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- Meet a group of vibrant scuba divers determined to find, document and positively identify slave shipwrecks.
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It's been 400 years since the first enslaved Africans set foot in present day America. In this short film, meet a group of vibrant scuba divers determined to find, document and positively identify slave shipwrecks. In the process, they're also discovering deep connections to their ancestry.
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This community of divers is reconnecting with their heritage in a unique way. What intrigues you the most about their exploration?
When she says.."we never forgot about you, we came looking for you and we found you"! Just beautiful.
When male diver instructor on side of boat say"It's meditation feeling under water but the feeling when he touched the wood from ship he could "feel the agony pain " Of the slaves who died on ship😖😣😖I believe that's true when you're connected to this world and/or a project of pain and torture suffering YOU DO FEEL IT✊it's a very powerful feeling indeed.. Beautiful story ty
Why the drowned are called ancestors. You have to survive to leave any progeny.
The video from start to finish is very touching. I'm still crying and feeling the pain. Thank you so much!
They can see them in Africa
"we never forget about you." " We came looking for you" " and, " we found you! " 💕
Whew, that part took me out! I went back and replayed it.
@tan j maz I read your other comments and just to let you know America is a country if immigrants. The only real Americans are the native indians.
You understand America is a country of immigrants? Unless you are native American.
America was founded because of the British and the Spanish who went over and colonised the land slaughtering native Americans, and who brought slaves over to build their mines and trains from Africa, China, south America and more.
But have you noticed, we are discovering the truth day by day, it's unstoppable. 👍🏾👏🏽✊🏾✊🏾
@tan j maz oh gob away, with your stung spirit. Shoooo!! 🧟
@@sebastianbolt7886 I have and I'm going in all gas no brakes. 🖤
For all of those who escaped slavery by going down with a ship, I am relieved that they died before beginning the most humiliating tenure a person can undertake. And for all of those who made it ashore alive and endured that most heinous of institutions, my heart bleeds. RIP to all of you before touchdown and after. You are the reason I am here and alive, despite the foulness of this legacy.
GaslitWorld f. Melissa B well said ALL PRAISES
respect
GaslitWorld f. Melissa B CHAKRA ✊🏽💪🏽❤️
Death over captivity not committing suicide
@@kevinpitts2160 sorry I can't glorify suicide because someone had to endure hardship for me here
Idk why i can't stop crying. I'm just thinking about all the men, women, and children drowning on those ships my heart bleeds for them. We will never forget you ancestors. We found you. We love you. You mattered. Thank you.🖤
😥😪😢
Then you know why you cant stop crying..
me too😭
This is why we must unite and donate to dr Umar Johnson
ASE'
When they talked about the feelings they felt when they touched the ships underwater, it sent shivers down my spine.
Do you have the ac on?
Go study 180bc you haven't heard or seen anything yet
I am a black diver and my family is from Jamaica and Panama. This is dope! Need to go on a dive with this group.
We hope you are able to connect with them. That would be wonderful!
Lol @ the people who gave a thumbs down. They're so pathetic in their hatred, smh.
You should! It makes me want to start diving.
Reach out to the National Association of Black Scuba divers.
I always wanted to learn to dive to. My family comes from Jamaica and Panama too
When the elder said what he felt when he touched the wood of the shipwreck. The vibration he felt sent chills throughout my body. To all my brothers and sisters around the world I LOVE YOU Now Reclaim your heritage✊🏿🔥💯
Nkosi Impi ✊🏿
Me too! I felt that.
I love you to. One Love..
We love you
Nkosi Impi 💫✊🏾it’s time.
“Until the lion has its own historian, the hunter will always be the hero.” El Mina Castle
Love that!
👐🏽
@Silver Fox
Duly noted & infinite DITTOs to shared TRUTH!!!!!!!
*** would add herstorian as well. Personally, as well as professionally as a RN have found that if One doesn't write/share their own story using a variety of means then someone or ones will tell & or write it FOR YOU! For the most part, if not in EVERY CASE it will be FALSE---> FULL OF EITHER HALF TRUTHS OR OUTRIGHT DECEITFUL LIES!
Very powerful saying...
PRAISE YAH! I HAVE MY HISTORY IN YAH ETERNALLY BY HIS HOLY WORD. YAH HAS NOT FORGOTTEN, I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN! I TELL MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. SO THEY WILL NEVER FORGET "DEUTERONOMY 28:68
@silver fox I figure they made this up as well, cant find black aboriginal royalty ,what's next the Laguna monster?
This is THE COOLEST, black divers being able to find and document our history is just amazing
Yea
Y did you have to say black, you could just say divers
_ XxRaStAxX_ because the video focuses on black divers?
Not really surprising. Just archeologists studying history of a market that is no longer morally just.
@jay dabs who said that that's a legit stereotype which is qtong5
I got open water certified in Thailand last year, and I have been looking for more opportunities to dive. I think I just found my calling. This is incredible, and I can't stop crying.
lenubienne I cried uncontrollably. This made my spirit beat war cries for all of my lost people.
Bless you bro because it just brought tears to my eyes go get them
lenubienne Many, many blessings to you! And may you fulfill your diving destiny!
Wow you sheep believe everything they show you on tv
I can't help you lost souls
Goodluck love 💐💐
A powerful gesture to let our Ancestors know we have not forgotten
Let the truth be brought to light for the sake of our children
Excellent
The people that perished in the Middle Passage had no children in the Americas; they are not your ancestors.
@Virgil Parks Ancestors means people you descended from, if people on a ship from africa to america drown they wouldnt have any descendants would they?
Omniscient 1 How do you know that? Families were separated, sent on different slave ships.
My heart weeps for the lost lives of ancestors forgotten but now remembered. This was BEAUTIFUL.
I’m in tears....this is so inspiring.....I love being black we’re so powerful we never stop fighting to recover our history and make our ancestors proud 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Same happems to me😥😓
lol the lady just said black is a outsiders description, yet you still cling to it smh
Hahahahaha what! so powerful ummmm you must be meaning something else coz they sure aint powerful getting conquered left and right
This project is brilliant and should be offered to black children nation wide what a way to be educated about our past
No it shouldn't
It should get a NOBEL!
I agree. It would not only connect our children to an important aspect of our history, but also free them from the limitations of of their existence in a racist society. Those who disagree don't want this type of evolution of our people, which means they have a stake in maintaining the status quo. I'm definitely sharing this link. This is extremely important.
@@drmayesmt so will I share and thank you
It should be offered to ALL children. To show the truth and educate
Knowledge is power.
Yet they want black people to just move on.
Capturing people and diminishing their self-worth will never ever be acceptable!
No they don't want us to dig deeper because we will/are finding our lineage. They are afraid, it is written.
@@elzenec.williams9450 lineage is not lost it's written
I don't know who your talking about when you say they because race is thrown in our faces everywhere we turn..
@stefan davis A mixture of falsified racist statements by yourself. Are you trembling in fear of something ?
pat Andy32 💯 💯
The dolphin in the end was a representation of balance and harmony between our ancestors who experienced the Transatlantic and their descendants. The dolphin also symbolized resurrection and protection. These divers resurrected the story(ies) of our ancestors and our ancestors, in turn, have offered them their protection. I loved every minute of this piece. ASHE.
no it isnt its a dolphin
Logan Ainsworth ignorant
@@lynchpin111 realistic
@@Log-On-Line that what they said
@@Log-On-Line And Ifnot what exactly was it?Maybe some baby Manatee or small Whale that swam up n down!No in the end when they sent out the Palm Fronds,wrapped in flowers,then one quick moment of a Dolphin appeared!🐬 Stop tha Hate!
Keep having Black People tell us their history, Nat Geo. This was powerful.
It hit me hard when she said they never seen themselves as black. I suppose every race feels this way. What a heartbreaking documentary.❤️
Replace "black people" with *humans* plz we are all one race! Human
Yes, I want to learn ❤️
Marissa Lopes are facing*. Not “faced”.
@Marissa Lopes stop watching the tv programming its not just black humans that see racism its all humans , people need to stop with the victim BS its old and boring
All I can say is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
R.I.H MY MY BLACK AFRICAN QUEENS AND KINGS I LOVE YOU ALWAYS🙏🏿
Yes! That is beautiful!
Your NOT AFRICAN !!
Jasmin M no disrespect we must quit using the word black black boy black girl boy and girl or the noun black is the adjective 3rd grade etymology we are not crayons or inanimate objects example old shoe or black leather coat also the word Black come from a old high German word meaning bleached up and pale also we should not use the word kid that word means goat as in a animal Black's Law Dictionary OG Arrington back to the study
You are not a crayon
You are not a hammite (african)
Alan and Barb Clark we are Israelites the people of the Bible. APTTMH
The saddest part of the enslavement or oppression of any people is the lost of potential and life. We lost doctors, inventors, chefs, explorers, hunters, educators, etc... that's the saddest part to me.
Well said fam
You already lost your mind believing what they show you
@@streetjezus2581 you are a clown Joker
So true
@@streetjezus2581 You know the joker killed himself. Go do the same
Cave mutt!!
This is wonderful and bitterly sad. Everyone should see this. Especially every child in school everywhere.
But they won't!
RainyDayLady It’s up to us to teach our children these things. How do expect the enemy to teach you right when he treats you so bad?
This already been forced into the intellect of our children for sake of self doubt, humiliation, and self conciousness what's so amazing they found the titanic before this,🤔 thumb nail looks like some wakanda deep sea edition. Something smells fishy and it ant the water.
Keep going we need more
RainyDayLady thank you so highly for using the terminology child instead of kid because kid refer to a baby goat an animal thank you sis you are brilliant back to the study OG Arrington also we must quit using the word black black is an adjective 3rd grade etymology black girl black boy boy and girl are the noun black is the adjective also black comes from the old High German word meaning bleached up and pale blacks Law's dictionary
I'd like for my children to engage in activities like this✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼🖤
King First the tribes and empires in Africa that didn’t comply with Europeans got meant with guns and war. The Europeans then showed what they did to other kingdoms and sold them guns for slaves telling them it wouldn’t happen to them.
@King First Who exactly are you referring to when you say "you people"? 🤔
Ignore the stupid comment. I think it's an amazing idea to teach your children about their heritage and let them go on adventures!! The ocean preserves history like a time capsule.
@@KatGlos Thank you for your comment. I still think it's interesting to actually see our ancestors 🖤
@@PecanTan1992 It is!! I know it's not the same thing, but my great-uncle died in World War II when his ship went down off the coast of Norway. I found out the exact location of the wreck and will one day dive down to see it.
“My wish, my dream, for other black folks around the world is to be able to exist inside of their wholeness..” (YYYYEEEEESSSSS!!!!)
WELL SAID!!!
Shamusi Balogun no disrespect brother we are not Black Folk we are from the tribe of shim also known as the israel lights you can also read my other comments to get deeper in-depth information on the terminologie back to the study OG Arrington
period
tan j maz that’s your problem if you all don’t talk about it. The difference between any other so called slavery is this trade is the only raced based enslavement. Don’t come here questioning people’s history.
@tan j maz you also have financial freedom so calm the f down italian. When your ppls livelihood is threatened in evry category (schooling, housing, career-wise, credit opportunities) then holla at me. In other words homie you have a chance to turn your life around for the better period, stop siphoning off real sorrow woe. Last I checked Italians don't have trouble swimming upstream IN American society standards like we do.
To the West Africans & Central Africans who were strong and resilient and passed that strength down generation to generation - I thank you. It’s because of your strength that I am here. God rest your souls.
Central Africans as well. Haitians have ancestry traced back to the Congo.
Jess J : I just edited it. Thank you for correcting my error. In my own ignorance I left them out - thinking of my ancestry only. I trace back to Mali & Nigeria. Again my apologies ❤️
Stop calling your brothers and sisters “blacks” that’s a insult to your ancestors learn where you’re from BLACKS is what they called us when we were slaves we’re all from a tribe called Benjamin / Judah we’re called Israelites gods people
@@Bentwest ** I love being black, and that is my privilege.
Thank u for posting this . I will never forget my ancestors.
Name one of your ancestors that was a slave
@@streetjezus2581 hahaha with a name like odel hes from waisteland africa!
@@tomhope8653 lol
@@streetjezus2581 name one of your ancestors that was a slave owner
I just came across your video, it brought me to tears. My own story is my parents are from Jamaica, I live in Uk and my mothers maiden name is Lynch, and recently it occurred to me that my ancestors were on the Willie lynch plantation in Jamaica - my heart breaks when I realised how close that connection is. You're doing a great job in trying to put all the pieces together for yourself and other black people in the diaspora.
Willie Lynch never existed, and the "letter" was written in the 20th century by an African American professor, perhaps in the Midwest.
R.I.P. to our Lost Ancestors 😢😢😢😢
@Sizzle Wrap
STFU!
You're so f*ckin Tone death. Heartless etc🙄
@Sizzle Wrap Are you RIP for all meth mouths and needle thumpers which surpassed all murders in DARK MELANATED communities? Those stringy haired journalist will not expose that because we know who is in charge of media broadcasting!
Asé
The dolphin who leapt out of the water after they laid the wreath was a message from our ancestors. Their stories are not untold. They live within us.
truly divine
LMAO
I cried SO HARD when I saw that! My heart hurts whenever I se any of this, and makes me wonder why/how a people can be SO CRUEL and took PRIDE in uplifting slavery. I take peace with my pain, when I saw the dolphin...💖
That is a beautiful thought
I say the same. Ashe.
They tried to erase our roots, our history but look at us, we are rediscovering our beloved stolen ancestors and we are healing. I hope this continues and we as black americans descendants of slaves can rise and keep reclaiming our strength and our sacred humanity. 💖
Love_Galore. Let’s not entertain this ignorant person please. Let him fool himself to believe ppl just woke up and dreamt of being killed, raped, beaten for fun for the sake of being enslaved n not slaves.
ANTHONY WILLIAMS im South African. No need for that. So u deny that there was slaves?
This is dope to see as a Jamaican as well
@ANTHONY WILLIAMS that's a lie
@ANTHONY WILLIAMS who is they??
God never leave us,,
Certainly in the darkest of times,,
Thanks for remembering our ancestors, laid helpless at sea..
Really!! God never left us!!!! Really! Yes God did! And the God you talk about is still absent because black people is still going slavery but of another sort. Now mental slavery which is worst because black peoples the world over suffer from self hatred of the worst kind! How can God be with people that hate themselves? That also mean they hate their creator.
Denise John the Bible states how no servant is greater than their master. If Jesus was crucified on a cross, we should prepare for what’s to come of us!
@@denisejohn5057
I'll stand tall with my self belief,,
God Never leaves us,,
If you pause
If you go forward
If you look behind
Which ever direction you takes God will be there...
SLAVERY, SElf HATE, GOD NEVER LEAVES US,,
Denise John I absolutely agree with u 100%. I don’t understand how any black person reads and believes what is written in the Bible. It’s a book of control. so sad
@@denisejohn5057 I could not have said it better. Where was god during this atrocity.
"For out of the bowels of slave ships they rose, and their descendants are still here" Langston Hughes
Roslyn Williams Amen🕵🏾♀️
But they're heathens now.
Rupert Plum no you are a HEATHEN. We are GODS CHOSEN PEOPLE! And you are going into slavery!!
Isaiah 14
Revelation 13:10
@@theunlockedbible Yeeeah, Keep waiting on that, bub...
@Nikki Law You're beneath me, from the looks of things.
I like how the lady in the skirt makes it a point to say “people” and not slaves or Africans because, sadly most ppl have disassociated those terms with humanity
Right, they were people that were enslaved.
I prefer Nubian hostages
i felt like the dolphin that was shown was my ancestors saying, "thank you for coming back"❣️❣️❣️
Gurl, that's when the tears ran while the credits rolled. Riveting...
Yes! We as people especially people of African descent are so closely connected to the Dolphins. Dolphins and whales have the highest consciousness on our planet. Dolphin like sea beings gave knowledge to the Dogon tribe
I noticed that dolphin too! That was special! ❤❤❤ This documentary moved me to tears.
I felt that as well.
@Evan Vanmol Maybe you need to get your grammar together before you try and insult me. If I'm the moron why do I know how to compose a sentence properly and you cannot?🤣🤣🤣
Go crawl back under the rock you slithered out from under you racist piece of cow dung.
What a beautiful story, the world needs more of this!
I will be showing this to my students, they NEED to see this! There is such a huge responsibility!
Well tell them about the millions of blacks already here n america dont just tell them we are slaves!! We brought Europe out of the dark ages taught them how to wash & bathe taught them how to cook their food! How to change their cloths, gave the asians the abacus taught them algebra!! I am moorish american (black) & my people were here before Columbus this is our land by birthright!! Share that with them...do your own research too if this is sooo amazing to you!!
Thank you for sharing this. ASE! May the Ancestors and God bless you
@Derrick Culler Melanated ppl inhabited every land mass on this earth as we were the 1st people. We migrated and traveled on our own merit before there was even a such thing as a caucasoid. I have no idea why you think the "Americas" just so happen to be an exception. Especially since much of these "continents" were not separated yet. North America was called Turtle Island and many highly melanated and mongoloid mixed here way b4 the middle passage. Please do your own research b4 so vehemently refuting based on what oppressors put in books.
Show your students more BS lies about a fake history
@@morena1484 FACTS....
The tears that I have is because my ancestors cried, suffered, died under extreme conditions, but watching the story and how divers connected with our ancestors, was the best way to honor those who really escaped dehumanizing treatment. Wonderful presentation!
I'm from South Africa. I feel like what happened to black Americans is the saddest thing that has ever happened to human beings.......not knowing who you are......
Thank you! I was thinking this exact thing. When someone tells us to get over it or "my folks didn't own slaves " ugh!
Erika P Well not everyone did own slaves, but I know what you mean. No one should forget slavery, people who aren’t educated on the past are bound to repeat it.
@@erikap8854 rt, that's abusive
It is really sad I feel bad for the black British too anyone whose been taken from the motherland sold, raped, tortured, abused and stripped of their pride, dignity and culture.
There is still slavery going on around the world today.
This is so beautiful. They are bringing peace to those unjustly taken and telling their stories, setting them free.
Unjustly??
You believe these stories told to you by Freemasons
That just shows your still SLAVING your mind
@Eber Yahuan wow you really believe that non sense
It's beautiful how they come together to restore the memory.They made their ancestors proud.
“We never forgot about you”... bountiful, powerful
We came looking for you. And found you.....Very Powerful.
It was easier to find the Titanic in 1986, that sank in 1912, but no one is bothered with the 1000 shipwrecks that went down to the bottom of the sea during the slave trade. The lies continue up to today, and it is our responsibility as black people to acknowledge the painful loss of our ancestors in order for healing to take place.There is still so much to do and hopefully one day, we will discover them and will be able to rewrite this tragic history of our time.Thank you so much for this documentary, I will certainly pass it to my children and great grandchildren so that they can know who they are as a people.
If it makes you feel any better, the mission to find the wreckage of the Titanic was a cover story. They were actually looking for a nuclear submarine and its nuclear torpedoes that the US government had lost and didn't want the Russians to find out about. Actually finding the Titanic gave the cover story airtight credibility (at least until this was all declassified a few years ago).
not saying that it isn't inportant, but why wouldn't it be easier. slave ships syopped coming to america in the 1850's. and they were made of organic materials, and they were much smaller. why wouldn't it be harder to find older, smaller, more degradable materials?
@Catahoula Life i also don't think there is a valid comparison between the two. again, one is a much more recent, intact and well documented wreck, of one of the most famous ships in history. the others are an assorted collection of much older, and possibly unidentifiable ships that no one has ever heard of. it's a tragedy and a travesty, i'll give you that, but just look at the wreck in the video. no one, apart from underwater archaeologists, could even identify that as a ship wreck. and as for the money thing, there are literally hundreds of spanish treasure ships that were lost around the same time that no one has found. millions of dollars in gold and silver sitting at the bottom of the ocean, and no one has found them. it's not for a lack of concern it's just really, really, ridiculously, hard to find 200 year old wooden boats at the bottom of the ocean. the ones that are found are usually very famous or their location prior to sinking is well documented. for context, the most famous shipwreck in canadian history, where we have journals and oral reports of last known position, has never been found.
Erraticonteuse it was a Russian sub but the cover story is correct
Einstien Brown you must be looking at the wrong thing bud it was only one sub and it was russian research it
This made me cry 😢 so many emotions that could paint a story
I cried as well. So much pain and sadness, yet, you feel a sense of peace knowing that the Ancestors are being acknowledged. There's a sense of connection being established.
@@fatgirlfreestyle , amen.
I felt the same
I always cry with ancestral stories.. I am from the Caribbean
Me too. This touched me
Tears In my eyes watching this video,and knowing and feeling everything our ANCESTORS went through.We must never ,ever forget.THEY ARE WITH US ALWAYS.
STOP SLAVING YOUR MIND
YOU can't believe one thing you see on tv or read in any book
It's all LIES
I never knew this group existed. I am seeing this and crying at 1am. My 2 sons age 21 and 22 have to see this tomorrow. The spirit of this video is overwhelming me. God bless you all for sharing this project. Thank you!
This is a beautiful project. Everyone needs to see this!
I'm glad to see black people at the forefront of this diving expedition... 🙂
Edit: And they say black people can't swim... 😂
Exactly!
This is not just about diving this is about the honest Untold Truth
They can’t
Omniscient 1 😂😂😂 You’re so stupid, it’s hilarious!!
Oh I 🙋🏾♀️can swim
I'm a diver and feel very happy to see more people enjoy it and to explore this piece of our past is very important . I appreciate the gentle openess I see shared here. Blessings
🙏🏾
None of us are black. That’s one of the many nicknames we have been given since we were gathered to the west coast of Africa and shipped over here. Our people are special. More special than anyone could imagine. A peculiar treasure that will be above soon. We are the people of the book. Our people cry out now and will never be forgotten. They will be avenged. We live in the last days.
Adia Williamson indeed, we are living in the last seconds!! Thank you
Yudiah Yehudah Shalom
Beautifully said sis😍🤗😢
Shalawam sis... That's TRUTH.. APTA
How do you identify yourself? Thanks for sharing.
Three things:
"Africans who live in various countries in Africa don't think of themselves as black. That's an outside observation. Before people boarded those ships they belonged to this ethnic group or this tribe. That's when this thing called 'black' was born. Where do we put our sorrow? Where do we reconcile our history and where do we reconnect with our heritage? All of us look for a touchstone..." 2:04
"...take that sense of adventure and pair it with social responsibility. That's when sparks fly." 11:32
"...my dream for (other) black folks around the world is to be able to exist inside of their wholeness and to have people see that and recognise that." 15:59
They see "others" as non-black .
It's a misunderstanding that in those days African was black .
There lived a big diversity of people . Arabics and light coloured , Bantu Koh'san etc .
Ashanti ,Somali , toearek , Fanti, Yuruba etc all involved in structural warfare also for slaves .
If the prisoners of war had no value they were wasted .
The connection the male diver felt as he approached the ship I can just imagine..you would feel their pain torture suffering 😖😣The dolphin🐬 😍at the end.. amazing beautiful tearfully informative I will share.. Ty NG
No, I wouldnt feel anything but wet.
@@GiancarloBenzina stfu
@@andycruzatx3387 stfu
This moved me so much. Such a beautiful story that begins with a search of lost souls and the people who will never stop searching for them. Amazing hearts
this makes me want to learn to dive, just so I can be part of it
I just went and checked their site..you need 20 open water dives to join
@ Cathy Roberts : THAT'S WHAT A "GREAT TEACHABLE" MOMENT DOES!!! PLEASE LEARN! TH-cam CAN START TEACHING YOU THE BASICS WHILE YOU ARE GOOGLING SCHOOLS!!!👩🏾🎓👨🏽🎓👩🏾🎓👨🏽🎓 Be safe!
Me too
Cathy Roberts Do need to know how to swim really good?
What could possibly be more important than this? Evidence of a culture healing itself.
If those prisons on the sea that sank were carrying currency rather than Africans many more would have been located by now.
Wow...now that's even more deep!
Because they don’t exist😂 they didn’t bring over as many “Africans” as they say .. it’s bullshxt
This is true!
Of Course!! Their ancestors had to 'CREATE' a clause in the constitution as 3/5 HUEman. Prior to this amendment, the enslaved were 'CATTLE'aka Commodities not precious metals.
Bbridge, my point exactly!!
Wow this should be in our black children history books
Fisherman Hooked why?
Fisherman Hooked if anything that should be on our history book is that the so called blacks in America are Israelites
Sooo 12,000 slave boats they say!!! Right...but they are struggling to find one????? Have u ever even seen a slave boat??? No so y do u think this is true? You think 12.5 MILLION PEOPLE WERE BROUGHT HERE FROM AFRICA?? THE WORST OCEAN TO CROSS how much food & water would a boat have to carry to support 300-600 people?????? For 1month or more?????? It is IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!! DO YOUR RESEARCH...COLUMBUS DIDNT DISCOVER AMERICA BUT THEY STILL TELL U THAT.....DONT BE AN IDIOT
Fisherman Hooked no disrespect we must quit using the word black black is an adjective black boy black girl boy and girl or the noun 3rd grade etymology black is the adjective we are not crayons or inanimate objects like a shoe or a black leather coat also the word black comes from a old high German word meaning bleached up and pale Black's Law Dictionary also we should not use the word kid that word means goat as in animal we have children also blacks Law's dictionary OG Arrington back to the study
Fisherman Hooked
I highly agree that it should be in our history books. Another great accomplishment that black people have done.
Much love to those divers who put in the effort to learn how to do what they do and had the courage to carry it through. May those who lost their lives during those awful journeys, rest in peace. Great documentary. Thank you for sharing it.
I will like to thank each and everyone of you for making this documentary it really moved me and brought tears to my eyes may God continue to bless you and your families forevermore in the mighty name of Jesus Amen💖
She’s correct they did not call themselves black
Shana Lee correct they were called by the name of their tribes the same way it’s shown in biblical terms
KinkyCurlyDiva16 I’m Malian we don’t use black in Africa
@@mrdalleyne Halleluyah us isrealites arw royalty we have meaning in all we do
Halleluyah right
Shana Lee even till this day, it only holds significance and matters outside the continent.
Had me in tears, beautiful story, well done.
We're touched that this resonated with you so much. Thank you for watching!
This was so INSPIRING! ❤ I'm in love with what these divers are doing and the heart they all have for our ancestors. Awesome.
This moved me to tears. My cells remembers.
Mine too. I actually got a tingling feeling throughout my body.
I'm in tears as well I feel it from my stomach. Lord knows what we still go through
That's powerful💕
Oh my God, I’m touched and appreciate this story. NGO I always love what you guys do. Much love, much respect 🙏🏾💯📚
There have been comments saying that this should be taught in school. This was taught to my generation in California schools. I'm 72. We were taught about the slave trade in much detail, this includes the Barbary slave trade. Our schools today lack so much.
Katie B Could you give me more details re the court case title? I can't find anything with the info you gave me.
Respectfully, it's not up to the enslavers to teach us about slavery. It's up to us to teach it to our children to ensure it will never happen again. We are a communal people trapped in western ideology. Most of us do not even think, and will argue that we are not Afrikan.
Not at all true about us from Africa they taught us mostly lies!! A lot of us are able to prove the paper genocide and reclassification of the put on us with our family records they wrote and stored in National Archives worldwide!
@@MrNusouth This is true, We are not African at all!! They lied on purpose to steal our lands to get rich!! I thank you for sharing your thoughts!!!
This education was eventually omitted from California's public education after you attended school. I was born in 79...information about the transatlantic slave trade has been condensed to about a page and 1/2
This was so emotional to watch and I have just the overwhelming feeling of “I’m so sorry”. Here you have people who have ancestors that have gone through horrible and sickening things and then have been cut off of the human want to belong, to find out who you ARE, and where you come from.
I can never even begin imagine all of the feelings and struggles.
This video hits on something so important that’s going on around us today and that to me, the black lives matter movement goes this deep. That black lives MATTER and the all pain and struggle needs to be recognized from all the way back to when slaves first arrived until now.
Watched it 3 times in 1 day. It leaves me emotionally spent, and very honored to be a living breathing part of my ancestors.
my people are so beautiful!!! look at their skin
AYOKIMI IGBO every race looks beautiful. I am African btw
Yes. Very Beautiful we are. Its About Time We pray as a nation, the so-called African American.
Yesss!
@Sizzle Wrap Do you see your people should be above the 55th parallel? Not genetically equipped to be below the 35th parallel.
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Deuteronomy 28:15-68 will unlock these waters, but the sadness and pain of our ancestors will be very heavy.
I wish more ppl paid attention to what you said. We are the ppl of the bible, we've been taught to either ignor it or believe their someone else.
swacfan100 FACTS!!!
Stop calling your brothers and sisters “blacks” that’s a insult to your ancestors learn where you’re from BLACKS is what they called us when we were slaves we’re all from a tribe called Benjamin / Judah we’re called Israelites gods people
@Z Lang Benyahmin, the warriors, were always with Yehudah. Some Levites were also in the Southern Kingdom.
@Z Lang Amen!
This was so beautiful and very touching. I never knew that there was actual group of black divers who did this! This is so good to know and also makes me so happy knowing that our Ancestors have not been forgotten about. I can only imagine the chills that those divers feel/felt when touching the water and then discovering pieces that were left behind. I will pass on this video/information so others who look like me will also be aware. Thank you so much for this footage. :)
No regrets watching this at 3am instead of sleeping.
Tatyana Gordon 4 am
Same
Indeed same here
Tatyana Gordon haha love this comment
Now at 2:20.
The sand part was so touching can't imagine the varying emotions on that site! 💜💜💜💜💜
Black people are so very powerful !!! I don’t think we know just how powerful we are !!!
Say that again!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✊
Just like the Bug's Life movie
When we all are awakened to true ourselves...maaannnnee
Yes, Sir! You are absolutely right! If we did, we’d support each other more, take advantage of the rights are ancestors afforded us, and, most importantly, STOP KILLING EACH OTHER!
Sincerest gratitude to all you brave men and women for your fortitude and courage to shed Light on our painful past.
WWI and WWII seem like a joke when you find the things that went on during the slave trade.
How
King of Wakanda you crazy
Another ignorant "victim" with no facts to back up hie false narrate. African Americans are so privileged these days they actually think they are oppressed. Ask anyone who has actually been oppressed. Being called a mean name is not "systematic racism"
@@bennyblanco4008 I am talking about the impact it had on the African continent. Familiarise first before diving into conversations.
@@zeamays9555 The Slave Trade existed for thousands of years in Africa. Still exists today.
This was so moving to watch. Wow
Their Spirits Still Lives On!!! Thank you Africa America!!! Much much Knowledge to everyone of you!!! & lots & lots of Love.
I thank you for this information I always Honor my Ancestors this article made me cry
May these expeditions bring them closer to learning an appreciating their past, good or bad. Just be safe.
Now that some of the wreckages have been discovered and we know the names of these ships, will the owners and the families who benefited be identified as well. A recompense should be on all those who gathered wealth from the insurer to the port of delivery.
Richard Gooden preach !
These kkk members about to act dumb in 5,4,3,2,1
Richard Gooden The issue would be international responsibilities. Most of the ships were built, financed, and insured bu Europeans, not American plantations owners. Also, many slaves were sold outside the United States borders. You would actually need to take that case up with the EU. Brazil would probably be the main beneficiary, regardless.
The world would collapse if they paid reparations and the world would see how evil and corrupt these corporations are.
@@alexisjankowski3281 so true!
This is absolutely powerful! Tears are flowing...
Still we RISE!!❤🙌
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I love this idea. I never thought about the shipwrecks that may have happened. I always knew about the misery that happened on those ships.
I feel like punching a Pastor in the face who preaches that my ancestors were cursed savages. These people suffered and endured some of the worst experiences ever faced by humanity for centuries, and I am evidence of their resilience!
They don't preach that. And whoever does is ignorant or doing that, purposely.
Watch "Negroland" and "who are we" by pastor Stephen Darby here on TH-cam
Savages nahh a cursed people who was being put through all this suffering and turmoil because we disobeyed tmh
@Rich Mc
You need to research your family tree and American history before you go to Africa
I went diving with Erik 2 or 3 times before I had medical issues which took me out of the water. Hes a great guy! Way more intelligent than I'll ever be!
This was amazing to watch.
Absolutely Beautiful ❤
Thank you for this program!!! Our history runs deep and our ancestors constantly speak! We are finally listening 🙏🏾
This hurts my soul. How could people be so cruel?
Because they have no soul...those with the smarmy comments feel guilty because their mindset and their spirit is that of the captors and it shows. The funny part is noone accused them of doing anything wrong...interesting.🤔
It was a prophecy. Its awsome news. To learn more brother check out Hebrew nation building on TH-cam. You understand everything I promise
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@Derrick Culler actually we have not only proven who we are through those facts but also DNA. Never comment with out investigation. In the end you will look foolish. It happened to me many times my friend.
@Derrick Culler yes you are right in the regards to west Africa. What do you want to know? We have the proof that we are the descendants of Abraham, Issiac, Jacob
We are the children of many lost and forgotten souls, we can still feel this connection and love our ancestors clearly have for us, even though they are long departed, the vibration of them can still be felt. I hope our younger generation of people can discover this vibration and come back to this beautiful sense of family.
Dyrel, which is why you should learn an african language. you'll feel the connection even more.
They're not lost and forgotten
Thank you to all your beautiful souls. My family and people never should have made these injustices but thank you for bringing peace to lost souls in a way we never could. 🙏🏼
*Our story is not over yet...*
This is just the beginning.
It hasn’t even begun yet 🤣😂 we are barely putting pieces together
oh how true these words are today.
It will never be over until the most high comes back..
Deuteronomy 30:1-5 , " And it shall come to past , when all these things are come upon thee , the blessing and the curse , which I have set before thee , and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations , whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee , And shalt return unto the LORD thy God , and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day , thou and thy children , with all thine heart , and with all thy soul ; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity , and have compassion upon thee , and will return and gather thee from all the nations , whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee .If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven , from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee , and from thence will he fetch thee : And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed , and thou shalt possess it ;and he will do thee good , and multiply thee above thy fathers " . Joel 3:1-8 , " For behold , in those days , and in that time , when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem , I will also gather all nations , and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat , and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel , whom they have scattered among the nations , and parted my land . And they have cast lots for my people ; and have given a boy for an harlot , and sold a girl for wine , that they might drink . Yea ,and what have ye to do with me , O Tyre ,and Zidon , and all the coasts of Palestine ? will ye render me a recompence ? and it ye recompense me , swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head ; Because ye have taken my silver and my gold , and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things : The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians , that ye might remove them far from their border . Behold , I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them , and will return your recompence upon your own head : And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah , and they shall sell them to the Sabeans , to a people far off : for the LORD hath spoken it " . Jeremiah 31:10 , " Hear the word of the LORD , O ye nations , and declare it in the isles afar off , and say , He that scattered Israel will gather him , and keep him , as a shepherd doth his flock " . We must put aside these pagan ideas , and return to serve the God of Israel , according to what was required at Horeb , or Mount Sinai (Deuteronomy 18:15-19 ) . Shalom !
A fine documentary, just disappointed that its far too short. Love from Zimbabwe.
I appreciate this story being told by Afrikans, being recovered by Afrikans for Afrikans around the world can see what happened to many of our ancestors who did not survive the journey to what was known as the new world.
Thank you all for providing this information.🇬🇾
This is just amazing! So proud of them and hope they grow in size and scale. It’s important
This needs to. BE in movie theaters
I agree. This is a topic worthy of a full length feature film
This project definitely has a purpose with an important story to be told "our ancestors matter" ❤️✊💯
This is so dope! I can image the emotional aspect behind this! Much props to all of them! Keep doing this for our ppl because we need this!
I haven't seen 5 minutes of this yet and yet my heart is filled with pain anger and most of all, sadness.
Thank you National Geographic for sharing!
What a wonderful group of people! Love what they’re and what they’re doing!
I love looking at the pictures of the people, it’s good to see how the ancestors look
Brought me to tears. This has lit a fire in me to get here. This is a must.
So beautiful what they are doing 💗honestly I felt the healing at the end ! Our ancestors needed that beautiful memorial to be put to rest; thank you so much for that truly ❤️❤️
That dolphin just said the spirits hears us
Yes