Have you heard of Cudjo Lewis? He was the last surviving slave of the "Clotilda", the last slave ship to leave Africa for the Americas after slavery was abolished. He was also a Yoruba man. His story is Below


Cudjo Lewis was born Oluale Kossola in the modern West African country of Benin to Oluale and his second wife Fondlolu. He was the second of four children and had 12 stepsiblings. He was a member of the Yoruba people, more specifically the Isha (a Yoruba sub-group), whose traditional home is in the Banté region of eastern Benin. Kossola was born into a modest family, but his grandfather was an officer of the town’s king. Kossola and his siblings had a happy and active childhood. At 14, he began training as a soldier and learned how to track, hunt, camp, shoot arrows, throw spears, and defend his town, which was surrounded by four tall walls. The teenager was also inducted into oro, a secret Yoruba male society whose role is to police and control society. At age 19, Kossola fell in love with a young girl he saw at the market, and at his father’s urging underwent initiation that enabled young men and women to get married. In April 1860, in the midst of Kossola’s training, Ghezo, the King of Dahomey, and his army attacked the town, killed the king and many of the people, and took the rest of the townspeople prisoner.


Kossola and his companions were marched to Abomey, Dahomey’s capital, then on to Ouidah on the coast, where they were held for three weeks in a slave pen known as a barracoon (a prison where captives were held before being sent across the Atlantic). Then he and 109 others from various regions of Benin and Nigeria boarded the slave ship Clotilda, captained by Mobile ship builder William Foster and embarked on the journey across the Atlantic Ocean, known during the slave trade as the Middle Passage. During his 45 days on the ship, Kossola suffered from terrible thirst and the humiliation of having been forced on board naked.

In Mobile, he was enslaved by James Meaher, a wealthy ship captain and brother of Timothy Meaher, the man who had organized the expedition. James Meaher was unable to pronounce Kossola’s name, so the young man told his new owner to call him Cudjo, a name given by the Fon and Ewe peoples of West Africa to boys who are born on Monday. During his five years of enslavement, the young man worked on a steamship and lived with his shipmates under Meaher’s house, which was built high above the ground.

In 1865, with general emancipation, Cujdo regained his freedom and took the name Lewis. He married Abile, a young woman who also had been on the Clotilda. Like their companions, the couple’s objective was to return home, but when they failed to raise enough money for the trip, they decided to stay in Alabama and create a town of their own. Because Timothy Meaher had been responsible for their ordeal, they decided to ask him for reparations in the form of free land. Cudjo was chosen as the spokesman. Meaher refused their demand, and they purchased land from him and others and established African Town on a hill north of Mobile. Cudjo worked as a shingle maker but after being injured in a train accident in 1902—for which he sued the railroad company—he became African Town’s church sexton.

He and his wife had five sons and one daughter. To mark their attachment to their culture, they gave American and Yoruba names to four of them and Yoruba names only to two. Sadly, all of the children died young: Celia/Ebeossi died of sickness at 15, Young Cudjo was killed by a deputy sheriff, David/Adeniah was hit by a train, Pollee Dahoo disappeared and was probably killed, and James/Ahnonotoe and Aleck/Iyadjemi died after short illnesses. Abile passed away in 1908, just one month before Aleck died. Cudjo again suffered the loss of his family.


Financial hardship forced Cudjo to sell several plots of land. By the early 1920s, all his companions from the Clotilda had passed away, leaving him as the only survivor. During the last years of his life, he achieved some fame when writers and journalists interviewed him and made his story known to the public. Alabama-born author Zora Neale Hurston filmed him, and he is thus the only known African deported through the slave trade whose moving image exists. Cudjo Lewis died of age-related illness on July 26, 1935, at about 94. Although he had always wanted to go back home, he was buried among his family in the Africans’ cemetery that opened in 1876. Today, a tall white monument marks his grave. Some of his descendants still live in Mobile. Two women, Sally “Redoshi” Smith and Matilda McCrear, were the last surviving members of the group, living until 1937 and 1940, respectively.

May God forgive the slave merchants.

They are so wicked

Ladiesdoctor:
May God forgive the slave merchants.

They are so wicked

That was how the world was back then. Nations conquered smaller regions and used them to build their countries. Nobody stopped black africans from exploring to conquer other nations themselves

Ladiesdoctor:
May God forgive the slave merchants.

They are so wicked

They were Jews .

So next time you worship Jews in your Judaic fake church , know who you are worshipping.

Your slave masters.

Hmmmn Omoluabi see how he lost his children very painful

OneCandleAway:


That was how the world was back then. Nations conquered smaller regions and used them to build their countries. Nobody stopped black africans from exploring to conquer other nations themselves

Rubbish.

Germans, Irish, Italians, Russians and all other European countries with the exception of England, Holland and Portugal were never part of the slave trade.

The reason why it came down to the three nations highlighted is because these countries were and remain to a large extent controlled by Jews.

Jews were at the forefront pushing enslaving black Africans and it did not come down to what you described like that in ancient antiquity were conquered peoples were enslaved by their conquerers.

Jews pushed slave trade by distorting biblical narrative citing the curse of Ham as reason why black Africans must be enslaved.

They also promoted the now discarded theory of Darwinism to push for slavery claiming Africans were not human but the missing link between man and ape.

They polluted both the scientific and religious establishment to justify slavery on black Africans .

Go and read how Jews conquered America via the slave trade. The richest man in America was a Portogesse Jew , Lopez whose wealth came from owning the highest number of slave ships ,auction houses, plantations ,mill houses and distilleries all from slave labour .

Remember how these same Jews corrupted science to push their fake Covid vaccine solution ?

Nothing has changed because these same Jews own nations through institutions like the world Bank/iMF , multinational banks and firms

AntiMarxist:


Rubbish.

Germans, Irish, Italians, Russians and all other European countries with the exception of England, Holland and Portugal were never part of the slave trade.

The reason why it came down to the three nations highlighted is because these countries were and remain to a large extent controlled by Jews.

Jews were at the forefront pushing enslaving black Africans and it did not come down to what you described like that in ancient antiquity were conquered peoples were enslaved by their conquerers.

Jews pushed slave trade by distorting biblical narrative citing the curse of Ham as reason why black Africans must be enslaved.

They also promoted the now discarded theory of Darwinism to push for slavery claiming Africans were not human but the missing link between man and ape.

They polluted both the scientific and religious establishment to justify slavery on black Africans .

Go and read how Jews conquered America via the slave trade. The richest man in America was a Portogesse Jew , Lopez whose wealth came from owning the highest number of slave ships ,auction houses, plantations ,mill houses and distilleries all from slave labour .

Remember how these same Jews corrupted science to push their fake Covid vaccine solution ?

Nothing has changed because these same Jews own nations through institutions like the world Bank/iMF , multinational banks and firms

This your story tire me

GRV

WorldRichest:


This your story tire me

Cognitive dissonance .

It hits you like a brick to the face.

That's raw truth for you and outs supposed to wake you dah fck up!

AntiMarxist:


Rubbish.

Germans, Irish, Italians, Russians and all other European countries with the exception of England, Holland and Portugal were never part of the slave trade.

The reason why it came down to the three nations highlighted is because these countries were and remain to a large extent controlled by Jews.

Jews were at the forefront pushing enslaving black Africans and it did not come down to what you described like that in ancient antiquity were conquered peoples were enslaved by their conquerers.

Jews pushed slave trade by distorting biblical narrative citing the curse of Ham as reason why black Africans must be enslaved.

They also promoted the now discarded theory of Darwinism to push for slavery claiming Africans were not human but the missing link between man and ape.

They polluted both the scientific and religious establishment to justify slavery on black Africans .

Go and read how Jews conquered America via the slave trade. The richest man in America was a Portogesse Jew , Lopez whose wealth came from owning the highest number of slave ships ,auction houses, plantations ,mill houses and distilleries all from slave labour .

Remember how these same Jews corrupted science to push their fake Covid vaccine solution ?

Nothing has changed because these same Jews own nations through institutions like the world Bank/iMF , multinational banks and firms

Can I read on that? Like through a wiki link. I was having a debate today and last night and told hundreds, "yes even if the bible were distorted and used for oppression, do you think that totally defeats the concept of Christianity? I'm African and know it was as used to slave us, you think I don't know the struggles?"" But I didn't know it was started by Jess? I assume primordially the Portuguese who where the first to come terrifying conquistadors??

I saw the thread on twitter, he’s a hero 🦸‍♀️

But you need to see some racist comments on it as well, because na international blog post am, this blog posts about just any history of any race

Pathetic story

Jake420:


Can I read on that? Like through a wiki link. I was having a debate today and last night and told hundreds, "yes even if the bible were distorted and used for oppression, do you think that totally defeats the concept of Christianity? I'm African and know it was as used to slave us, you think I don't know the struggles?"" But I didn't know it was started by Jess? I assume primordially the Portuguese who where the first to come terrifying conquistadors??

They were Marrano Jews and not Portogesse .


Ask why there was not one single Jew in America supporting the abolition movement .

Heck, Jews were the loudest defenders of slavery as an institution and they corrupted biblical verses and deployed fake Darwain science to justify racism and enslavement on Africans.

Slavery is ingrained in Judaism and modern day Talmudic Judaism has been in the forefront pushing slavery in the form of communism .

You won't get anything from Wiki.

Start your research using Louis Farrakhan's book on the Secret Relationship between blacks and Jews.

A whole new world awaits you from there.

Dr Tony Martin published a well researched book on the dominance of Jews in the Atlantic slave trade. For this he has been cancelled from academia and his articles buried from search engines

Start your journey using Yandex search engine

You are about to take a journey from darkness into the light.

Look at how a lineage and descendants of a man suddenly went extinct off the surface of the earth… life wasn’t really fair to cudjo, his sons would’ve continue spreading and keep multiplying by now.

Na handicap dem carry Africa.


They stole both mineral and Human Resources.

Able bodied men that was supposed to build the motherland were forcefully stolen to work on plantations around the world. Over 400 years of slavery stunted Africa’s growth.

How do you know last slave sold:.. where is this record of yours.
slaves are still being sold in Libya.

OneCandleAway:


That was how the world was back then. Nations conquered smaller regions and used them to build their countries. Nobody stopped black africans from exploring to conquer other nations themselves

Dumb black Africans were busy killing and enslaving each other!

Rodimi20000000:
How do you know last slave sold:.. where is this record of yours.
slaves are still being sold in Libya.

I’ve long since stopped pitying any black African that still decides to pay people smugglers to get them to Europe via Libya! Libyans, just like most other Arabs, see black Africans as little better than dogs…and Libyans have a particularly evil, uncivilised and brutal streak about them! I shudder to think what thousands of black Africans are going through in Libya as we speak! There was a story i saw in one of the papers the other day saying some Nigerians returned with their kidney stolen! Can you imagine!?

AntiMarxist:


Rubbish.

Germans, Irish, Italians, Russians and all other European countries with the exception of England, Holland and Portugal were never part of the slave trade.

The reason why it came down to the three nations highlighted is because these countries were and remain to a large extent controlled by Jews.

Jews were at the forefront pushing enslaving black Africans and it did not come down to what you described like that in ancient antiquity were conquered peoples were enslaved by their conquerers.

Jews pushed slave trade by distorting biblical narrative citing the curse of Ham as reason why black Africans must be enslaved.

They also promoted the now discarded theory of Darwinism to push for slavery claiming Africans were not human but the missing link between man and ape.

They polluted both the scientific and religious establishment to justify slavery on black Africans .

Go and read how Jews conquered America via the slave trade. The richest man in America was a Portogesse Jew , Lopez whose wealth came from owning the highest number of slave ships ,auction houses, plantations ,mill houses and distilleries all from slave labour .

Remember how these same Jews corrupted science to push their fake Covid vaccine solution ?

Nothing has changed because these same Jews own nations through institutions like the world Bank/iMF , multinational banks and firms

Ride on with anti semitism. It’s popular worldwide.

Grabs popcorn 🍿
Pulls a plastic chair
Switch off Netflix

Na who snap am this picture?

I saw a documentary about him on Netflix.

CUDJO LEWIS REST IN PEACE BABA. ONLY GOD HIMSELF KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES HE HAS RECYCLED YOU 'COS YOU LOOK LIKE A VETERAN FOR LIFE.

WE SHALL LEAVE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS TO THE GRAND ORDER DOMINION.

PIPE ON BABA. THIS IS JUST HISTORY. YOUR SPIRIT LIVES ON.

We are worshipping this the same people, that is why africa is so backward.

Slavery stopped,
yet no Black nation is doing well

No b juju b dat

Ladiesdoctor:
May God forgive the slave merchants.

They are so wicked

Asari Dokubo just stated that it was his father that was selling people as slaves.

Tinubu mother was a slave trade merchant. She sold many yorubas into slavery back in the days

Starboytwo:
Na handicap dem carry Africa.


They stole both mineral and Human Resources.

Able bodied men that was supposed to build the motherland were forcefully stolen to work on plantations around the world. Over 400 years of slavery stunted Africa’s growth.

Blame your neighbours Benin Republic not the
Whiteman

Ladiesdoctor:
May God forgive the slave merchants.

They are so wicked

May God Almighty forgive our Monarchs too

Their Greed overcame their Wisdom and Justice

Yoribas have been known to be slave to many tribe

Even common Benin Republic women razed their towns to the ground and sold their kings to slavery, the Benin people used many ijebus as sacrifices


But today I give them accolade, the new country favours them, population is what they have, is now what became their biggest advantage in the modern world

Stop blaming the white, if not for the white Benin Republic will still raiding your towns till date