam, we met in 1993 in DC at the Mt Vernon Place UMC at Mass Avenue and 9thNW. Delighted to hear your family story. All the best.
@laris2328
4 ай бұрын
ALL types of people had slaves prior to 1865. Then some had slaves AFTER 1865, called sharecroppers.
@joshuaohuka7719
2 ай бұрын
I don't know that African Americans had other African Americans as slaves though...
@tnfitzhugh4905
2 ай бұрын
@@joshuaohuka7719they did, though relatively few. Most were likely of mixed ancestry.
@joshuaohuka7719
2 ай бұрын
@@Mimi-ht6xr wow... I hadn't expected that...
@Ranger2025
2 ай бұрын
@@joshuaohuka7719
@Ranger2025
2 ай бұрын
@@joshuaohuka7719
@jenniferdas7809
4 ай бұрын
I am not surprised. Given how prevalent slavery seems to have been, it seems owning slaves was a marker for being well-to-do.
@jor604
4 ай бұрын
I absolutely love learning about the true history of our Country! Thank you!❤
@DavidEllison-rv5dr
4 ай бұрын
Most Eastern Tribes held slaves, but most people do not know this or don't process it.
@redman4316
4 ай бұрын
Just the five civilized tribes!
@DavidEllison-rv5dr
4 ай бұрын
@@redman4316 Not really the 5 civilized tribes did hold slaves but so did a lot of North Eastern Tribes. Slaves have always been held but not usually by race. Mostly if was people captured in war of fighting of some kind and that includes Native tribes in the Americas
@jkc2976
4 ай бұрын
@@redman4316you do understand that when he said "eastern" he was speaking of over seas eastern, right?
@thegarge7476
4 ай бұрын
@@jkc2976no he wasn't, learn how to read
@jkc2976
4 ай бұрын
@@thegarge7476 awwww, big boy likes to troll. How cute
@christal2641
4 ай бұрын
Greece, Rome, Spain, and America weren't the only nations practicing slavery. This form of economy goes back to legal codes established 4,000 years ago. At one time the largest known slave market was in the Viking stronghold we now call Dublin.
@jstu8
Ай бұрын
I can’t think of any well known culture that hasn’t had slavery throughout all of documented civilization.
@BetsyRoberts-u8e
4 ай бұрын
Wow, I had no idea! The older I get the more interested I am in history. I can't wait to learn about this, so thank you! ☺️
@virginiahobby3726
4 ай бұрын
You should check out Kevin Costner's Documentary on 500 Nations The Story of Native Americans.
@sarahsnotfunny
4 ай бұрын
You might wanna read up from slavery by booker t Washington or empirenof the sun.
@phillipstroll7385
4 ай бұрын
The truth shall set you free. There were fewer slaves in the south than in the north. Slaves were paid a labor wage. Their wages however were taxed whereas a free man's labor was not. His else do ppl think they bought their freedom. Indians owned more slaves than the all the southern states out together.
@lbarnx
4 ай бұрын
He did a series called Black Slaves, Red Masters. It is on KZitem.
@BetsyRoberts-u8e
4 ай бұрын
@@lbarnx Thanks!
@tinpin609
4 ай бұрын
“People wouldn’t know the Cherokee had slaves” …yeah we would.
@sls554
Ай бұрын
Yes, some Native Americans had African American Slaves.
@iluminameluna
4 ай бұрын
I'm Salvadoran by blood but my bio-mother married a man when i was 3 that was German-Italian. His family completely took me in and accepted me as their own, whereas my maternal side never did because of my almost-complete whitenes (from light curly chestnut hair, to freckle-faced light skin). I relate to them, even when i travel to ES, to visit my Nanny (my maternal Grandma raised me from age 3 wks to 6yo), I'm considered "foreign" bcs of the way I speak Spanish (Castilian), the way I walk, & even the way I dress! I stopped carrying yrs ago, but I rarely travel alone if I'm going shopping or when I'm going to interact w/ offices or officials. It's almost inevitable that I'll either be misunderstood, or that I'll offend someone bcs of the language I'll use. The terms in Castilian are NOT the same in Latin American Spanish & I forget them bcs I don't use my Spanish all that often. 🙄 So, there's a benefit & a drawback to looking like I do. I get mistaken for anything from Asian, to Spanish, Gypsy, to Latin American, etc. Good enough for me. ❤
@helenamcginty4920
Ай бұрын
I live in Andalucia and even here Castilian isnt the everyday. But mostly its a pronunciation thing I think. Eg morado is pronounces morao. Más o menos is má o meno etc. But a car is still coche and not carro.
@Hir655
25 күн бұрын
Bueno en america latina los zambos existen porque los negros se apoderaron de cabildos indígenas incluso eliminando a los hombres indígenas no es nada nuevo por ejemplo los zambos se esmeraldas ecuador
@juanitaowens6507
2 ай бұрын
So much history we don't know! Fascinating and interesting ❤
@deem3204
Ай бұрын
That’s been taught in schools, but people choose to forget it. I’m Hispanic of Mexican and Native descent and I’ve known for many years. Indians even enslaved white people and people from other Indian tribes. That’s on you for not paying attention in history class or it just didn’t fit the narrative.
@doloresbeauchamp3484
Ай бұрын
@@juanitaowens6507 Yeah but that's the point of book banning, changing history lying about history. And if certain people get their way there will be a lot less you'll know.😪
@charlesblair5235
2 ай бұрын
That's why we need to learn about all histories of America. Add it to school curriculum at all stages of education
@justinthompson1381
4 ай бұрын
All of history is fascinating and should be taught and not forgotten so it doesn't repeat itself
@chipsnotchunks2620
4 ай бұрын
Oklahoma has incredible history.
@brianfoster7064
4 ай бұрын
Actually, the movie, A Man Called Horse, is all about a white man who is captured by Sioux and made a slave. He later earns his freedom and becomes a freedman of the tribe.
@ksprinkle1
2 ай бұрын
Richard Harris! Classic.
@tommymcweedface229
Ай бұрын
Badass movie!
@NotLeftarded1
4 ай бұрын
I've always known about this since the mid-90s. Pre Columbia era of North America the indigenous also enslaved each other before European arrival also. Even gave members of oher tribal communities to Europeans as tribute after European arrival.
@ABoyandHisDog-pd3lb
4 ай бұрын
Yup. Just like people don't realize that Africans sold other Africans into slavery. But people still leaving that part out of the house lesson
@CaptainAMAZINGGG
4 ай бұрын
Mmhmm. It seems to always be this way. People enslaving or fighting their own people before others came and did a bigger job of it. Generally also being given slaves to welcome the newcomers, Aztecs, included. This is however the first I've heard about native ppl having black slaves. V. Interesting.
@Questfinder1
4 ай бұрын
Thats how my family is connected through the Sioux tribe. European slavery. Learned that when gram was doing genealogy family history and she saw it on my mothers side
@paulastearns3074
4 ай бұрын
You mean like they did in Europe, in the middle east, Asia and Africa?? Yep.
@NotLeftarded1
4 ай бұрын
@@Questfinder1 hey I know I'm Acadian mixed with Mi'kmaq. Thing is here in Canada my whole life Europeans have always been the people who helped me the most. Never my own. People act like it's the old days and Europeans have gangs of roaming Warriors just oppressing everyone and it's not like that at all in my lifetime.
@jmrm01
4 ай бұрын
Mr Ford, I hope you were able to learn more about your family history.
@stevekem1347
6 ай бұрын
Side topic: it's estimated 30% of cowboys post Civil War were freed black slaves.
@awilborn100
4 ай бұрын
The first cowboys were slaves. ‘Get my cow, Boy’ is where ‘cowboy’ came from. Dig deeper.
@jkc2976
4 ай бұрын
@@awilborn100 Etymologists trace the use of the term cowboy back to 1000 AD in Ireland. Sorry, blk folks are great, but y'all didn't invent, start or create everything. 🤣
@-oiiio-3993
4 ай бұрын
@@awilborn100 I presume you're joking; it was from _Vaquero._
@561REALTLK
4 ай бұрын
@@-oiiio-3993 actually it's not. And you can look it up.
@robertjones6272
4 ай бұрын
It was a lot more than 30% love 🤟🏿🦅🪶🖤💯
@jou3507
Ай бұрын
Oh my God!!! So Awesome. I had a neighbor growing up who looked Indian & kept saying h was Cherokee. He needed to hear this!
@nelsonnoel55
4 ай бұрын
I first learned about the indigenous tribes taking slaves when I was 11 or 12. I'm 67.
@-oiiio-3993
4 ай бұрын
Bingo.
@mzny4314
4 ай бұрын
Which tribes practiced this? Couldn’t have been all of the north american tribes.
@ServraghGiorsal
4 ай бұрын
Think of all. Captured people. If you're not free to leave you're either a prisoner or a slave.
@markfergerson2145
4 ай бұрын
@@mzny4314Yes, all of them did. It was just how things were done.
@jdiddy8395
4 ай бұрын
I never learned about the indigenous tribes taking slaves. I’m 20, our public school system sucks lmao
@joanncrawford8563
2 ай бұрын
That is amazing! History is not always comfortable, but it is still history. Knowledge is power! Thanks for sharing!
@willie417
4 ай бұрын
there's a book called "Index to the final Rolls" of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory U.S. Department of the Interior, I see the name Ford listed in it, book is over 600 pages
@-oiiio-3993
4 ай бұрын
Better known as the 'Dawes List'. Tracing one's ancestry to Dawes is the key to enrollment in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
@willie417
4 ай бұрын
@@-oiiio-3993No, it's not the Dawes Commission, people from the Dawes list are in it, the book I have is called "Index to The Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory" U.S. Department of the Interior.
@-oiiio-3993
4 ай бұрын
@@willie417 My copy is in hand. The title page reads: Index to The Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory prepared by The Commission and Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes and approved by The Secretary of the Interior on or prior to June 21, 1906. It is the companion volume of a two book set (thus _index to_ ), the other volume of which is titled The Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, also prepared by the Commission and Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. That Commissioner was Henry L. Dawes, the Commission is commonly referred to as the Dawes Commission, the two book set comprises the 'Dawes List' upon which membership in today's Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is based.
@willie417
4 ай бұрын
@@-oiiio-3993 the same book
@-oiiio-3993
4 ай бұрын
@@willie417 That is the Dawes List.
@nieceypiecey100
3 ай бұрын
Loved him when he was a local reporter in DC. Idk if he still works in that area but always enjoyed watching him.
@stevensola3361
4 ай бұрын
Some of us always knew about it, but my Grandfather was Cherokee.
@cherylmcnutt9905
4 ай бұрын
Yes. But, I think it’s more personal for us because we pay more attention to stories about Indians than others do. If you were a kid who grew up in the ‘50s or ‘60s , the Indians were always portrayed as the bad guys, with the very infrequent nice one who saved the hero. My great-grandmother was Cherokee as well.
@ichibanxeo6447
4 ай бұрын
So does that mean all Cherokee need to pay extra for reparation.
@NewLifeFromTheWayofTruth
4 ай бұрын
😂😂 so what
@ICU-mw7su
4 ай бұрын
@@ichibanxeo6447I dare the left to bring that shid up!
@marknoneya648
4 ай бұрын
@@ICU-mw7sunot only that but after the is created the 13th amendment freeing the slaves, the Native American continued owning slaves because the US had no control over what the natives did.
@BrendaLong-h9o
2 ай бұрын
Very important information!! I’ve lived in North East Texas & Oklahoma all my life & I’ve never heard of this!
@brofessormex
4 ай бұрын
Discovered a ton of tribes that were entirely black. Many are in celaya Guanajuato Mexico. Fun fact. That's also where the American veterans villages we're located after , WW2.
@kudjoeadkins-battle2502
4 ай бұрын
Where did you find them?
@brofessormex
2 ай бұрын
@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 in Celaya Guanajuato
@ruthsmithwade7955
4 ай бұрын
I never knew this, this is fascinating.
@cleonRIP
4 ай бұрын
This man is so lucky. Most of us when we do the 23 and me, it just gets us only so far, like the ship
@heknows9441
2 ай бұрын
You have to do your genealogy along with the test. The genealogy will tell you more about your family than the DNA test.
@Kaye_Venice
2 ай бұрын
23 & me will never tell you that kind of information. You’re paying for a guess. Genealogy is how you find the answers.
@andreevaillancourt2177
4 ай бұрын
Chief Joseph Brant had kept slaves in the mid-late 1700's up here in Brantford, Ontario 🇨🇦 Six Nations Reserve. So, oh my yes, these things did happen. Before contact, people who were survivers of battles could be taken and kept as slaves, for the winner of the war. 🤷🏽
@Dana-bp1hk
4 ай бұрын
Everybody knows that.
@willajackson8170
4 ай бұрын
This man looks good to me. I like his style, how he's dressed and conversation. Nice...
@carolweller8911
4 ай бұрын
What there not to like.
@CaptainAMAZINGGG
4 ай бұрын
He is very snazzy indeed
@thomasbell7033
4 ай бұрын
Uh...uh, okay?
@Sharday253
4 ай бұрын
I, too discovered something similar. Except I have Creek in my family.
@miamimercenary9623
2 ай бұрын
that’s very interesting. as much as i love history, i had no idea about this. will absolutely be doing a deep dive, thanks for sharing
@F.J.B
4 ай бұрын
Holy shit. This really is amazing to hear.
@videorocketzmillar007milla5
4 ай бұрын
Dads mom was half Cherokee. Her name was Bright Eye but her American name was Ida. Fascinating.
@Moe_Lester_fromUptwn
4 ай бұрын
This gentleman was in dc. Watched you for over 15yrs sir. And this is news to me too.
@suzannehofer2541
4 ай бұрын
Things are not always what they seem. History has a way of being covered up and buried when it doesn’t fit certain agendas.
@smoochesTina
4 ай бұрын
I had no idea!!
@quentinwilliams6354
4 ай бұрын
You mean you didn't know. We are not all asleep. Iam glad that the Divine Creator and the ancestors have saw to it that you have awaken.
@voiceofraisin241
3 ай бұрын
Who would have thought. Thanks for sharing.
@keldaMouse
7 ай бұрын
slavery has been used across time. So interesting, we forget Natives enslaved each other also. All so sad. But very fascinating.
@cielonehellofaservicedog4648
5 ай бұрын
Except natives did NOT use chattel slavery, not until colonizers came. Not only that, the majority of native nations/tribes did not use black slaves.
@Ggg-nv1ez
5 ай бұрын
@@cielonehellofaservicedog4648slavery is slavery L take
@Shum-man
4 ай бұрын
@@Ggg-nv1ezno it is not. White people are disgusting and evil and treated humans like animals. Natives never treated humans like animals because they were different.
@DougVeazey-zl3xz
4 ай бұрын
Native American Indians DID buy, enslave, and sell black Africans. That is precisely how so many black communities came to exist in Oklahoma. And it's interesting to note that the vast majority of White Americans never owned slaves. @@cielonehellofaservicedog4648
@Feralfoundry
4 ай бұрын
@@Ggg-nv1ezNo, slavery has many different forms. Chattel slavery is a very different form of slavery to say indentured slavery, family slavery, religious slavery, regional slavery, political slavery etc. Within each culture and time, slavery has had very different meanings. Chattel slavery of the American variety is complete and total control and ownership of another person where they are nothing but a possession of the owner. Enslaved people suffering under chattel slavery are legally not humans. They have no rights under the law, the enslaver can do anything to the enslaved person without consequences.
@stellawilson714
4 ай бұрын
Our family history is that the Cherokee claimed the runaway formerly enslaved Africans that were living among them before the Trail of Tears as their slaves to keep them from being returned to the plantations.
@laustin2832
4 ай бұрын
A lot of them weren’t African, they just had darker skin. Most were just from other tribes and needed to be absorbed by the Cherokee nation for protection because of the wars.
@eleanorrice195
5 ай бұрын
You're right it IS absolutely fascinating! More people need to check this out!
@carlyjohnson5596
4 ай бұрын
Im eastern Cherokee from Cherokee NC. We did have slaves, they weren't mistreated. They were an extention of the family.
@bertdog7639
4 ай бұрын
That was true for many white slave holders.
@onecuet
4 ай бұрын
A lot of people do not realize many cultures have been slaves throughout history. They tend to think slaxery is African exclusive .
@heknows9441
2 ай бұрын
That's because that is all everyone talks about. Why isn't there a Asian history month or an English history month so that the world can learn about their history. 🤷🏽
@relaxlibrary4249
2 ай бұрын
Chattel slavery is exclusive to the Americas and the Caribbean. Nice try, tho.
@tg8000
Ай бұрын
They can't speak on other slaves because these other groups were not used to make a whole country wealthy for 300 years and all races are not continuing to benefit from so called asian, english slavery, as they continue to benefit from blk chattel slavery today. Chattel slavery was the difference. Do research
@nwsupernova
15 күн бұрын
It’s already been recognized. The difference is that it’s still recent history & the depths that the enslavement reached has been unprecedented. A world system has been created off the back of enslaved Africans. The banking system, the creation of stocks & bonds, the gratuity system, social security number… all of these things come from America & they all originated from the enslavement of Africans brought to the new world. The American system of economy continues to thrive off of the oppression of those descendants up to this day. So when that changes then you can treat it as a thing of the past. Until then, be respectful
@nwsupernova
15 күн бұрын
@@heknows9441don’t be obtuse. There actually is an Asian history month. It is up to the Asians to actually want their history in America taught. We already learn English history. It’s literally the foundation of America. Go educate yourself.
@EdFredHernandez
Ай бұрын
I think this story got so much attention because: 1) it's a fascinating subject most people know nothing about 2) this guy has a great, energetic personality
@tarynthreet2980
2 ай бұрын
If you are on the roles, you should be able to get cherokee benifits for you and your family. My family works lives and works in Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The history here in Oklahoma is so rich.
@tommymcweedface229
Ай бұрын
Yup, just took my medicine I picked up at the new clinic there yesterday. Sure is handy. Still waiting on my replacement home, hope they start building soon!
@MR3s2b
4 ай бұрын
I remember Sam from his days at WJLA in DC.
@frankkorver5426
4 ай бұрын
Happy to hear that you found a connection with the past, the American story has had mostly one slavery narrative, put forward. The broader history of both north and South American continent is slavery has been repeated by many different peoples and cultures there through out human occupation of the continent. And of course around the globe at different times.
@clementmckenzie7041
4 ай бұрын
Which in no way absolves the practitioners of slavery. Only the enslaved are not culpable in the crimes of slavery all who were enslavers are. There was at no time or place in history where enslaving other humans was ok. It was alway wrong.
@shelomohmalkuyah8208
4 ай бұрын
It wasn’t slavery how we think, they all were getting paid. Even the white folks who were super poor were getting paid. Do your history.
@DonAshes
4 ай бұрын
@@clementmckenzie7041 very true, every race has been part of the slave trade from both sides. Every race has owned slaves at some point in time as every race has been slaves at some point in time. I would say I am glad that the whole world has learned from these horrible experiences, but unfortunately, there are more slaves today than any other time in history.
@ronallens6204
4 ай бұрын
People act like africa never had slaves of their own
@What.A.Life....
4 ай бұрын
@@clementmckenzie7041Yes, we can say that definitively now but as we all know, over time, knowledge, morals, and culture change. Doctors had a "recommended" cigarette brand not even 100 years ago. Blood letting was still being practiced until 150-200 years ago. Salem witch trials. Wrong is wrong but taking context and the norms of those times is also important. Our culture and understanding has changed a lot in the last 50-100 years. The world will continue to change and progress in some areas and maybe regress in others. But yes, slavery is wrong
@valerieconner1204
2 ай бұрын
He's absolutely right. The little we've heard about his family's history is fascinating. In fact, genealogy and history in general is fascinating. He was very lucky because usually it's not so easy to find out information about our ancestors
@videorocketzmillar007milla5
4 ай бұрын
My granmom on dads side was half Cherokee. Her name was Bright Eye but her American name was Ida. Fascinating!
@XoxoMoot
4 ай бұрын
He was not talking about mixed people he was speaking on Natives that actually had Black Slaves!
@tomfrith1949
4 ай бұрын
They Also had their own Newspaper . My Grandmother ( mother's side ) was Hunkpapa Lakota.
@Katobur
4 ай бұрын
I think my daughter in laws family-some- were on the trail of tears. Their names show up in Mississippi and Kansas. She lives in Chicago, the family coming north after all the lynchings in the early 1900’s. I’ve been working on their ancestry.
@ShaOrna
Ай бұрын
Man, another thing I didn't learn in school; not super surprising but you learn something new all the time.
@ScottRoofwalker
4 ай бұрын
Great documentary “black slaves red masters”
@koralmcmullen3846
4 ай бұрын
I didn't know about that. Thank you for telling us.
@mrbeaverstate
4 ай бұрын
Every race at some point had slaves, and also were slaves.
@mesister3862
4 ай бұрын
All races? Even Anglo-Americans? Just asking....
@jmrm01
4 ай бұрын
@@mesister3862 Yes, Barbary pirates would sell captured Europeans and Americans as slaves in North Africa and the Ottoman Empire. Slaves were taken from ships that were captured and from raids as far north as the Netherlands. Since there were no raids on America, American slaves tended to be sailors from captured ships.
@jessicalawson1417
3 ай бұрын
@@jmrm01 As a welsh person I don’t think we ever had slaves (oops) in wales. But I could be wrong.
@lisasmith7066
3 ай бұрын
@@jessicalawson1417Maybe not Wales but in England the people who did hard labor, build huge castles, domestics, etc weren’t all paid with 401 K accounts 😊 Esp in the 1500s - 1800s. Youre so lucky to live in Wales! So beautiful!
@jmrm01
3 ай бұрын
@@jessicalawson1417 I think there's a case to be made that the feudal system was slavery adjacent. I'm only half serious about this.
@shaneschuller2513
4 ай бұрын
Wow this changes everything
@1snikta
4 ай бұрын
The fact no one knew history. It's taught in our Oklahoma schools. Mainly in Oklahoma history.
@gardensofthegods
4 ай бұрын
I'm confused you're saying that in Oklahoma they teach in the history classes that the Cherokee Indian people had black slaves ?
@mandelorean6243
4 ай бұрын
@@gardensofthegodsobviously, that and more, he's stating
@TerryB-xg3ox
3 ай бұрын
Sad, the black slaves by the indigenous peoples are Oklahoma history!!
@fredwife7957
3 ай бұрын
It was called state history...
@pg1171
2 ай бұрын
Never knew that about the native Americans. WOW! Glad you could learn about your family.
@Iamdreamyjeannie
4 ай бұрын
Now this is the kind of stuff they should be teaching in school should have been teaching in school but probably won't teach in school
@darrylsheffield7102
4 ай бұрын
They probably don't know
@jessallen7756
4 ай бұрын
This stuff is taught in schools, but by the time you get into history classes that teach history in depth, people choose to take other electives classes... If you choose to take more than just the required history classes , people would've learned most of the things that they claim aren't taught in our schools
@leattaslone1800
7 ай бұрын
Wow! Im so happy for you! Pocahontas is our 10th Great Grandmother. I have been working on my family tree for over 6 years now. Its so very interesting. Im also adding the family medical history too.
@stonedsasquatch
5 ай бұрын
No she isn't stop lying fir clout. If that was even 1% true you wouldn't be calling her by the colonizers name given to her by the man that graped her at 13 and kidnapped her. If you were a true descendant and not just some settler you would clearly know this already
@Janey-hn8jq
4 ай бұрын
@@stonedsasquatchyou ok?😮
@TheRealCoDmunity
4 ай бұрын
@@stonedsasquatch I am related to Sacagawea.
@olderthanyoucali8512
4 ай бұрын
Unless you have the surname Rolfe in your Ancestry your not related to her. She Married John Rolfe and they had one child. A son.
@Rebecca-n7n
4 ай бұрын
@@olderthanyoucali8512 You are much mistaken. There are a great many descendents of Pocahontas. The name is used because people wouldn't know her by amy other name. Amonute Matoaka is not taught. The president Bush, Nancy Reagan, Thomas Jefferson, Edith Wilson,Martha Washington, Robert E. Lee, are only a few who xan claim her as ancestor. You have no idea who any one here us related to so your comment is ridiculous.
@susanbaker8023
Ай бұрын
I never realized this. Thanks for sharing.
@kathleenhensley5951
4 ай бұрын
The Indians had slaves long before we Europeans ever arrived... It is an old, old tradition throughout the world.
@1smimi
2 ай бұрын
Of course they did, im glad you were enlightened.
@dwderp
4 ай бұрын
Free black people had black slaves, too, and it wasn’t at all rare. Surprise!
@jalenakeem5059
4 ай бұрын
A lot of the time free black people bought and owned their families/ loved ones. It was definitely some evil ones too though
@oldoutdoorman6648
4 ай бұрын
THANKS FOR SHARING I FEEL EVERYONE NEEDS TO FIND THEIR ANCESTORS. I MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HALF CHEROKEE AND BLACK VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE NOW I KNOW HOW THAT WAS.
@angeliquesoul6719
4 ай бұрын
Part of my ancestry is Creole from New Orleans. From that side of the family we are mixed with Black, French, Spanish (people from Spain), Cherokee as well as Haitian. My great-great Grandmother was Cherokee. I am very proud of my ancestry. I learned a couple days ago Cherokees at one time owned Black slaves. It made me shocked, disappointed and sad to find that out.
@ptaalman100
4 ай бұрын
Sometimes, the truth sucks.
@donnaellis9391
2 ай бұрын
I found this very interesting From what I was told... Mine is Choctaw... How do I go ABOUT finding out MORE....I just want to know.... Even if we were slaves
@LJ-focus
2 ай бұрын
I knew back in the 80s when I took an American Indian history class in college. It was a fascinating class.
@TheKimber35605
4 ай бұрын
Almost all black folk in st louis are aware of their Cherokee heritage. Most baby boomers have the grandparent(s) that were Cherokee. But one can tell by the red hue and high cheekbones- good looking people.
@karenking5357
4 ай бұрын
My grandmother was half Cherokee. My Dad was one of those handsome white high cheekbone part Cherokee and would get reddish brown if he stayed out in the sun for just a short period of time...as did my granny who was beautiful... Granny's surname was FRIEND before marriage
@jene9755
4 ай бұрын
Not all enslaved people by the Cherokee have Cherokee DNA. Just because they were enslaved doesn't always mean they they married into the Native tribes. Yes some did, others didn't.
@favored1ofGod1
2 ай бұрын
Wow! Look at the legacy door that Opened for you. Blessings
@duncanmsaka
4 ай бұрын
We Cherokee also my GMA always says she regrets not learning the language that her grandad spoke fluently.... She says they would tease and taunt if they knew u were native so therefore ppl didn't want to learn the language
@ICU-mw7su
4 ай бұрын
Cherokee is being taught in Oklahoma public schools.
@justmemother2
4 ай бұрын
Same in Texas.y Dad spoke Spanish and they would hit him on the knuckles with a ruler and say "English only!" He never taught us kids Spanish for that reason, though I wish he would have.
@danashull3208
2 ай бұрын
I did not know this and I’m a history buff. I’m going to research it. It just sounds so fascinating!
@Grovenews
4 ай бұрын
My understanding was that at least some freed men went to live with the natives after slavery. Natives captured women and children that were eventually just integrated into the tribe.
@hyperboreanforeskin
4 ай бұрын
and many natives also bought slaves.
@jimmywhitlow2012
4 ай бұрын
And now we have millions of blacks claiming to be Native American, when they are clearly not. My great grandmother was Cherokee, but I'm not a native American. My mother's side came from Germany and my father's side came from England. I'm simply mixed of many cultures. But I can't claim to be 100% of none. Just like most Americans.
@Grovenews
4 ай бұрын
@@hyperboreanforeskin do you know what tribes?
@RonFilco.9358
4 ай бұрын
No....they literally bought slaves like the white and black slavers did
@lbarnx
4 ай бұрын
@@jimmywhitlow2012Really? Millions? A few people on KZitem, who's race cannot be verified, does not make it millions.
@taatonka
7 ай бұрын
Chickasaw colbert blood line. Red headed natives ❤
@armale99
Ай бұрын
The nicest thing about it is that you aren't pissed off about it.
@kylahubscher7930
7 ай бұрын
Whaaaat i need sources for this i wanna read everything! Very interesting
@geraldinegranado3386
4 ай бұрын
Start at Oklahoma.. they didn't free slazes till a yr later
@DavidNefelimSlayer
4 ай бұрын
And still the waters run, by Angee Deboe
@aarongoleman
4 ай бұрын
every painting of the trail of tears makes me laugh since they ommit the slaves they brought with them
@geraldluke3646
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing Brother Sam. You have always given great perspectives. I still miss DC my friend.
@Mustlovebirds
4 ай бұрын
Every race has been enslaved at some time. Usually social status or poor enslaved by rich. Didn't matter your color or religion.
@Agrillot6
5 ай бұрын
How do people not know the Indians had slaves?
@stonedsasquatch
5 ай бұрын
Because the vast majority didn't have slaves
@Shum-man
4 ай бұрын
@@stonedsasquatchexactly the same percentage of white people who owned slaves was roughly similar to natives maybe 10%. Also at least 90% of them were born and raised white, not native.
@redman4316
4 ай бұрын
Only the five civilized tribes had chattel slavery!
@TribeAquarius
4 ай бұрын
EXACTLY!!!
@CjJohnson-kf1oz
2 ай бұрын
I know! I'm flabbergasted.
@johnrhoades6214
4 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure the world will be a lot different place if we actually taught real history.I knew that indians had slaves before white Did
@CjJohnson-kf1oz
2 ай бұрын
Yes,and so did the Chinese and of course the Roman's and Egyptians.
@karenshort3880
4 ай бұрын
Not all Indians had slaves
@CjJohnson-kf1oz
2 ай бұрын
I can't think of any well known tribe that didnt. What tribe did you have in mind ?
@queenvictory6916
Ай бұрын
My mom use to love watching you on the new when I was young. She said that’s a nice looking man.
@crystalwilliams1841
Ай бұрын
The truth is Facinating
@sueannpeters4737
18 күн бұрын
That is absolutely incredible, who knew? This needs to be taught in school as part of American history! People kids are not getting the truth about the history of this country and the people who made this country !!!!🙏🏼❤️🇺🇸💯
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