The Underground Railroad: Crash Course Black American History #15

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  • @Dan-ud8hz
    @Dan-ud8hz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    "If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going."
    General Harriet Tubman

  • @Silversmith1701
    @Silversmith1701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    This series should be required for high-school. Every episode I watch I'm blown away by how well and clearly everything is presented.

  • @SamyTheBookWorm
    @SamyTheBookWorm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    The Underground Railroad was a group of people who broke federal laws to do what was right, and hopefully save lives. There are a lot of people who focus so much on what the laws are that they forget that laws are often immoral and wrong, and sometimes the only right thing to do is to break them.

  • @kevind814
    @kevind814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    "Free Black communities in the upper South". I'd be interested in learning more about where such communities were and how they maintained that freedom.

  • @thecaveofthedead
    @thecaveofthedead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I felt very emotional when Clint was describing his feelings as a child about people who didn't escape. Such an important thing to clarify. If these systems of cruelty didn't have effective methods of preventing most people from escaping or revolting, they'd never have existed in the first place.

  • @kairyumina6407
    @kairyumina6407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I gotta say, as a teacher, this series is far and away the best crashcourse history content available. And that is saying a lot because I love John Green.

  • @sheknitsslow
    @sheknitsslow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    This entire series is so enlightening, important, and well done. Kudos to the entire team that has put this together.

  • @ebell404
    @ebell404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This was one of the most thought-provoking episodes of the series. Not only for the subject at hand, but for its relation to things like Texas/Mexico and those who did not go North to freedom. I look forward to future episodes. Thanks for an excellent Crash Course.

  • @crispinamarybush
    @crispinamarybush 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Thank you for being so transparent in sharing your own views from a child’s perspective. I think you are uplifting our ancestors and hopefully our generation would pay attention and have more respect and admiration for our elders instead of viewing them as weak. You shine light into the institution they were trapped into and as we pause and look around we are still in the same social settings that trap our minds. Respect and appreciation for the work and research you do.

  • @KY_CPA
    @KY_CPA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This series has made me thoroughly appreciate that I spent 3rd-6th grade east of Richmond VA. At my school, even with it being majority white students, we visited plantations, slave quarters, a house that was a stop asking the underground railroad and the cramped hiding quarters located within, and heard several stories of ugly truth that have always made me empathize with the truly horrific aspects that enslaved ppl have gone through.
    (Though admittedly part of that empathy likely arises from being of Native American and Mexican heritages.)

  • @z.zomb.z
    @z.zomb.z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    I definitely, as a white woman, while watching this realized that the story of how the north was this "magical haven" for enslaved black people was something I hadn't even realized I had internalized. Thank you for calling attention to that and giving me an opportunity through knowledge to improve. I deeply appreciate all that you've done.

  • @Rabcup
    @Rabcup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This series is an invaluable teaching tool. So candid, so clear, and more relevant in recent history than ever before.

  • @sboochek
    @sboochek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Mexico is one of three countries in the world, where the act of escaping the prison is NOT a crime. They argue that the will to freedom is so natural for human soul, that one can not simply punish others for this will (ofc. you can not do other crimes while escaping, but basicaly, if you escape and don´t hurt anyone or destroy anything, they will not add to your time).
    Now I know where this has it´s roots

  • @MrQueerDuck
    @MrQueerDuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for keeping their heroism and desperate struggles green in our memory! Like so many have said: I'm learning so much from this invaluable series 💖

  • @tianeshadrayton
    @tianeshadrayton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for teaching this with such integrity, and offering dignity to the individuals who history has not had the chance to acknowledge or highlight.

  • @RofLuxRay
    @RofLuxRay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Vicente Guerrero was the one who abolished slavery legally in Mexico, but the one who first championed the idea with his documents "Los sentimientos de la nación" was José María Morelos y Pavón. In Mexico, we are taught he was the first to abolish slavery in the south of the country

  • @historyking9984
    @historyking9984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow. I never knew William Still had a book about hundreds of former slaves who escaped and their lives. Definitely will have to add that to my reading list

  • @MrSubscribeplzthx
    @MrSubscribeplzthx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I hope there's an episode about Solomon Northup. Such a powerful story that, in some ways, speaks for the enslaved who never had a chance to speak.

  • @dianehall5345
    @dianehall5345 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this video about the Underground Railroad. I am native New Hampshrre, however, my maternal grandmother's family came from Vermont. Her ancestors were farmers. They were drafted in the Civil War as gun runners. They ran guns down to the Mason/Dixon line and then smuggled , I believe they we ex-slaves, but still not free. Our men took the route up the coast to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. If they go caught , they all got hung! There were safe houses in Portsmouth that painted decorative black bands at the base of their roof top chimneys. Since these colonial homes were two and three stories high, these bands were a secret code to alert slaves they were entering a safe house. Some of these homes remain, but not all my ancestors survived the trip. We lost many of our men. I am the last Ried ( Scotish) and female. The name dies with me, but I am proud of their bravery. ~ Diane

  • @fads90
    @fads90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Yep, when I first heard of the underground railroad growing up I thought exactly what you described, a vast underground railroad network going from south to north with each train station being located in abandoned sheds, peoples cellars or in the middle of the woods.
    Lol

  • @oscardaniel8087
    @oscardaniel8087 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks!

  • @BrutusBellamy
    @BrutusBellamy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Indeed, escaping slavery was a terrifying endeavor, with uncertainty of the future and the possibility of being caught ever present. This is why we hold the efforts of those in the Underground Railroad to high regard, as they demonstrated insurmountable courage against these fears and possibilities by merely attempting to escape. Those that didn't escape or were unable to escape were no less brave as many combatted the institution in various other ways, but the challenge of stepping into the unknown and dangerous world of freedom for an escaped slave certainly took guts.

  • @pfalzerwaldgumby4798
    @pfalzerwaldgumby4798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    55 years ago when I was roughly 8, I read a book about Harriet Tubman. I was fascinated then and remain fascinated.

  • @user-hz9if4vj7y
    @user-hz9if4vj7y ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow they are literally heroes. this makes me so emotional :(

  • @pookalobster3
    @pookalobster3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is the episode that brings tears to my eyes. Bless this series 🖤🙏🏾✊🏿

  • @seanpoore2428
    @seanpoore2428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This episode was of particular worth

  • @animalfort3183
    @animalfort3183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These videos always keep hope in my heart and mind

  • @geoffreyselvage1673
    @geoffreyselvage1673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Clint Smith is a good narrator.

  • @CarolineGarland
    @CarolineGarland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I always wondered about the actual logistics of the Underground Railroad. Like, how did people who wanted to help actually get involved, especially those further south. I know that some people learned of such opportunities through their church, but it seems like that would be hard when so many people at your church are slave owners. And how did the Conductors know where the Stations were when it was all so loosely held together. The details are fascinating to me.

  • @bloodandempire
    @bloodandempire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This series is important ❤️

  • @cleverhandle420
    @cleverhandle420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this series so much. Thank you for this episode.

  • @VashdaCrash
    @VashdaCrash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I didn't know about the underground railroad, nor something similar in other places in history. Many stories must have happened on that time.

  • @kaitiesaxe5753
    @kaitiesaxe5753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for this channel, I wish more of this was taught in school.

  • @asprywrites
    @asprywrites 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is just brilliant. I love that this channel exists.

  • @louise-yo7kz
    @louise-yo7kz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dr. Smith, very informative as always

  • @Just2gofoods
    @Just2gofoods ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! A huge THANK YOU to the whole team for publishing this series.

  • @synone4013
    @synone4013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It is certainly no less heroic for those men and women who stayed to preserve their families

  • @blondieYorkie
    @blondieYorkie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this. This video is so important.

  • @silasnai2290
    @silasnai2290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thx for covering! This channels so useful and usually very well researched and ethical

  • @amandahorst6865
    @amandahorst6865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am truly enjoying this series! Thank you for making it.

  • @nariu7times328
    @nariu7times328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Exceptionally well written episode. Thank you.

  • @vfigueroa3042
    @vfigueroa3042 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of you best episodes. Thank you for the education. Outstanding!

  • @EM_1989
    @EM_1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was really helpful ❤️ thank you for producing it x

  • @gingercat
    @gingercat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for making this video.

  • @wunkeyjones113
    @wunkeyjones113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this so much.... really enjoy the thought bubbles.

  • @shelleysprinkle873
    @shelleysprinkle873 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoy and admire this teacher!!! Thank you for teaching this!!!

  • @AlluloseAddi
    @AlluloseAddi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent series.

  • @davidfitzpatrick2684
    @davidfitzpatrick2684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    9:32 ehhm and a lot of blacks also escaped further north to Canada.

  • @reythejediladyviajakku6078
    @reythejediladyviajakku6078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He was right. An operation like this had to be on a need to know basis

  • @perplexedpapa
    @perplexedpapa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So interesting! Thank you!

  • @annettemarie2076
    @annettemarie2076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video

  • @Darko1324
    @Darko1324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This series needs to be in every school.. not critical race. I'm also mixed with Cherokee along with black...I know you guys are incrediblely busy and awesome, but could a series be made about the native American story as well?..

  • @PalmettoNDN
    @PalmettoNDN ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great video.

  • @hach2023
    @hach2023 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well ... from the comments I learned that Mexico ended slavery in 1820. !!
    Well done them. 👏

  • @gregrobinette8620
    @gregrobinette8620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hate the idea that theres different history; history is history. Thankyou for this man, I'm hoping to study true world history. Crash Course, if you see this, if you can please make a native American deep dive into our history, thankyou 🙏🏽🪶

  • @LegoLordPro
    @LegoLordPro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have read about Black Americans escaping slavery by going to Mexico to which slavery was already abolished during the 1820s. And that is why there are Afro-Mexicans who are probably living in Mexico. But of course there are other countries near the US that also has Black people, but according to the info that I remembered, they abolished slavery as early as the 1800s (about 30 to 60 years prior to the American Civil War).

  • @DONNACEDOHIOK12
    @DONNACEDOHIOK12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you

  • @KK-up3pq
    @KK-up3pq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you.

  • @nane8375
    @nane8375 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Being Canadian and of Chinese heritage, I know that Canada's history is ugly with some earlier slavery, racism, and cultural genocide but before this video, I did think it was important part of the underground railroad (not from school, just the little I've heard in the media). General estimates we've heard was up to 30,000 people escaped to Canada.

  • @Rocket_Man
    @Rocket_Man ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for hostin

  • @YoutuberKitsunePlayz
    @YoutuberKitsunePlayz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    y’all in the comments just helped with my homework lol

  • @lukejensen2321
    @lukejensen2321 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why didn’t you mention the president of the underground railroad, Levi Coffin

  • @nthabiem9
    @nthabiem9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ya neh? 💔Ya.

  • @LudicrousPlatypus
    @LudicrousPlatypus ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like the freedmen communities in Canada should have been mentioned.

  • @yermohmgei2353
    @yermohmgei2353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sup clint smith

  • @paulallen2919
    @paulallen2919 ปีที่แล้ว

    All of these vidoes have lots of dislikes, especially compared to other videos by crashcourse. No matter what subject matter is covered in the crash course black history, theres a backlash. Why do people feel so uncomfortable learning about these parts of American history?

  • @puppyfamily-1933
    @puppyfamily-1933 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for being so transparent in sharing your own views from a child's perspective. I think you are uplifting our ancestors and hopefully our generation would pay attention and have more respect and admiration for our elders instead of viewing them as weak. You shine light into the institution they were trapped into and as we pause and look around we are still in the same social settings that trap our minds. Respect and appreciation for the work and research you do.

  • @charliespinoza1966
    @charliespinoza1966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you