The Shocking History of Redbones in Texas
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In 1836 Texas, a shocking law made being Black synonymous with illegality. But amidst this turmoil, the Ashworth Act of 1840 emerged as a beacon of hope. This groundbreaking legislation challenged the oppressive norms, allowing free persons of color, who had arrived in Texas before its Declaration of Independence, to remain. Discover the untold story of the Ashworth Act, a pivotal moment of Redbone Texas history where justice triumphed over prejudice.
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My name is Danielle Romero, and all my life, I have romanticized Louisiana.
Growing up in New York, it represented a place where I could step back the sepia-toned life of my great grandmother, Lola Perot, who died before I was born.
Now, it was time to go back to Louisiana--although I had no idea what the truth would be or what questions to ask---who was Lola really? Who were we?
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This is my first time hearing about Redbone. But the area that the Redbone is located, that's where my family is from.
Thank you for your extraordinary work I learn something every show.
@nytn, this history will shock you. Before 1670, there were no race based laws, and mixed race people blended in all levels of society. European women married African men with no stigma attached.
Lifelong Civil Rights Marcher, Dr. of Psychology gives the facts no one is taught.
No one was "born into slavery" until 1690.
Buckle up...
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Kinda make you think what the demgraphics, geneology, and society might have looked had texas not gotten independence independence or annexed. Food for thought i guess
I grew up in New Orleans and you did a wonderful job explaining certain aspects about being from the Gulf South. Hopefully you can continue to share.
For me personally it brings me back to 2000 - 2002, when I learned about my dad's ancestors and discussions with classmates. Thank You for being a great keeper of our shared American experience.
My heart broke when you read “unfortunate admixture of African blood” of course I know this but to hear it is a little devastating. Thank you for your tireless hours of research and bringing this history to the public.
I'm thinking, sickle cell traits may have had something to do with this AT FIRST
if w, with sickle cell traits have children, they could become
Full blown sickle cell, then it graduated to a RACIST THING
THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS
was about a black presenting woman
NOT A BLONDE WHITE INE
The truth has to come out
As a 74 year old native Texan, parents born in Texas, paternal grandmother from Western Louisiana...... I can tell you that I'm totally blown away with this channel. I have NEVER heard of Redbones, or the Ashworth act, and, having trace 'African' blood in me, things are beginning to make some sense.
My Grandmother was born in Calcasieu Parish and her father was born in Tx but moved to La. I cannot 'find' him in Tx (born in 1865), but I am 99% certain this is where my 'African' drop of blood came from. I'm just blown away by your research.....totally blown away. I'm gonna be binge watching your channel. Can't thank you enough for opening a tiny 'crack' in my 40 year genealogy research.
Blessings....
This also happened in Louisiana. My great-grandmother from Louisiana, told my mom that this is what happened to my great-grandfather and his siblings, also from Louisiana.
So, my great-grandfather born in Louisiana in 1835, had a Black mother and Whyte Father. When his father died, my great-grandfather was sold into slavery as a child.
When I'd repeat this story, which my mom told me, most people would not believe it. I couldnt understand it, yet, I believed her nevertheless. Now, Im 62 years old and you have confirmed this truth. Thank you. All my moms stories are being confirmed. ❤
I understand where ur comeing from.Storys mom tell today do not match up so I have to do some research myself because of the black line in her family.
@@patb5889 Do you find the research corroborates the stories as mine have done?
You're doing a fantastic job bringing the people of color's past to the forefront in such away that is very educational. My paternal and maternal sides of the Gibbs and Simpson"s families were exactly like you described them in both of your videos: "Redbone" big time! I have done much digging, and trying to find out, did my second grandparents on both sides spend most of their lives in slavery. My father grew up in the Black Belt of West Alabama and my mother grew up in Camden, Mississippi. Why my grandparents could read and write especially on my mother's side of the family during the late 1800's? Why my mother was a mathematician with a 10th grade education? How did my grandpa on my dad side obtained over 800 acres of land? his white mother willed her property to him. He was white and his wife (grandma was dark complexion and African American descent). ...From whence we have come is amazing! Thank you again for the great videos!
Similar family histories here! Surnames Nash, Johnson and Gibson run in my family, as well as inter-tribe marriages and copper skinned color.
Daddy's DNA shows Malaysia roots (Bantu) via North Africa. Grandpa "appeared" in logansport outside Shreveport (with no birth certificate), worked as a logger and listed as head of household on 1940s Census in Maragouin, La. Rent was $3.00!!
I really appreciate the history and research you are doing. I have always felt our family endured little slavery and lived comfortably among Asians, Jews and Scottish people.
I never heard of this before either.
I’m a product of Texas public schools in the 80s and 90s. I assure you we were taught a very sanitized version that fit the narrative of those in power. I only learned about some of these things in college and even after, doing work on my own. What my daughter learned in high school and college was an improvement but by no means enough to call it a balanced education. And we’re having to fight tooth and nail not to lose the inches of progress we’ve made as our current leaders are pulling us back a least a century!
Not just the Texas public schools. The Virginia public schools as well, I was a product of those. I am so angry now that I have learned so much more on my own, we were lied to so much. Out right and by neglecting to give the whole story.
All the the history in Texas and south west as it pertains to blacks , Mexicans , native Americans and mullatos Is interesting
It bothers me that a lot of history was bent on stopping blacks from succeeding or thriving
Please do a story on black wealth in these areas
It doesn't pertain to mexican my family is from east Texas there were no Mexicans around them . If you mean (southwest) as in west Texas maybe. But the overwhelming majority of black Texans who were in East Texas have connections to Mexicans
@@hydroblast2209 interesting
I take my hat off to you, because this is how history should be taught. Beyond the names and dates, contextualize the history. Take for example the Black soldiers who returned from combat after WWII and returning to Jim Crow and segregation. They were disenfranchised from their right to vote and benefits such as the GI Bill and FHA loans. It's no coincidence that the Civil Rights Movement started shortly after. How often is the Civil Rights Movement taught in context? I love these videos.
Thank you. I touched on the GI Bill issues in a video on did on the Jews in America. That was a huge part of their acceptance into American society. Unfortunately, many veterans of AA heritage had limited to no options there. It’s a big difference
What saddened me most is that the knowledge of these Acts to maintain slavery and exclude people with African Ancestry or Indigenous Ancestry in your history, is familiar to those of us in the other nations who study your history.
The indoctrination of the people of the United States of America is profound and is steeped in a self belief that they are free and have a model Democracy. The self glorification lends itself to censorship and repression...seen today in a country burning its books!
Your careful explanations and use of documents is essential and gentle and may assist many people in your nation to accept their heritage.
I mourn with you all the cruelty of human to human and know we can do much better. Nothing in the history of humanity can compare with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights! That is our starting point so many of us can hope for in the unravelling of prejudice.
Bravissima from an old woman in Australia.
This is my people we have a ‘tri color’ book about us. The Perkins, Thompsons, Dolces all in Elizabeth Louisiana we all just discovered we are part of this group
Which Thompsons? Ed and Lottie?
Jim and Pearl Thompson are my great grandparents. Her maiden name was Perkins. Both are buried in Pitkin La
Awesome.. I had no idea about any of this.. I heard things about people moving to Mexico but kind of overlooked it.. I was born in Beaumont, Tx raised in Orange, Tx A lot of creole people live there… I assumed it was just because we were right on the border but now I know why. The rest of the family still lives in Louisiana and if I’m not mistaken the some of natives in my family originated from Alabama.. this is useful information they try to hide.. crazy how things were back then.
You’re speaking of my Texas family Tejas.. my 4 th grandfather we’re born new Spain , tx in 1800’s and were the Sauceda Sucadeo . Matagorda county Texas is the home of Karawkawa -Nation were Amerindian. And the current generation some claim Hispanic and black. We no our family history His family came from Basque, Spain . The family picture of my grandfather Isedoll Saucedo looks like a Historical portrait ❤. I never understood exactly what we were growing up.
I’m Multi generational Texan and it blows my mind everyone fought for Texas independence, Black, White, Brown and whatever the mix was, but if you had black blood you had to leave or be sold. That is crazy, I would think a lot of black mixed people could have passed for Mexican. A lot of Texas men married Mexican women.
Alot of Mexican men married white women
@@Ese361 that is true. I’m not Mexican but I have Mexican family and friends that some are very light complected and some are dark brown. I have even meet a few that were black. I’m Caucasian and I grew up without a father, and a friend of my family was a Mexican man that was born in Mexico was a good role model in my life. Everyone thought he was a white guy because he was whiter than me but he didn’t speak any English.
@@DV-ol7vtyou know Mexican is not a race right. There's millions of white Mexican descendants of European French, Spanish, Italian, Ireland etc
This was really good work I learned so much THANK YOU
In the 1800s even as a legally free black man it was a constant battle to remain free/
Well, my family moved between Texas and Louisiana around those days.
I had no idea about anything you discovered.
Kudos ❤!
Still living in Texas with relatives in Louisiana as well.
WOW!!! Gooooood to knoooooow!!!
Will definitely be looking into this!
BIG BIG THANK YOU!! Don’t worry I doubt you end up going anywhere🙏
Fingers crossed!
Fascinating American History, thank you for sharing. You're simply the BEST!
Wow, thank you!❤
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it!!!! Keep telling the truth!!!!
The Ashworth have a vast history in The Golden Triangle. Which is made up of Orange, Port Arthur, and Beaumont. I began to research the Ashworth’s a few years back.
This would be awesome to look into! Never heard of the Golden triangle. Thank you so much
Thank you for the video and I didn't know any of this history about Texas. Me and you are both in a similar boat when it comes to our mixed ancestry. About three or four years ago I discovered the melungeon part of my family tree through my own research. And how I found this out was because I asked my mother's mother questions about her husband my grandfather. I found out my great-grandmother on that side had a melungeon last name before she took Smetanko as her last name. Her last was Remy or Remi and I'm not 100% sure if I'm spelling it right or saying it right but I have it written down somewhere😂. But when I typed in that last name into ancestry search engine melungeon popped up😉😂. And I so didn't need a search engine to research my last name SMETANKO because throughout my whole life every time me and my mom came across Russian or Ukrainian immigrant and they saw or heard our last name being spoken. They were like oh wow your last name is SMETANKO let's be friends😂🤣😭❤. But thank you again for the video I also enjoy learning about American history.
So glad to see ya!
This is some great work! I've had no idea about the Ashworth Act. I know some who moved when word came out that Lousiana would be sold to the U.S. and be under enslavement law, many Afro-Creoles moved with Spain to maintain their freedoms. One of the Creole newspapers here in New Orleans, published in both French and Spanish had a major correspondence against slavery and it's laws. This is why many panicked with the Louisiana Purchase and the change of policy and legislation, especially since in the U.S. you were forever enslaved, versus the Arabic style slavery under French and Spanish which allowed, certain financial options to purchase you and your family's freedom.
Your interesting post found me. I was born 1945 in Jefferson Co., TX. I'm a 6th generation Texan, quite familiar with the history and racial issues you discuss. Although I left there long ago. Keep posting. And would you delve into DNA research? This would be most revealing! Cheers!
My family of Texans is listed “mulatto” on so many censuses. To escape the on going oppression of the times in Texas they eventually moved to Ohio “Freedman’s Land”.
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña[2] (Spanish: [biˈsente raˈmoŋ ɡeˈreɾo]; baptized 10 August 1782 - 14 February 1831) was a Mexican soldier and statesman who became the nation's second president. He was one of the leading generals who fought against Spain during the Mexican War of Independence. He is the first and so far only Mexican President of African descent and the first president of African descent in mainland North America.
During his presidency, he abolished slavery in Mexico.[3] Guerrero was deposed in a rebellion by his Vice-President Anastasio Bustamante.[4]
My grown children are descendants of the Ashworths, Dials, Perkins, Forsythe families. Their family lost its roots and became white passing pretty soon after the Ashworth Act. Mary Vianna Ashworth Johnson was labeled white in the 1870 census. My ex is not at all interested in the Redbone story, but I find it fascinating ever since my children's DNA results revealed more diversity than expected and I started digging back into the Texan side of their family tree. The Ashworth Act of 1840 is an interesting snapshot of the value of cattle farming and white allyship, but the story unfortunately doesn't end with the family thriving.
You’re great mom to have that Information for them!
I am from north Louisiana. I can confirm that, as I child, we were taught to be cautious of the folks that lived in the neutral ground (not to be mistaken for neutral ground in New Orleans). In particular, the town of Zwolle and its surrounding areas were to be avoided.
Loving that hair more everyday Teach!
Thank you so much for this precious history
Everyone should know this.
Fabulous work!
Know Your History!
🙂
My family is from the Shankleville community :)
If you’ve read anything about the true beginnings of chattel slavery in Virginia, the laws they were creating is the same as the Ashworth laws. That’s how you got the Melungeons who were mixed & went into the mountains to out beat enslavement & they claimed Portuguese decent even though African was mixed in them
Yes, the better off Hispanic Texans did not want to give up their Apache house boys any more than the Anglo Texicans wanted to giver up their field hands. The main drive for Texas independence was the continuance of slavery after Mexico abolished.
The more i dig into my genealogy the more i question history as it has been taught to me. iv read some documents that reveal things that are not taught in public schools and it confuses me honestly.
Wow! This is very interesting because I was never taught this, especially in Texas History as a child in Texas out of all places. I really want to know more.
Texas Redbone checking in
:D
Redbone described dark skin American Copper colored skin tone Aborigines not lighter skin tones and never other groups.
It was switched to confuse
I'm in TX. My brother (attorney) found a receipt for a person when going through my mother's effects.
I must say I learned something new today.
If your relatives fled Texas for Mexico in the 1830s they didn’t become “Spanish” as you said in tge video, they became citizens of Mexico as it gained its independence from Spain in 1821 after 11 years of war.
Also, Black enslaved peoples (I REFUSE to call them-some of my ancestors-slaves) fled Texas and other southern slave states for Mexico because slavery was outlawed by Mexico Deptember 15, 1829 by Mexico’s second president-a Black Indigenous man-named Vicente Guerrero. His father was Black and his mother Indigenous
So Mexico abolished slavery over 30 years before the US AND had a BLACK PRESIDENT almost 200 years before America did!
My great great grandparents were from southeast Louisiana and ended up in Brenham Texas. My mother described her great grandmother as being Indian, but I don't have any Indian dna only African and Welsh. I think you will get a lot more info if you read about Stephen F Austin's, San Felipe and Lake Creek colonies.
This is so scary to think ,that I most definitely would have had just enough melanin in my skin ,to suffer gross persecution in those days smh.
The Black Mascogos in the Coahuila state in northern Mexico are one of those African descendant communities who migrated to and settled in Mexico to escape enslavery.
My question is how does the fact that Texas was not a territory when first liberated from Mexico and incorporated into the United States as usually occurs; but a republic instead? Texas wasn't admitted as a state until 1845. What is a republic anyway? A principality? A protectorate? A colony? Wasn't it in 1820 that for every free state admitted to the Union a slave state has to be admitted? Seems something unconstitutional about this whole business.
I stumbled across this a couple years bsck
This is why it is important for blacks to keep C.R.T. curriculum in the public school system.
Do mean Black history?
Love the hair. Stand in your power
The fact that Texas created an act to tell free black people to leave even after free blacks fought in the Texas Revolution May not be as surprising as it may first seem. One of the reasons Texas wanted to be free of Mexico is because Mexico had a strict law against slave owning. So Texas slave owners (whom were from the US and held slaves there) objected to this law. So even though free black people helped them win the revolution; they wanted to be a slave state.
I'm black and a Native Texan and never heard of this. Wow.
And of course it wouldn't be taught in schools because Republicans would consider it "woke". Yet I could honestly see them try and use this act somehow if it still was on the books.
My family is part of the Redbones the Russell’s
I would love u tondo more reseach on texas my family has strong lines in texas and La
Texas was a part of Mexico for all of 13 years. It was more of a transition from Spanish rule to state ( State - Republic ) hood in which Mexico as a default governed. The laws and boarders were all rather fluid for a few decades. What were the Six flags over Texas?
Have you done a piece on Old Jock Perkins
Ella's Washington was my Grandmother
Danielle the freedom in Mississippi was sign until 2013 i m dead serious smh
This not a fight against vague Racial injustice, but a fight against Anti Black bigotry and Hatred.
Danielle I am a big fan of you're work! But I can't help but wonder if your family is still in touch with your great grandfathers family that rejected Lola?
Ooo, that would be an interesting episode, if that happened!! I am open to the idea that there may be more to the story than outright prejudice, too. Family history is complicated just like the history of our nation. :)
I never knew about This. In Missouri where The Amoureuxs come from there was an act where all The Ex Slaves had to have a License to prove That They were Free if They didn't They had to split . Long story Short,when Me and Fran were in Ste Genevieve Missouri, Fran found My 3d Great Grandmother's License. She had to have a White person voch for Her, so Her Brother in law did, one of My 3d Great Uncle's. Keep up the Great work Cuz.
thanks cuz!
I am from Texas and have never heard of this but unfortunately, I can't say that I'm surprised. However, Mexico historically has welcomed those of African descent yet they still have their own anti black sentiment. I wonder when did this shift occur? 🤔
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
I'm thinking this is a fake story, the term blacks wasn't used in Texas then
you go girl
This sounds like what the Civil War was really about.. Not all of it, but a big part of it.. Just sound like a group of mixed blood Indians on all sides going against a mixed blood group they deemed too black! I'm from Texas/Louisiana and was called Redbone my whole life.. My family is a mix of colors.. Darkest of dark to lightest of light with hazle/green eyes.. All my aunts and uncles own land in Louisiana and Texas dating back to the 1700s.. Still own that land today... And all I heard was we had Indian in our blood.. I didn't know about a African story until I was in middle school going into high-school and still ain't pay attention because my grandmother told me history is just a bunch of lies. . I'm 37 by the way..
I am from El Paso this is so fascinating. Long story short it helps me understand why my native American/black grandfather and mixed race grandmother did not want to speak about anything especially seeing as he was a military surgeon. Thank you again following closely and sharing. Much love
What until you hire about the New Mexican militia that kept the terrorists of the Confederate country out of the west US.
What you calling black and people telling you what are Native American is you may want to do more research on what I'm explaining to you is that Native Americans were dark-skinned people
I’m from El Paso too❤❤❤
@@jhoward5722 yes, what am I I am meaning to say is they were not speaking about it this way, when I asked my grandfather about it he seemed to want to distance himself from the native American aspect, and I just find it really interesting I understand more and more now. Much love
Danielle, I commend you for your research and dedication of teaching people the real history of the America , they don’t teach it in schools, and they’re trying to stop teaching black history, which is American history. Thank you
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The matter is not about Black history. It's about history and accurate knowledge of it.
The MATTER IS THAT IT IS BLACK HISTORY!!!!
@@scaringclaring5240she never said that her research was all about black history, she said I commend you on your dedication to teach real American history. why does the word (Black) make you so uncomfortable, ppl like you hate to not be included in everything. Her comment only ended with (they're trying to stop teaching black American history in school) which is true in Florida, maybe you should do more research and practice reading comprehension
@@ALLGLORY2TMH-nn7le It is American history and it is White history as well as Black history. The powers that be want to suppress what went on powerful Whites, Natives and Blacks as well as East Indians, Japanese and Chinese.
Texas was an independent republic in 1840 so you mean the Texas Congress, not the US congress just in case some folks were not following.
yes! thank you for that. I should have made it more clear.
Thank you so much for asking this. I couldn't figure out an independent republic could call in help from a "foreign government"!
Hello Danielle, like you, much of my family is in Texas and I have genetic relatives in Mexico as well. My GGGgrandmother got caught in this mess. She was mulatto(mestiza) born in Mexico. She was able to move to Texas, had to leave and amazingly passed for white in Arkansas. Your research is spot on.
it is awesome to have you here. we are doing this together
Great, great, great is too far back. In terms of relevance in my opinion.
She is speaking about a historical set of events, and asked if anyone heard or has stories about this in their families. The channel relates to historical events, not just this week. @@nickb839
Thank you so much for teaching ACTUAL Texas History, not just Texas Mythology. As a 6th generation Texan, YOU and your contributions are what make me proud, unlike a lot of our history.
This is Exactly why my Spanish family saved their naturalization papers that were re issued in 1866. Great content, thank you for sharing.
A few thoughts on the shifting prospects of Free Blacks in the Republic of Texas:
1/ Many new folks were moving into Texas at the time. These folks didn't know the history of Free Blacks in Texas. New folks could be elected to the legislature. They could be educated about the history and change their views, or they could decide to maintain their old views. They could fail to be re-elected to the legislature. So, the "mood" of the legislature could quickly shift -- on many issues.
2/ If the Ashworth Act had not passed, Free Blacks in Texas would probably have moved back to Louisiana, which had a long history of Free Blacks. Other reasonable choices would have been to move across the Rio Grande into Mexico or west into New Mexico.
3/ Hendrick Arnold was a Free Black man who was one of the scouts for the Texian force which drove the Mexican garrison out of San Antonio in 1835. Greenbury B. Logan was a Free Black man who was wounded in that battle, and Texas gave him 640 acres (one square mile) for his service. Samuel McCulloch, Jr. was the Free Black man you mentioned who was wounded during the Battle of Goliad. In fact, he is considered by some to be the first casualty of the Texas Revolution. As a disabled veteran, Texas gave him one league (4,428 acres) of land. How crazy would history be if Texas (after giving these men land for their service) had then "sold them into slavery"? Well, back to point 1 (above), new folks moving into Texas didn't know Texas history.
Yes!!!!
White Americans moved into Texas when it was mexico because Mexico allowed them to work some land for them if they became Mexican citizens and to convert to Catholicism thru oath? Then when mexican whites were situated in their Mexican land they decided to bring slaves into Mexico to work their land but Mexican government said no because slavery was against the law in Mexico and that is when white Mexicans went ape crazy and started killing mexicans and mexicans fought back killing those whites who reneged on their oath but many white Mexicans ran to president Polk who declared war on mexico because those Mexican whites lied and said the whites were killed on American land which they lied. Lincoln was a senator at the time and voted against war with mexico. Also 10000 black slaves ran into mexico to run away from slavery. 5 percent of the Mexican population today is black from the runaway slaves.
You never respond to me because I don’t just go along to get along … but why do white people act soooo shocked about the racist history of this country. I just don’t understand. It is truly a genuine question.
I am not shocked but I read a lot. Many "white" people don't want to believe that their ancestors were as bad as they were.
No doubt a white person would get shut down if he asked why "black people act soooo" anything. So your "genuine" question is racist.
The fact that you are worried about being deplatformed bothers me more than anything! I would think that by now, we as a country, could get over this race BS! My father came from Texas and was looked down upon by those in Indiana, especially by my grandmother, for being from Texas. Something to do with people from Texas coming up during the Depression and taking jobs from locals because they would work for less. It feels like for every step forward, we get pushed back three! Ignorance needs to be forced out and replaced with understanding, empathy, and compassion!
amen to that
@mind_of_a_darkhorse: America will give up racism on the very same day that Chinese no longer speak Mandarin and water ceases to be wet...
In my opinion, one must be open to the constant and deliberate fear mongering that feeds the division.
Much respect for continuing your work despite the censorship. 👍🙏✅
So much history is left out of schools but luckily my grandfather was also very much into politics in history and taught me all of this when I was young and yes we are from Texas and Northern Mexico
I have roots to New Mexico as well! It's amazing to see how it's all connected.
@@nytnHello from New Orleans. Great work, I subscribed because of your wonderful dissertation. Keep up the excellent content.
You just celebrated Martin Luther King Day. President Lyndon Johnson when he wanted the Civil Rights Act passed went down to Congress and told the Congress how when he was a school teacher, he taught the little Tejanos as best he could using his language, English when they could only speak Spanish. He said how unjust that was. Now, of course, Spanish-speaking kids can be taught in their own language, but the student has to pretend he/she is not yet competent in English to get into a bilingual programme in many parts of the U.S. Crazy! I'm in Canada and, here, we talk about "drop outs", if a student doesn't finish our bilingual programmes, chiefly, Early French Immersion, in grade 12 or graduate from a French first language high school whereas, in many parts of the U.S., the less time a student spends in a bilingual programme the better because a limited amount of time in that programme shows he/she has mastered English. Crazy, again. In the U.S., a bilingual programme's purpose is to make students proficient English speakers while teaching them appropriate content. In Canada, our goal, not always achieved, is to create proficient French language speakers who also, of course, use English very well.
I hope you know the term “African American” didn’t come into existence until “1988”. New season new identity we didn’t ask for.
Per Google the term African American was first used on May 15, 1782.
@@user-Mimi_622... interesting point that needs digging into.
@@terrywalker1579 Probably because the USA was previously known as Turtle Island!!!
I prefer the term "black" because I've lived overseas and it would be weird to refer to people with African ancestry in Australia or England as "African-American" lolz. Tho' we are learning on this channel most of us are all a mix if we're any sort of "American" with roots in this country for a while. :)
@@JaneAtwellRobinson1825NYyou make no sense why would a black person from Australia or Britain be called African American 🙄🤔🤷
This is why they want to shut your channel down. Because this is real history, not what we’re currently learning in school. And when people learn the truth and try to tell to teach their knowledge to other people they want to deny it. Good job.
The more I learn about our history the more I realize why so many so badly want this history to stop being taught 😬
But it’s necessary to know the truth in order to right the wrongs of the past!!
And why we need CRT!
I remember being so frustrated about things I perceived about the relations between whites and blacks in my community.
I suspected I wasn’t being told the truth - and it all just added to my already confused brain.
It is more than cruel to confuse children by keeping from them the truths behind what drives annd shapes our society.
Exactly.
It's important to educate yourself and your children. School doesn't do it
Who actually is trying to stop this from being taught?
Btw, what you're discussing is "CRT' which concerns the intersection of US law and "race." Some think it's about disparaging White people, but it's not. For ex., compare the differences between Mexican laws of the time and US laws -about the same people. It would make an interesting grad school course.
It is not anti white but anti whiteness, anti west and western values, its white antagonistic and its on its way out the door. It has nothing to offer but perpetual destruction and communism.
Perception is still an issue today, as you mentioned with your naturally curly hair. Paper bag test, is what granted these families the distinction of “red bone, melungeon and creole” they could have the same amount of African ancestry as the next “black” person, but since they can be perceived as “white” which thus made their lives considerably better.
Makes me sad. Survival is a terrifying place to be.
Such is the case to this day
between me and our youngest
sister and the middle one who
in her earliest years of her life
was around Danielle's complexion.
And if free people of color could pass for white, they were recorded as white on the census. Their livelihood depended on it. Thus ever confusing family genealogy.
Or rather the same amount of true Indigenous American Indian blood, which has been reclassified as Black and African American. Melanated people of various shades from light to dark, with coily wooly hair have always been here in the America's since before Christopher Columbus. There were only about 17k People brought the North America on captive ships from Africa., The other tens of millions of people of color were already here but later reclassified as Black African Americans, to remove their ties to the lands of America and the treaties that were made by the government of the settlers but not honored.
@@Sun.of.WaKhan Yes, I would love for her to speak on this!
Be who you are in your own skin and don’t let anyone else determine your worth.
Amen! We have enough self haters who unfortunately have fallen for a false narrative of so called “beauty standards”.
@@realdeal139 Agree with first part. Beauty standards, OTOH, have some basis in reality.
@@scaringclaring5240 I agree
Wow, as a Black American, THANK you
This video Sparks my memory of the world war II bIack soldiers who were denied their GI benefits once they came back to the United States and still had to deal with the same racism that they fought against in Germany.
My grandpa fought in WW2 and he told me how his squad actually got in a firefight with some white American soldiers. And yeah he did kill some of them because it was life or death and that messed up.
Learned Something! Never heard this before. Sad but totally believable.
Edit to add : the Shawnee were paid to leave the Republic of Texas.
Google "Yellowbone", it's even more interesting.
I did not know that about the Shawnee!
I hadn't heard about this either. Danielle seemed really shocked. As an African American, this is totally believable. I'm not shocked by anything. We've always known about all the wrong and dirty this government has done to blacks. We've lived it.And still to THIS Day, they're still trying to pass racist, unfair, insane laws ,to harm ,make us suffer, or try to destroy us.
Very interesting, thank you for posting both, Texas and Louisiana. I am from Texas and have worked in the oil and gas industry studying land title in both Texas and Louisiana. Many of the projects have been inside the Sabine Strip, Jefferson, Orange, Hardin, Polk, Jasper, Newton, Sabine Counties, as well As Sabine, Vernon, Beauregard, Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes. I've met some nice people there but there is to this day a noticeable undercurrent of an outlaw culture. I never felt 100% comfortable in that area. During my travels I have met quite a few redbones. My observation, the ones I've known were more likely to marry outside of the redbone community, mostly but not all to Caucasians. There tended to talk with a twang, not white or black and the ones in South Louisiana mostly spoke with a thick cajun accent. My impression is that the redbone origin is a mixture primarily of African Americans and Native Americans they were different from other mixed races people because they maintained elements of their American Indian culture. In fact, I would think that there would be redbone communities in southern Georgia and northern Florida. Back in the day due the Seminole tribe crossed the border from Spanish Florida into Georgia to raid, capturing slaves among other things to sell or trade. Anyway, thank you again!
My dad's side of the family is redbone descended from Beckworths and Perkins and intermarried with the Ashworths. DeRidder and Bear Creek areas of LA. I am in my 60's and my grandfather would never talk about family history. He even changed his name from Beckworth to Beckwith. I did know my family but not much history. We were from the more rowdy of the redbones.
I had not heard of the Ashworth Act but I'm not surprised at it nor at the events leading up to it. Something similar but not the same happened in Russia in the middle 1500s when one of the Tsars (Boris Godunov, I think, but I'm not sure) basically wrote an edict that turned untold numbers of formerly free people into property. The serfs were considered part of the land itself. Slavery was legal in Russia until the early 1700s and serfdom continued until the mid-1800s.
I wonder who was going to profit from the sale of formerly free people in Texas? The nation itself?
Fascinating as usual. Please keep researching history.
Wow, I couldn't fathom having the threat of slavery over your family overnight. They were chasing the dream of obtaining land and making a better way. Love the channel and the hard work you put in.
San Antonio roots may add Canarian ancestry to your family. Called Islenos in Louisiana, Spain brought Canarians to their colonies in the 18th century. Canarians have significant Moroccan, Spanish and Sephardic heritages.
EDIT: Canarians were also brought to the Dominican Republic. The distinctive variations in DR Spanish are often attributed to this early community.
Yes! I HAVE planned to do a whole video on the Isleños. I have an ancestor from that group.
Islenos is more coastal south Bernard parish, I thought.
Interesting!! Some of my ancestors from Spain were among the first families to go to the Canary Islands. I also have relatives in San Antonio.
@@nolagirlhomestead
There were at least two early Canarian communities in the continental Spanish areas, with the Louisianans referred to by another name, Islenos.
It seems they ultimately congregated in that one parish, but may have lived elsewhere like our family friends who lived in Vermilion Parish.
Maybe there is a connection to the Adaesanos in La and Tx, they were there before Los Canarias arrived@@nytn
You're right about colored people migrating to Mexico. In fact, there was an underground railroad to Mexico. There are several communities in Mexico descended from them. There are also celebrations in Mexico of Juneteenth. Otoh, there were Mexican/Texans who fought against Mexico.
I am hoping that your tenure on TH-cam will be long and prosperous. ☮
I wonder how many of these acts took place and were not widely known. The history of skin colour in the United States is as varied as the many shades of people that are in this country. As I hear these stories, I wonder how many countries in the world have these seeming arbitrary and ever-changing rules that dictate what people can and cannot do based on the hue of the skin. 🤔
Thank you for sharing. ❤
It’s only a matter of time before she will be censured,American people cannot the truth. Divide and conquer is the official governmental policy. I just hope enough people hear this message and learn that race is a concept not a fact, In Latin America we have known this since the the times of Columbus and that’s why we continue to honor him.
Thank you for teaching real history. I know the hardships of many are often hidden so those in power can stay comfortable... Please keep teaching what really happened to people in the world.
This is good example of why I dislike the American attempt to spread racial animosity. Hispanics and Latinos didn't value race in the same way. The overarching culture is how we delineate ourselves.
I wish we would start just seeing ourselves as Americans.
Just because so-called Hispanics/Latinos/Latinx/Latine may not perceive race in the North American model does not mean that white supremacy, anti blackness and anti indigenous sentiments aren’t baked into some of those cultures.
Is it spreading animosity or sometimes pointing out blind spots? Colorism and prejudice because of it is huge in Latin America. Just watch Spanish language TV or Globo from Brazil. Sometimes you don’t see what you don’t want to see.
@@brianclark4040 colorism exists but if you're not culturally Hispanic or Latino you have no clue what the relevance is. The reality is race doesn't matter much Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Peruvians, Costa Ricans, Hondurans,etc do notcbelieve the Europeans, Natives or Africans to be lesser countrymen. They are just seen as distinct ethnic groups that often encourage marriage among their own groups from within. The larger society discriminates socioeconomicly rather than ethnicly. Brazil's history with slavery is more similar to America than the majority of other Latin countries. So their culture may be different. I'm not familiar with the Portuguese cultural legacy.
@@pete6300Racism, colorism and social discrimination are alive and thrive in latin america
My family, in part, is Texas Cherokee who lived in the Goliad and Nochedoches area.
A number of black African-Americans right around this time were adopted in to native Texas tribes, and were issued certificates of native ancestry before the second act you mentioned. The intersection between Cherokee purebloods and Melungeons is an interesting one.
A lot of Ulster Scots aka Scots-Irish who had intermarriage with Cherokee left on the trail of tears or before hand to Texas/Oklahoma areas, but were never counted among the "Quanta of Blood" Cherokee families on the family rolls. The Quanta of blood / western band were put on the Cherokee reservation lands in Oklahoma.
Emancipation took decades (centuries really), the pushback was a precursor.
I want to thank you for your scholarship. Well done a serious examination of how the law has been used for injustice.
You’re doing an outstanding job I appreciate the work you’re doing…
I love to hear about peoples' family history. And even better when their history is vague and they research and uncover a treasure of the area and people they come from.
History is what it is you can not change the past it should be taught with the facts , it no different than evolving as an individual your experience mistakes included are what makes you the person you are today if you remember your mistakes maybe you won’t make them again ✌️🙏
Thank you for the history lesson. You had a hard time believing? Wow there is so much the USA Government did to human beings because of skin color, property etc.
Mexico's Congress abolished slavery in 1837. Twenty years later, the country adopted a constitution that granted freedom to all enslaved people who set foot on Mexican soil, signalling that freedom was not some abstract ideal but a general and inviolable principle, the law of the land. Check out the Weber family assisting Black families
Similar for free blacks in New Orleans when Haiti got its independence. White Haitians fled as refugees to New Orleans . And because of haitis uprising blacks in New Orleans were worried the Americans would take away their freedom.
I'm from New Orleans,Louisiana.
Born and raised.
It is rough out here especially with all of the racism,discrimination,
gentrification,miseducation,red lining and mass incarceration perpetuated against us black folks by Caucasian people.
@@user-Mimi_622 I'm in Orleans Parish.
My family and I are also from the
7th ward.
Hummm….that sounds just like when they told the “blacks” to get out of Spain and Portugal. They said they had a certain amount of time to get out or they would go into slavery…and they did. Same play book from the same people of the last beast system. When the ships came…they sent the kids to the island of St. Tome, Africa and around the world.
Look up “old” books dealing with Spain and Portugal and you’ll see those people were black.
My great grandfather was from texas samuel carothers went to Oklahoma run out of Oklahoma and ended up in athebasca Alberta Canada 🇨🇦
This is one of the reasons why they cry out NO CRT in our classrooms!!! The rabbit hole gets deeper, deeper and deeper!! KEEP👍🏾THE GOOD WORK SIS......
My understanding is that Texas wanted to secede from Mexico because slavery had been abolished there. That’s what ‘liberation’ from Mexico meant, the freedom to enslave.
Good to keep in mind that slavery was abolished in most of the Americas before 1865. As far as I know only Cuba and Brasil (not sure about Puerto Rico) still enslaved people after 1865, until 1886 and 1888 respectively.
Slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico in 1873.
Brazil not until 1888.
@@brianclark4040 Thanks for that information
@@mission9195thay might be a Factor but i know that the Mexican government was over taxing the cattle industry(new spains and then mexicos biggest industry) to compensate from their independence war debt from spain. Spanish and white ranchers all wanted to declare independence....