A look INSIDE of an African Slaves House in South Carolina

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  • @YenkoAfrica
    @YenkoAfrica  ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Thank you all for viewing and commenting. I appreciate your comments and respectful perspectives on this video and the information shared. If you enjoyed this video, you may also enjoy my video filmed at Drayton Hall Plantation in Charleston, S.C. The video is entitled, "Africans Buried in the Backyard of Drayton Hall Plantation" | Black Babies Used as Alligator Bait You can view it here,th-cam.com/video/0_m_TSWOvFE/w-d-xo.html In addition, you may want to view my video on the Tuskegee Airmen monument in South Carolina. th-cam.com/video/NFS76aCXWEg/w-d-xo.html Enjoy! ✌🏾🙏🏾💖🌻😊

  • @cachaygreen9641
    @cachaygreen9641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2291

    The trees know all the truth!

    • @tanelise4673
      @tanelise4673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

      The whole truth and nothing but the truth!

    • @bon5436
      @bon5436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah, if only they could speak..

    • @rasheedahtalib2361
      @rasheedahtalib2361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It is amazing isn't it. Trees are very much alive. They are souls with spirits.

    • @MelanatednNature
      @MelanatednNature 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ouuuuuu weee I almost threw my phone yess say it . I went to a plantation and the guide tried to tell me the master was kind to his slaves and I told her butt you're lying because I touched those trees and that tell a different story after me telling her more about that land she was a little disturbed because that was my first time on the land

    • @ridge7524
      @ridge7524 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup

  • @arabiamcmahan5778
    @arabiamcmahan5778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    I'm in Greenville, SC and we (SC)do have a lot of deep rooted history. Some good some bad..a huge thank you to my ancestors for being strong enough to endure the pain just so we can be here today. Thank you ❤️

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Absolutely! I thank YAH for their strength to endure and overcome. You're welcome! Thank you for viewing and commenting!

    • @9mmshort254
      @9mmshort254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mostly bad. Stop covering up

    • @MelanatednNature
      @MelanatednNature 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you still in that area? I'm not to far and wanted to visit but it seems a little white heavy

    • @SorceressKana
      @SorceressKana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MelanatednNature It's no Mississippi, if that's what you mean. I'm actually down the road from it in Greenwood. Feel free to visit Greenville 👍🏾Falls Park is gorgeous.

  • @melissaowens1559
    @melissaowens1559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1202

    if those tress could talk omg OUR ANSECTORS paid the price just cuz of our color I honestly believe EVERY SINGLE ONE OF. THEM ARE IN HEAVEN WITH GOD!!

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Yes indeed! May they receive a great crown!

    • @JewsAreBlack
      @JewsAreBlack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      We are the true Israelites the Bible is our history book
      Deuteronomy‬ ‭28:68‬ ‭KJV‬‬
      “And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.”
      ‭‭Egypt= slavery
      Enemies = white man
      Bond man and bond woman= slaves
      Ship=slave ships
      No man shall Buy you = save you; redeem you
      True prophecy

    • @grindpaidvlogs
      @grindpaidvlogs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ❤️

    • @Iamchristaelaine
      @Iamchristaelaine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There back... Repeat

    • @awareyah6146
      @awareyah6146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      EARS TO HEAR is this verse I dropped look for this comment by ONEKBABY go through the WHOLE thread but also listen to this verse I dropped called GET READY TO PAY

  • @wbwilhite
    @wbwilhite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    As a kid, I remember houses like these. Some white folks still referred to them as the slave quarters or the slave shacks, and they still housed black people as late as 1970. They were lined up along a dirt road behind the B&B Big House (the old plantation mansion) where I stayed for one summer. The people living in those shacks still did the same work they had always done. I ate at the smoky Black Shack because it had the food I liked: fried catfish, fried chicken, BBQ ribs, black-eyed peas, green beans, corn, mashed potatoes, biscuits, etc. The white operator wouldn't accept my business, because it was for black folks only. However, the blacks bought the food for me, and one time when I was low on money, an old black man paid for my dinner entirely. Now I have to pass on his generosity forever.

    • @divineintervention212
      @divineintervention212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I don't know why but the way you said "the Blacks" sounds super cringe my guy. 🙄

    • @00700556
      @00700556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Star You act like black people call white people better things. Stop it lol

    • @Drutzie
      @Drutzie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@00700556 We don't called white people "the whites" we called them white folks, or white people.

    • @sharonsmith408
      @sharonsmith408 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Indian

    • @jeanellnelson1558
      @jeanellnelson1558 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The blacks? Hmm maybe try black people or African-Americans.

  • @MariaAntoinetteF
    @MariaAntoinetteF 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2174

    I think with we have to stop referring to our ancestors as slaves. Our ancestors were “enslaved” against their will. So we need to refer to them as “the enslaved.” Thank you.

    • @kiiarax4685
      @kiiarax4685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +252

      that’s literally the same thing. they were enslaved.. so that made them slaves. all you did was change it from a noun to an adjective.

    • @arelyescamirosa8542
      @arelyescamirosa8542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      i stand by your statement

    • @urbanhabuki8091
      @urbanhabuki8091 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were slaves by any other name. 2021 white people tell you to change what we call ourselves and you jump!😣

    • @urbanhabuki8091
      @urbanhabuki8091 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      We are African Americans direct descendant's of slaves. Real simple ADOS. As far as I am concern the term enslaved and slaves are interchangeable. Just as African-American/Blacks or Irish American/White, Polish American, Italian-American, etc.

    • @urbanhabuki8091
      @urbanhabuki8091 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was those before us (we choose to change our name not white folks, if it was left to them we would still be call Negro) who use the term Colored, Blacks and African-American we choose.

  • @mariaybarra9392
    @mariaybarra9392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +463

    It is heartbreaking to see how small the homes for the slaves were, compared to the mansions they built for themselves. This small house looks like a large dog house. It is a shame what was done to these slaves. God bless all the slave’s children.❤️🙏

    • @moviem3925
      @moviem3925 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The children of the Edom aka whites cannot repent facts

    • @prof3ssor178
      @prof3ssor178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yes... They treated us terrible we slept on top of eachother.. while the slave masters slept in the beautiful mansion. And we cleaned them, fed them etc... It's a sad thing

    • @respectfullydionne5681
      @respectfullydionne5681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You mean what they done to people....

    • @POOPGOD999
      @POOPGOD999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      God should’ve protected the slaves

    • @georgiapatriot13097
      @georgiapatriot13097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@POOPGOD999 Human actions are Freewill on earth, brother.

  • @iceman29817
    @iceman29817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    I’m from South Carolina and we have alot of hidden deep history

    • @mason678w
      @mason678w 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Every city, state and country has a deep gross history unfortunately

  • @carolynsteele1465
    @carolynsteele1465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    My paternal grandmother was the daughter of a line of slaves. She told us younger generation the stories of her parents. As a child, she lived on land that belonged to the old slave master. She referred to him as "Old Marse," which meant "Old Master." So, my grandmother, who was born 133 years ago, saw slave owners with her own eyes. Even though slavery was said to have ended in 1865, African Americans endured Jim Crow, meager wages, debt peonage, and often unfair sharecropping among other disadvantages. Many lived in the old slave shacks as they worked on the plantations after the Emancipation Proclamation.

    • @emmacrawford5525
      @emmacrawford5525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Real talk 💯💯💯 l agree with you 💯💯💯💯💯

  • @beverlywaits7663
    @beverlywaits7663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    IT takes a true Demonic person with no Soul!!To treat another Human being like that, While sleeping peacefully at bedtime!A True DEMON!! However I'm knowing in my soul,Thier day will come, When standing in front of Our Almighty God in Heaven,In the name of Jesus Christ Amen 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @maryellarose5211
      @maryellarose5211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes they will! Each person will pay for their own sins! Future generations don't.

    • @dadada70pp
      @dadada70pp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And almighty God created the world knew what was going to happen to us and that's okay?

    • @tiffanysgottimetoday4589
      @tiffanysgottimetoday4589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      And also got up and attended church knowing they did that the audacity

    • @beverlywaits7663
      @beverlywaits7663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I love you too much 👍🏾👍🏾

    • @beverlywaits7663
      @beverlywaits7663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Jesus Jesus Jesus I love calling your name 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️

  • @balencii326
    @balencii326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    My grandma was on one..When i found that out, i realized how close and connected i am to what happened to our people. And it made me realize why my ancestors so heavily protect me.

  • @viddy228
    @viddy228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    They never talk about this kind of stuff in American schools.. The true history of America...

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      We did. ROOTS was on TV when I was in HS 70's

    • @Shaowraven2266
      @Shaowraven2266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I learned about it all throughout school idk what you are talking about.

    • @Applecider-Poetry
      @Applecider-Poetry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      when i was in elementary school, history was a subject i hated. i didn't care about Washington and all those war dates. i wanted to know why there were natives with him crossing the delaware in that famous painting. and so on. in college, i did ALL independent studies and got to research any aspect of history that i wanted. yeah!!!

    • @robintitus8295
      @robintitus8295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Certainly was taught in school…really need to quit with the lies

    • @AJ-pc5ln
      @AJ-pc5ln 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly they are ashamed of this so they try to hide this history smh

  • @drewbranch7700
    @drewbranch7700 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Before my grandma passed away decades ago,she took us to a plantation in South Carolina and as we were walking she said,this is where I was born. I could not believe it,I was absolutely shocked and filled with all kinds of emotions. She never wanted to return to the south as she hated it,but I reckon it was her saying goodbye.

  • @Caramel923
    @Caramel923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    When I was a girl my grandfather (born in NC 1902) told me that his grandmother was a slave who told him that when she went to town the white man would tie her to the post along with the horses. White people did not consider blacks as human. Remember three fifths of a human being.

  • @beatricendaba3282
    @beatricendaba3282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    My oldest granny has experienced this.she told me everything. It's so hurtful

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Yes it is hurtful to think about what our ancestors endured. However, I thank YAH for your Granny. I pray that YAH will bless her for passing down the history and knowledge to you.

  • @tunett123
    @tunett123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    This is deep. Being from Mississippi I wanted to know more about who I am so I sent my DNA to Ancestry and found that this is the region where my ancestors were first slaves. They were from Cameroon and Nigeria.

    • @shannon5057
      @shannon5057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Mine too

    • @angel_numbers
      @angel_numbers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If you don't mind did you purchase the African Ancestry kit? Maternal or Parental? Thanks in advance😊

    • @sylviameeks3880
      @sylviameeks3880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      This is sad but the day of judgement will be sadder!
      We are a strong people and have prevailed over much but we all must come to the place of repentance, baptism in Jesus name and filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38-40) if we want to make Heaven our home! May God have mercy on the slave owners souls!

    • @bluefire5656
      @bluefire5656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Don't trust those dna tests

    • @destinixshakur
      @destinixshakur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We are from here . If you have those tribes then look into the Haitian bloodline

  • @sherrybelle4776
    @sherrybelle4776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    There's a spirit of depression, fear and oppression, and desperation that dwells in those places!!

  • @crystalthomas9344
    @crystalthomas9344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    My ex-husband took me to Puerto Rico when we were married we toured the islands and we saw the chains that was inside the cement that they used to hold the slaves legs and arms with it was devastating to me I was only 20 years old and to see it in person it hurt my soul that humans has actually go through that

    • @LightLivingEst80
      @LightLivingEst80 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slavery has been a way of life since the beginning of man ..there is no race that escaped it .. there is no race that was never enslaved . It wasn't only black ppl .. you need to understand that

    • @tadiafoster4460
      @tadiafoster4460 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      May God have mercy!

  • @joeesquire5927
    @joeesquire5927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Buildings like these must be preserved forever; so we (and the world) never forgets.

  • @3lackcherry482
    @3lackcherry482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    you don’t need to apologize even if you were upset. you have a right to feel whatever it is. this was a tragedy that happened but also a triumphant time where those men & women went through to help their future generations to never go through it again.

  • @dee4174
    @dee4174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Amen to all your prayers. I'm white Christian and TH-cam brought me here. I'm so sorry that slavery happened and continues to happen to this day actually. God sees all and those who do not repent will be brought to account. X

    • @nowomannocry3579
      @nowomannocry3579 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why isn't the 11th commandment "thou shalt not hold humans as property." Sorry but your bible is a.o.k. with slavery. Feel sad about what these people did but maybe leave god out of it cause he wasn't there. ✌

  • @rosewithhope
    @rosewithhope 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    The trees are alive. Yes the earth will cry out.

    • @iam2908
      @iam2908 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Psalm 137:2-4
      King James Version
      2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
      3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
      4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

  • @LoveAlways1002
    @LoveAlways1002 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am working on a family tree and have been able to find my great great great grand parents...born 1853 and 1857......
    Now when I have names...and working on getting photos....saying slaves vs thinking of my actual family members names....it feels sooooooo different.
    I concur as someone mentioned in another comment....the word slaves make it sound so impersonable and reduces them 💕💕 It wasn't who they were born to be or an identity they took on willingly.....it was what somebody else made them, a life forced on them 🙏🏾🙏🏾💕💕

  • @marquitashiver6141
    @marquitashiver6141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    These videos are so hard to watch but I can't stop. I figure if they can live through it the least I can do is learn and hear their stories.Wish I knew who was where and when as far as my family. God bless.

  • @Capellaism
    @Capellaism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    You cannot go through this and not feel some kind of way for how slaves were treated

    • @ADA_746
      @ADA_746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please say enslaved out of respect.

    • @marydavis7978
      @marydavis7978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're right! The nerve of these lepers to tell us to get over it! Never in my lifetime!

  • @stevecoleman9962
    @stevecoleman9962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    I from Oklahoma slaves also walked the Trail of Tears!!!

    • @niecy4luv27
      @niecy4luv27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes so true....

    • @bemindful724
      @bemindful724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes they did.

    • @nightlife7231
      @nightlife7231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes your right.. Hello from the Tennessee side

    • @mrpapakc
      @mrpapakc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I never knew this!!! TY for sharing!!! 😭

    • @bluefire5656
      @bluefire5656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      America Indians

  • @KenyattaGross
    @KenyattaGross 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The fact they mention rice as a cereal crop on that plantation is a big clue as to the origins of those enslaved Afrikans. They were sought for their skill and background in growing and harvesting west Afrikan rice for thousands of years.

  • @gladystaylor319
    @gladystaylor319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    How could so called hurman being do this to other people.

  • @carolynbratton7827
    @carolynbratton7827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    It still aches my heart what the slaves had to endure. Awful.

  • @autumnjohnson2127
    @autumnjohnson2127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Thank you for sharing this video. I think all our younger generations need to learn more about our history. I think all the slave houses should be left and not torn down or hid. Because this is what happened in history and should not be hid or forgotten. These were our Ancestors.

  • @desi_blackgirl4949
    @desi_blackgirl4949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Billie holiday-strange fruit.......listen to it she talk about what was going on in the south

  • @catherinerintamaki8617
    @catherinerintamaki8617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    So sorry this was done to all these beautiful people.❤️🇨🇦❤️

  • @vickireid9581
    @vickireid9581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    If I would've been alive then I would have been on the underground railroad to help free people. Slavery was so wrong. I am white and have nothing but love and respect for peoples of all color. No one should be repressed due to their color or culture.

    • @brianrocketleaguegalaxy9413
      @brianrocketleaguegalaxy9413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As a young black man, I respect your words. I agree we need to put aside our differences and just come together as one.

  • @lotstodo
    @lotstodo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I visited the African American museum in DC. The upper floors were about musicians and accomplished black people including inventors, doctors and politicians. The lower floors showed the horrors, the slave ships, cuffs that looked too small and other terrible things. They had full sized slave quarters set up. They didn't have doors, since the enslavers felt free to come in any time. Very moving. Everyone should visit. And the cafeteria was fantastic.

    • @lhl9010
      @lhl9010 ปีที่แล้ว

      no doors because usually hot and needed air flow, landlords had no trouble coming in if they wanted

    • @savinghistory642
      @savinghistory642 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slave quarters had doors.

    • @sleepingbeautyoracle
      @sleepingbeautyoracle ปีที่แล้ว

      More effort was put into the Holocaust Museum I feel

  • @tjgordon2920
    @tjgordon2920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Wow, this is a strong video. I try to teach my daughter factual history. More then the Pennsylvania public school system teaches her. As sad as this is, I cannot wait to show her this video to give her a true understanding of the hardships that your and many of others ancestors had to live.

    • @icommandyew8221
      @icommandyew8221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yessir you are doing great as father being able to educate your daughter about things that other races had to endure.

  • @Aranyani390
    @Aranyani390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    We are all brothers & sisters in Christ and one day the people who began this evil deed will have to answer for this. No human being deserves this kind of treatment. Thank you for sharing this. This caused my heart to ache! 😪

  • @jaciwhy4041
    @jaciwhy4041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Thank you for this video. This is also something that I want to do. Interestingly enough, you mentioned the feeling of the Mossy Oak tree. Those trees have withstand a lot of injustices. You CAN feel the energy. I always go and touch the trees. I feel that I'm paying homage to the ancestral energy that still exists among the trees. Loving this video.

  • @monicasmith8854
    @monicasmith8854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I've been to The Middleton Place in SC , which is a slave plantation. It was very educational, I highly recommend that others do visit one of then. And she's right, you can almost feel their presence there. And the place also feels peaceful.

    • @MelanatednNature
      @MelanatednNature 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've been to one I plan on visiting more thank you for this information

  • @esthersowell3340
    @esthersowell3340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    It hurt knowing in your imagination how they lived in fear everyday of there lives beaten raped abrused the worst of food they had to eat whatever yes it hurt when i see this and it bring tears

    • @thepitkeepa2478
      @thepitkeepa2478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🙏🏼💪

    • @tizocalonzo7652
      @tizocalonzo7652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The selling off of family members was the worst.

    • @flawlesslawless4180
      @flawlesslawless4180 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea the high chance that f no reuniting 😭

  • @angelarh2908
    @angelarh2908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I grew up in a home very similar to that which was left to my grandma from her grandmother ( my great great grand) located in Huntsville Texas and set 1/2 a mile from the penitentiary. We were told that my great great great grands received their 40 acres and a mule in which the house was then built. It still sits on the land but with tons of trees growing over it. The younger generation are so wrapped up in their lives that no one wants to invest in the up-keep. However, it’s formed around a massive about of history. History seems to be forgettable when our grands and great grands leave this world.

    • @savinghistory642
      @savinghistory642 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The new truth is that no one got 40 acres and a mule.

  • @corytomlyano793
    @corytomlyano793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I recommend everyone to on a road trip( when life is better) and look at this history. I am white and from the north,my mother would seek out these places for me to see on our way to now Orleans,once a year. Extremely eye opening.

  • @Shay-33
    @Shay-33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I’m from Mississippi (one of the worst states to be a slave in) and the delta still looks like this ...I got sad every time I ever rode thru there🙏🏼🙏🏼

    • @thecraplordsell4575
      @thecraplordsell4575 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You living there is sad enough

    • @MK-hz2bn
      @MK-hz2bn ปีที่แล้ว

      From Louisiana here. It was a horrible time in our history. I have alot of black cousins showing up in my ancestry on the diff sites. I have had to give information to some of them that made me sick when I started digging deep. Like my ggg grandfather having a child, most likely, with his 12 yr old slave. He went onto care for the family and buy them a home. That signals to guilt imo not kindness. Like some ppl try to portray. This child went on to have 6 more mullato children before 18. Maybe he didn’t do it, maybe it was a son of his or brother but it went on and it’s sick. As a woman I cannot imagine having that happen to me so young and have 7 children by someone that I had to obey.

  • @protitikhan3861
    @protitikhan3861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    It's important to honor your ancestors. I believe you can still feel their presence in Mississippi.

  • @trucknlifewithladybelle5557
    @trucknlifewithladybelle5557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’m from New Orleans Louisiana ..I had grown up around these beautiful regal and majestic trees I’d loved the Spanish moss hanging down off of this oak trees there are many varieties that Spanish moss will grow on… I also have seen many times I have voodoo well often bring in Moss Into their rituals… Including Moss voodoo dolls..There’s quite a lot of history with these trees and the fungus Which is Spanish moss.. but truly there’s no lie these trees these beautiful live oaks have seen so much they have seen pain happiness sadness torture and they still give their protection whether it’s for somebody hanging (Because of the open arms of the trees welcoming) for Marriages ( welcoming arms) they bring solace and peace to those in need... that is what I was raised to believe that is what I feel… I don’t look for backlash I mean no harm but as a born New Orleans Native ...We have deep ties to go in and go back 7 generations

  • @burialbrigadevideos7498
    @burialbrigadevideos7498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Our country was founded off of slavery and the hardships that these unfortunate souls endured. Our country was founded off the exploitation of others whether it be the Blacks, Natives or Asians. It was truly evil on how our founders have treated these groups and how our country is still treating them today.

    • @jackieelliott2992
      @jackieelliott2992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I know just what you mean. I'm of native American and Hawaiian heritage. My ancestors that were white some were slaveowners and some of my native American people were from the Carolinas

    • @therealchamp3348
      @therealchamp3348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Almost every civilization in history was enslaved at on point or another. The Spaniards by the Moors, English by the Arabs, Africans by Africans, and slavery exists today. Africans do not talk about slavery in Africa. What's done is done and we cant go back in time and corect that. may our Father in Heaven give all people that suffered everlasting freedom and peace. We as a country need to unite as AMERICANS, no race, no color, JUST AS AMERICANS. There are very difficult times ahead of us and if we do not move forward as one and let the past go, we will all find ourselves saying Yes Marse, in CHINESE, RUSSIAN, OR ARAB. or maybe all three. Live free or live in the past. We cannot do both.

    • @Mista_Terrific81
      @Mista_Terrific81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@therealchamp3348 African's do talk about slavery in Africa. Slavery in Africa was not chattel slavery. Chattel slavery is unique to western europeans/white Americans. Also, it was Europeans choice to bring the enslaved to the Americas. That being said Africans back in the day were responsible for allowing Europeans to negotiate deals/purchasing their war captives, however, once those people were purchased they were at the mercy of the Europeans. Thats the point that I think a lot of white Americans deliberately forget. An example of this that is what you said, "Africans don't talk about slavery in Africa" . You all want AA's to sweep what happened to us under the rug. Not happening.......we may agree upon one thing though, is that the past should not be an excuse not to take advantage of the modern opportunities.

    • @emmacrawford5525
      @emmacrawford5525 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Real talk 💯💯💯💯💯

  • @godislove8645
    @godislove8645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    California ❤️ I grew up down South,went back and those houses still stands ✝️🙏🏾✝️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @Kenyahs_Mommy
    @Kenyahs_Mommy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    My husband is from South Carolina, and we spend a lot of time here in the Carolinas (we live in California, where I'm from). Just driving around his home place, we see a lot of these deep into the woods 😔.

    • @stevenmcgee6076
      @stevenmcgee6076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Of you saying slave house or still up???

    • @tadashemelpayton7440
      @tadashemelpayton7440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wow ain't that something I don't know how I would feel if I ever actually saw one of them in person because it saddens me just watching it on my phone may they all rest in peace how sad

    • @RobRVA
      @RobRVA 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevenmcgee6076 plenty still standing in Virginia too. When I was a kid (I’m 60 now) people still lived in some of them. Not as many now as then but still see quite a few if you get out in the countryside.

  • @barbarabuford5795
    @barbarabuford5795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    If they can live through that, surely We can survive and thrive through THIS- whatever the 'this' is in your life, (poverty, depression, death in the family, disease, loneliness, being talked about, lied upon, innocent and being thown in jail, and so on... even Covid!). Surely 'We' Can take up the banner, and with God, ...'GO ON'! 🙏

  • @tanelise4673
    @tanelise4673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    When you start researching your family history you realize you don’t have to go back too far in time to locate your enslaved relatives. My 96 year old mother remembers a woman who was a slave. This woman happened to be her great grandmother born in 1848 Mississippi.

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hi Tan! You are absolutely correct! Thanks for sharing!

    • @sherriedrummer9693
      @sherriedrummer9693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You are so right. My grandparents were born in slavery. This video is very emotional.

    • @earlporter6544
      @earlporter6544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      A lot of black people don't realize that slavery wasn't that long ago that's why they don't want to teach history in school

    • @jackieelliott2992
      @jackieelliott2992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      May her soul rest in eternal peace

    • @desi_blackgirl4949
      @desi_blackgirl4949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I got family in mississippi

  • @teresar.kempnanaefuaadadze5716
    @teresar.kempnanaefuaadadze5716 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Glad to find this video on South Carolina. I just looked online to find information on the African and African American communities of GA, FL, NC, Florida and found nothing except there were plantations there. The history of the Jewish immigrants and the railroads are well documented but there was little comparatively on the family names of Native Americans and the African (enslaved then freed populations} African - American populations.
    I remembered meeting Ser Seshsh Ab-Heter - C.M. Boxley at a National Park Service underground Railroad conference in the early 2000's. I had received several emails from him on the Forks in the Road projects throughout the years. I am so glad to find these videos. Document! Document! Document the exitance of your family please. Teresa R. Kemp Nana Efua Adadzewa 1st, Queen Mother Mankessim Traditional Area Central Region Ghana Africa, @1KeeperoftheFire

  • @1uhot426
    @1uhot426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I kept looking at the tree on the left thinking about how many slaves hung from it. Sent a shiver up my spine n a tear out my eye.

  • @emanuelscott6026
    @emanuelscott6026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The value of these videos as a very graphic depiction of African American history is invaluable!

  • @jenniferjanes1589
    @jenniferjanes1589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    A weeping willow in the background, how appropriate.

  • @73bwell
    @73bwell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Everytime I'm in the south i feel my ancestors! When i drive past any farm that has cotton growing or anything else growing! And some of the old structure 's that look like it could be from back then!

  • @TheDarkDresser
    @TheDarkDresser ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The instant I saw that huge tree on the left (0:22), my first thought was: "If only that old tree could talk."

  • @sherriedrummer9693
    @sherriedrummer9693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This video is so emotional. God Bless our ancestors. May your souls continue to rest In peace. We stand on their shoulders. Thank you!!💖💖. My maternal and paternal grandparents were born in slavery, so this wasn't long ago. Thanks for the video. I'm so glad this video was in my recommendations. You have a new subscriber to your channel. 💖💖

  • @jasonnorthcutt3771
    @jasonnorthcutt3771 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm from tennessee and this looks real similar to what poor whites of my area lived in in the same area. Really all the way up though the forties.

  • @Blessings-on3br
    @Blessings-on3br 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    It's heart breaking

  • @Globally1201
    @Globally1201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    R.I.P....TO EVERY BLACK SLAVE!!!...THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO!!!.... IF ONLY THE TREES COULD SPEAK!!!... UNDOUBTEDLY THIS IS APART OF BLACK HISTORY... EVEN AS CRUEL AS IT WAS!!!🙏🙏💔👍

  • @greggibler2215
    @greggibler2215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I think South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union after firing on Fort Sumter. I've been studying a lot about the history of slavery in the civil war.. The first African American that entered the White House it was invited in by Abraham Lincoln was Frederick Douglass. I listen to it narrate if book about Frederick Douglass was a fantastic person. I love history

    • @destinixshakur
      @destinixshakur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He wasn’t for us either sis . Dig deeper . I just learned some shit on them so called literature leaders .

    • @MelanatednNature
      @MelanatednNature 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@destinixshakur he surely wasn't

  • @commeytetteh1552
    @commeytetteh1552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thanks,my sister those who are running from their past are only running from their future,we need to know our past to measure our future
    How far we have come along

  • @marvanewborn2287
    @marvanewborn2287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    😭YEAH WELL, IM "SAD", VERY "SAD" AND DISTURBED ABOUT WHAT MY "ANCESTORS WENT THROUGH"!!💝

  • @annrhee9422
    @annrhee9422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I pray that all of the slaves who went through such suffering are in heaven now. Thank you for doing the video.

  • @naturallyamazing2197
    @naturallyamazing2197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Heartbreaking... And this nation believes just because they gave us Barack Obama, that was recompense. SMH. America could never pay us back. If those trees could talk, my... What a story they would tell us!!

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hi Naturally Amazing! You are absolutely correct! I laugh and smh @ the "We gave you Obama" comments. Oh Yes, if those trees could talk they would tell a story. I will be uploading another short vid where I talk about the Moss on the trees and how they remind me of our people. Thanks very much for viewing and adding to the discussion. YAH bless you!

    • @naturallyamazing2197
      @naturallyamazing2197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@YenkoAfrica yes sis.. makes me almost cry seeing your video. But it's very educational and necessary. We must never forget! It does not mean we hate anyone, it's our history our story.. told our way . Good footage. Lord bless . Shalom

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank NA for finding value in the things that I share. I appreciate it and you. Concerning you comment, exactly! It is our history and not hate. That's it! Love, peace and blessings!

    • @mayaj4846
      @mayaj4846 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its sad but you weren't slaved tho

    • @MariE-bz2eq
      @MariE-bz2eq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obama doesn't even share that history that you have. He doesn't really count

  • @quantez4539
    @quantez4539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You saying you can almost feel their presence hit home for me! It’s so true! You really can feel it!

  • @beenfamous382
    @beenfamous382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    You are so right alot of people forget that tree's have life

  • @brick4hbrick235
    @brick4hbrick235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m from SC deep in the country and man now that I think about it all these old house we use to play in growing up might have been slave housing 🧐😧. But I’m not gonna lie you can real life feel the presence and how strong spirited inside of these houses is

  • @crowner6108
    @crowner6108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you for putting all of these together, I'm just jumping in, and find this very humbling and pray for those that paid the price for stupidity. What I have learned of the slaves I feel they were mostly full of faith and hope to have lived the life they did. God Bless

  • @Hellishot24
    @Hellishot24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My ancestors from Ghana landed in Surinam,and when they saw the abuse ,they took off to the deepest forest and were never caught.They called them the Marroons. I AM IN THE USA and I still speak the African dialects and Dutch.Those houses look like the houses from the village that were build for the marroons after slavery because the Dutch had to build a dam.The white Dutch(Netherlands)people are kindhearted and they love blackwoman.

  • @LisaReynolds46
    @LisaReynolds46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Hello Ama! Thanks for sharing a glimpse of a piece of our ancestral history. If those (original) walls could talk.. 😢
    Many blessings to you in your travels!

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hi Sister Lisa, you're welcome. Absolutely! They would have a lot to say and all of it worth hearing. Thank you for commenting Sis! Love, peace and blessings!

  • @vincentbugalia3858
    @vincentbugalia3858 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope you will continue to do this. As a lover of history and a family tree deeply connected to it, I have subscribed and look forward to your work. I have studied history as my favorite topic for about 68 years and can never get enough.

  • @Blessings-on3br
    @Blessings-on3br 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Lord carry us

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes Lord! Thanks for viewing and commenting! Blessings and Peace!

  • @KenyattaGross
    @KenyattaGross 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The wood used to build it and the surrounding structures were more than likely to have been felled, milled, sawed and nailed together by those Afrikans too

  • @hannahhernandez2819
    @hannahhernandez2819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Even my bedroom is bigger than that house this is so sad and awful all because a man don't want to work for themselves they enslaved others and people still want to treat people this way to this day

  • @beverlywaits7663
    @beverlywaits7663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Stay resting in Peace Beautiful Souls,In the name of Jesus Christ Amen 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️

  • @Jordana1018
    @Jordana1018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is amazing that this was done. Such powerful work. Great narrative as well.

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you kindly! I am glad that you enjoyed the video!

  • @jeanheard4615
    @jeanheard4615 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My grandmother said they had to sleep on dirt floors and it was so cold thank you father for taking care of our ancestors

  • @aishawright8541
    @aishawright8541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Oak trees can stand the test of time .... if they could talk

  • @adlenaijomah3646
    @adlenaijomah3646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Knowing about, hearing about and seeing evidence of what our open enemies did to our people and still do to our people (George Floyd ) does hurt but SUCCESS is the BEST REVENGE. We must all strive to be a SUCCESS, we know that kills the spirit of those that hate us.
    I can testify that I am a SUCCESS, All honor and Glory goes to the GOD OF Our Ancestors & TO OUR HONORABLE ANCESTORS. AMEN

  • @TWILS02119
    @TWILS02119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Beautiful sis! Salom Alaikum!
    Moms ppl from Carolina and I used to live sitting at my grandmas feet listening to stories of olden days.

  • @margiesbeauty
    @margiesbeauty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Those trees tell the truth, wow

  • @angelacuthbert6644
    @angelacuthbert6644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It breaks my heart really how could people do this to other people 😞 so sad. I know it's in the past but still it happened and can't be brushed under the carpet 😭

  • @vancegilmore5821
    @vancegilmore5821 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's just the way it is. We move forward now

  • @Elle9228000
    @Elle9228000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Can you imagine how many got killed because of Karen like behaviors, to die knowing you are being lied on must have been especially hurtful and scary.

  • @barbaralong5209
    @barbaralong5209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Looks like the house my Mom grew up in in Eastern Ky. She was a privledged white person with 10 siblings.

  • @lishajohnson1958
    @lishajohnson1958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You just feel the pain of what our ancestors went through that's all....😔🙏

  • @gmmg8078
    @gmmg8078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the prayer you included. God bless them.

  • @heathernewman5272
    @heathernewman5272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    They're actually Live Oaks with Spanish Moss.

  • @Dropthebassfodayz
    @Dropthebassfodayz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    as a Canadian we hardly learn about slavery in the USA. such an educational video

  • @pksavior
    @pksavior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    those are call sweet grass basket is even known today on the Coast of SC all the way down the South East coastal Georgia

  • @traveltimes4109
    @traveltimes4109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Recently visited SC and a few plantations. Everyone who has an opportunity should, to see the part of history we read about, but actually being on the grounds that so many were exploited and treated worse than animals is sad and humbling and even more educational. It’s so hard to believe this went on for 400 years, horrific shameful history.

  • @valeriemcintosh5805
    @valeriemcintosh5805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm so glad my Grandmother always talked about her life as a young girl.

    • @lunalea1250
      @lunalea1250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cherish her stories and pass them on because so many were ashamed and never spoke of it!😊

  • @annees9738
    @annees9738 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Human trafficking is still very alive in our world. 😢

  • @RestorationEdenMinistries
    @RestorationEdenMinistries 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Wow.... that's no room at all! Sheesh. Those trees are beautiful but I can understand your sentiment. I can only imagine the feeling of being there. Thanks for sharing on your other channel post. 💕

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Sis! It is always good to see and hear from you. Yes, those trees are beautiful and the grounds where they are located is very beautiful. Thank you so much for your support of this channel. I appreciate you! Blessings!

    • @RestorationEdenMinistries
      @RestorationEdenMinistries 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@YenkoAfrica Hellerrrr!! Aww thanks Sisty! I can imagine. It looks like it holds a lot of memories and atmosphere that resonates. I'm gonna subscribe. There's things I need clarity about our ppl and I am coming up with some holes in narratives. I still trust your voice and gift AND INTEGRITY daughter of Yah. I know He'll bring it and perhaps use you to fill in some of those blanks. I appreciate and love you. Shalom.

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Sis, Sorry that I am just replying. Yes to all that you have said. I am also humbled and thank YAH for His Ruach that speaks to, in and through you. Thank you for your love, kindness and support that you have shown over the years. I am most appreciative of your unfeigned nature and the consist fruit of Christ Spirit demonstrated through you. You don't come across that very often, especially on Social media. Medaase. Thank you.

    • @RestorationEdenMinistries
      @RestorationEdenMinistries 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@YenkoAfrica 👍👑☝️💪💜💜

  • @wounded.wonder
    @wounded.wonder ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The angels were there while you were recording

  • @deborahrich2666
    @deborahrich2666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Keep telling the stories, so many people are in denial!

    • @YenkoAfrica
      @YenkoAfrica  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the encouragement Deborah! Happy to help. ✌🏾

  • @rolexjean5651
    @rolexjean5651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    RIP MAY THE LORD GOD BLESS THEY SOULS

  • @lisaanngarrison7794
    @lisaanngarrison7794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I'm quite sure there are many spirits still on those grounds. I would love to come take some pictures. They usually show up on film.

  • @Jason-xb3jh
    @Jason-xb3jh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There were a lot of white folks that lived in houses very similar to that, back in the day. Look at the house that Dolly Parton grew up in.

  • @Gargamel19
    @Gargamel19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video. This is why we need to teach the younger generations in the urban areas that we are ALL equal. Period.
    I have a family friend who is from the south and her family endured this and they are the smartest, hardest working, god fearing people I know and who teach their children to have the same ethics unlike some of the entitled kids out here now who will say things like “that guy over there looks racist” and it’s just a white guy walking down the street, with literally nothing else to go on.
    This is both educational and
    Informative. Thank you!