The Often Hidden Truths Of The History Of American Slavery

PLEASE watch this movie!! It's about an hour long but very, very educational and truthfully telling of the story of how sadistic the system of the American Slavery institution was, and help one to understand just how the effects of such an humiliating system could in fact be breached into the livelihoods of the descendants of these Africans whom where forced to go through its humiliating elements of degradation.

It gives a vivid and insightful picture of just why ((WE)) African-Americans will NEVER, EVER "just forget about the past, and move on", as so many folks not of our ranks keep telling us we should do. NO!! We will keenly keep conscious of our past, and move on with it,  as we have always done for decades past. Our history is the glue that bonds us as one!! Without it, we would had been easy targets for those whom wished to succeed in "balkanizing" us into factions for self ruin like what was done to the Afro-Brazilian and other black populations of Latin America. It's a shame how so many Africans have just "forgot about their past" and moved on, only to be living an lacklustre existence today because of that devastating choice imposed upon them by their white conquers.

I dread the day that such a thing should ever happen to us African-Americans, for that it has been our remembrance, acknowledgment, respect, and strength of our historical and world renowned past, from the atrocious to the astounding,  in which we have always helled on to for strength, insight and determination to, as we say, keep keeping on,  in this land in which we were brought to as sickened, starving slaves, yet evolved into a savory statute of American and world society.

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Yes, it's one thing to hear about the atrocities in which we AfAm's ancestors went through and tell us descendants to "just forget about them and move on", but when one actually sees with their own eyes just how the system was literally institutionalized within the social existence of the AfAm population right from the roots as slaves and onward,  it's only then that people can begin to see that when we and others state that the way we are, act and function as a people is directly connected to the way we were literally bred to be,  they can see and understand how this is so. As the movie shows in such crystal clear form; we were literally bred to be a dysfunctional people.

Illicit sexual conduct,  leading to fatherless child rearing was driven into our state of being by our white masters of old,  all in an effort to bring about ever greater numbers of dysrooted, dysfunctional slaves to build, run and strengthen their economic might with.  We were bred like cattle, to be their non-dependent, obedient slaves. Education was eliminated from our grasp by the ever lingering threat of death for man, woman and even child,  in which dared to even mention the word, not to mention crack a book or even pick up one for that matter. Therefore to protect ourselves against this lingering threat, we suppressed the importance of education upon our generations, demonized it as an evil to be avoided and more. 

Many ask why do we AfAm's respect and cater to our mothers so much more than our fathers,  well the answer is also found in our roots. As I mentioned, often on the plantations the slaves whom worked it were bred like cattle, men of various types were sent around impregnating various women of various types,  so to produce certain desirable types of offspring needed to do certain types of jobs around the plantation, or in which could fetch the owner a hefty price at the auction block. Little regard was given to the want or need for the development of family units,  as long as the black "winches" around the plantation kept popping out them strong healthy "Pups" for massa at mass,  that's all that mattered, and in this regard the man played little role in the average slave childs life, the women were all that mattered in their lives growing up. They were the undisputed backbone of the plantations. They worked the plantation fields with the kids, ran the big house with the kids, fed them, clothed them, taught them, protected them, disciplined them and more as a community group from the cradle to the grave, of every single person to have ever existed on the plantation, and that includes the whites as well. All the men did was work, work, work, work, work, work, work, sleep, eat, impregnate all the girls, work some more and then die.

Some people talk about how many of us often refer to each-other as nigga, well this is no new phenomenon folks, and Nigga is not a word invented by us,  but by our white oppressors of old, and over a century upon century upon century,  of being referred to, addressed as, and documented with nothing but the title of Niggers or "Nigga" in southern draw, as was often the case,  it was only natural that we too,  having learnt our ability to speak English from our oppressors whom only referred to us as Niggas, Niggras or Niggers,  would also refer to ourselves this way ((Officially)), and just like all the rest of the negative elements pressed upon us in our existence on the plantations,  this too carried over into our existence as partial freeman. Remember; the body can be freed alot easier than the mind!!

Now I can go on and on with this, but instead of doing that I'll just say this; most of every single functional element in which we AfAm's present to the world, both negative and positive, can be directly traced back to our roots,  existent back on the plantations of old. If you want to find out why it is that we do such and such, the answer can be easily found via taking a good investigation into our existence back on the plantations, and the slave coded system they functioned under,  back when Cotton was King and 'Tobacca' was Tops.  400 years of hardcore, militaristically implemented,  dysfunctional behavior, can not be wholly eradicated from a people within less than 100 years in a state of partial freedom and rights.

In all actuality, the distance in which we have come thus far in such a small amount of time,  is actually an amazing feat to have achieved. To go from a people of absolute nothingness, near animals in existence,  to that of world renowned artist' gollor, prime leaders in the most powerful government on the face of the earth,  military as well, inventors of thousands of of some of the worlds most valuable things, world renowned doctorates, and developers of many of the most world renowned popular musics known to man, holders of the world's 9th largest pocket of wealth, worldly acknowledged sporting Juggernaut  , and so much more,  all in a span of less than 100 years is astonishing when one stops to really think about it.   

Jakumo,

First of all I miss your wisdom. So come back around. Secondly, I consider it a misunderstanding that Africans can not understand why we do not appreciate all that we African Americans have compared to those in Black governments in Africa.

We are also Americans. And Americans are taught that government belongs to the people. So Americans do not stop at half-way right and pat themselves on the back.

We continue our push for all the way right. All of my life I grew up with the idea that it is our job as African Americans to bring humanity into this world.

This we have done at least for ourselves and a large part of the Diaspora. We must spread it to our brothers in Africa. We won't find success, until Africa rests. Smile.

The toucher tactics for breaking in resistant slaves is on target, although I've never heard of the tree antics being carried out; though your information about how all slaves were taken to the Caribbean before being brought to North America is false. Did you even watch the move, or actually read into the historical presence of slaves in this nation? The movie, and historical readings on the American slave structure, clearly shows that--- first of all, the majority of slaves to have ever existed in the American colonies and the the proceding US--- were born and raised right here in this nation, and 60% of those who were not, were brought here directly from Africa and sent through "breeding and breaking farms" located just outside of the major southern ports of the day at Charleston, SC, Wilmington, VA, Norfolk, VA, Baltimore and more.

And?If you never heard of something you assume that it is false?
Then your informations is false.
Books written by who?caucasians?
Movie done by who?caucasians?
I was not talking about thoses who were born in this nation,it is clear in my post.
And what about the rest: 40%who where not?

Utter Rubbish!!!

Is that really what you do when you see caucasians? You feel yourself as confronting a superior figure?

That's not what I do.

@ Hero
Well you called me a liar!!so i have to retaliate!!                                                       You are sarcastics by thinking that i have memory problem.
I was only talking about those who came by boat.If they bring them to america after the breaking,by boat this mean that they are NOT born in America so i was not talking about thoses who are born in America.(read my first post)Where is my false statement?why you call me a liar?
You was not accurate at all,it is me who mentioned the Caribbean,you was just saying that my statement is false.You are mentioning the Caribbean, and particularly Haiti only now (read all your previous post before calling me a liar again)
I have no benefit in misleanding my own people.