An often overlooked or outright ignored group of *American Patriots* who DESERVE.... to be remembered. Thank you!

About mixed-race children born out of wedlock: Remember that interracial couples could not legally marry. This made their children, by definition, illegitimate. In Virginia, this was the case until the Loving v. Virginia decision of 1967, which happened in my lifetime.

@joeskys2362

2 жыл бұрын

What does illegitimately of mixed race people have to do with there freedom?

@censusgary

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeskys2362 It’s just another way people of African descent were mistreated and legally disenfranchised.

@joeskys2362

2 жыл бұрын

@@censusgary Ok I get that I find it more interesting to know that most white men kept there mixed kids in slavery. how ever when the reverse happened those mixed kids of black men and, white women were free.

We live or die by however we learn from our history. Thanks for sharing, especially during this era in America's history.

@somebody6958

2 жыл бұрын

Consequently, either we haven't learned anything, or our we haven't learned true history.

MIND BLOWN. I live not too far from Colonial Williamsburg, and it is a frequent weekend destination for my family. During our last visit there a couple of months ago we passed by "Ms. Cumbo" while walking down one of the streets (though before this video I knew nothing of her story). She spontaneously called my 14 year old son to attention and began instructing him on how to walk properly as a young gentleman of the colonies. She carried herself with such dignity and confidence that it was clear she was not a slave -- but when our brief encounter was over we thanked her for her time and moved on with the rest of our day. When I saw this video I immediately recognized her. I am now kicking myself for not taking the time to ask her about her story! My son's name is Daniel. I wonder if we unwittingly drew her attention by calling out his name.

Thanks THG for yet another enlightening and educational piece of history.

That land in Williamsburg she owned is now a part of the tour. 🤓 Freshly churned butter 🧈!

Great episode. My wife and I had the privilege of a tour with Edith James in Williamsburg. Her portrayal was very convincing and sincere. Thank you for covering this part of our history.

It's a shame how politics keeps people in bondage that should otherwise be free.

@andyrob3259

2 жыл бұрын

You mean like the people that build your phone or make your clothes?

@michaeldelvecchio41

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyrob3259 Those and anyone else who is trapped physically or psychologically because certain people find wealth more valuable than a clear conscience.

Thank you. Lance, for faithfully telling history that deserves to be remembered.

Thank you so much, History Guy, for enlightening the public and telling the TRUTH. May God continue to bless you!👍👍👏👏

History Guy Thank you again. I appreciate your diligence , spirit and willingness to share and encourage. You and your approach to History can make History our Favorite Subject . :-) You are clearly demonstrating what one of my children’s told us years ago. “ when we are young we Learn to Read . now we Read to Learn” I encourage you to keep up the Good work, so we won’t forget history.

Very fascinating episode. Years ago, my dad did some genealogy and found some connections to the Cumbos mentioned in your episode. Unfortunately, there were a lot of dead ends and being this was before the days of widespread internet, he wasn't able to find much more to that branch.

What a great episode (and something about Revolutionary-era America that I didn't know); thank you, sir!!

Historical reenactment is a very vital tool for understanding our past. I’ve dabbled in it and experimental archeology. Amazing windows into the lives of our forebears

History guy gets harassed by the algorithms and makes this you got to love this guy thank you Lance

@rachaelsdaddontdrink

2 жыл бұрын

Seems that EVERY non-corporate creator gets screwed by "the algorithm" nowadays... KZread, like all Google services, keep turning into steaming piles of shit...

Colonial Williamsburg should be on everyone's itenerary when visiting Virginia.

The rule that the child follows the mother is the same as in Jewish law, which presumably predates English law.

@jliller

2 жыл бұрын

In the Seminoles - and I would guess many other Native Americans - children are a member of their mother's clan, not their fathers.

@goldgeologist5320

2 жыл бұрын

Well it makes sense. In the time before genetic testing, you have no way for sure to know where the male DNA contribution of the child came from, but you darn know if present which womb the baby emerged from.

@rabbi120348

2 жыл бұрын

@@goldgeologist5320 Unless the kids were switched. It apparently happened often enough that the Talmud is full of what-if scenarios.

@majusaret9443

2 жыл бұрын

This rule seems incongruent with the child getting the last name and inheritance of the father. Especially in Old Testament law.

@rabbi120348

2 жыл бұрын

@@majusaret9443 I should have been more precise. The religion follows the mother. The tribal affiliation follows the father. In Biblical times nobody had last names like we do. A person was known as so-and-so ben (son of) or bat (daughter of) father's name. However, if one is praying for mercy for someone, the mother's name is used. Mercy = rachamim from rechem = womb.

Thank you for shedding light on some little-known and underappreciated history in America.

Excellent Episode!🗽🇺🇸

Well done

Excellent work as always

Glad to see this. So many people are completely unaware of this history.

Thank you,, I'm 65 years old,, and when I was a infant,,in old Mississippi,so to speak,,i was always in the arm's of a giant black Lady, who sang the hymns in there all Black church in pasgagula,, thank God for her, and thank you .

Good morning History Guy!!!!

@silentvoiceinthedark5665

2 жыл бұрын

So, how is hell?

@jefferyepstein9210

2 жыл бұрын

@@silentvoiceinthedark5665 Tel Aviv is nice this time of year

@silentvoiceinthedark5665

2 жыл бұрын

@@jefferyepstein9210 For the record how exactly did they kill you? Or did you just disappear?

@jefferyepstein9210

2 жыл бұрын

@@silentvoiceinthedark5665 My chozen friends smuggled me out the back door.

@silentvoiceinthedark5665

2 жыл бұрын

@@jefferyepstein9210 I need some friends like that

Crispus Attucks, the first casualty of the revolution. The Boston Massacre.

@bforman1300

2 жыл бұрын

The only one that has been admitted to the history books, and that relatively recently.

@shawnr771

2 жыл бұрын

@@bforman1300 I have known about Crispus Attucks since high school and that was a long time ago. What I did not know about was the details of the trial of the British soldiers.

@bforman1300

2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnr771 I was a teacher when he was first added to the history books. When you get to be my age you'll realize how short a time that 'long time ago really is.

@shawnr771

2 жыл бұрын

@@bforman1300 i learned about him in the early 80s.

@bforman1300

2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnr771 yes. Not so long ago. The US turned 200 in 1976 after all.

Excellent, worthy history. True fore-fathers & mothers of our country, with an impact that stands to this day.

first....to say THG is awesome!

It wasn't until I was earning my bachelor's degree that I learned of free, black families, owning property, etc in Colonial America. Thank you, Humanities courses and Dr. Stan Rummel. And thank you, HG.

@duradim1

2 жыл бұрын

Did you know that some Free Blacks owned slaves?

Wow! ❤️

This is the best video Ive found so far on black people during colonial times.

Another awesome video, how I like to start my day. Thank you for enlightening me with every episode. Have a Great Monday!!😁😁

I am curious, how did free black people prove they were free and not enslaved when encountering strangers or traveling out of their community? Where many just taken and enslaved, never to be seen again in their community?

@scottabc72

2 жыл бұрын

It was a constant threat, including in the North especially after the Dred Scott decision. It was frequently necessary for free Blacks to keep paperwork proving their identity and free status on their person while also having copies backed up with lawyers and local government offices.

My 10th Great Uncle Thomas Hansford took over the leadership of Bacon's Rebellion after Nathaniel Bacon died. Thomas was hanged in 1676 for this making him the 1st Martyr in Americas Freedom.

Another interesting example of a free Black Patriot during the American Revolution was Agrippa Hull from Northampton, Massachusetts. He spent majority of his six years' service as a personal aid to Tadeusz Kościuszko - the great Polish hero (also considered their national hero by many Lithuanians and Belarusians). They reportedly became more than just superior and subordinate, developing friendship. It presumably influenced the views of Kościuszko, who was not only advocating freeing of the enslaved people but also full emancipation of Black Americans as equal citizens.

Well done. Thank you.💪🏾💪✝️☮

Thank you!!!

Please research Cranbury, NJ Thousands of slaves from Baltimore traveled thru this area on the Underground Railroad on their way to Canada.

@rabbi120348

2 жыл бұрын

He'd just get bogged down.

Thank you for this important story.

Well done.

Excellent video! Thank you so much for covering this part of history...that deserves to be remembered.

Yes!!!! The History Guy is back!! In person!!!

While it is important to focus on the history of enslaved black Americans, it seems this often comes at the expense of acknowledging the rich history of Freemen. Thank you for shining light on this often overlooked history.

I've been saying this - that there were free blacks here before the Civil War. Look up who Cripus Atticks was in Boston in 1775. (hope I spelled his name correctly)

@scottabc72

2 жыл бұрын

*Crispus

@lordgarion514

2 жыл бұрын

More ignored history is that the first legally recognized slave owner in America, was a black man.

@bronzedrage

2 жыл бұрын

Crispus Attucks. You are correct.

@bronzedrage

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordgarion514 No. That's misinformation. The man you're speaking of was once a slave himself. He was the first recognized Black/African slave owner as he had to purchase his family from his former enslaver after he gained his own freedom.

@657449

2 жыл бұрын

@@bronzedrage the story I read was that Anthony Johnson was brought over and the law stated that he could be kept as an indentured servant for seven years. He prospered as a free man and had John Costor as his servant. After the seven years Johnson went to court to extend his service. The court made it indefinite.

well said !

Wonderful video! Thanks for making it!

Thank you for this episode History Guy. This is a story not really told in grade school history classes.

I enjoyed this piece of history. Well put out there, thank you. Learned a little.

An absolutely fantastic analysis 😎👍 thank you sir

Thank You

Thank you for this.

That was great!

The shot that was heard around the world. Thank you crisps.

This one was awesome.

I love CW and the work of their incredible interpreters. Thank you for bringing this history to light!

thanks

Always great content!

Crispus Attucks, the first person killed in the American Revolution was a free black / native Amerindian sailor.

Another great unknown story that deserves to be remembered 👍

I don't think people quite get their minds around how much human potential and creativity was throttled and repressed or destroyed by North American Slavery and later unequal treatment.

@monkeygraborange

2 жыл бұрын

How exactly would you quantify potential... or creativity for that matter?

@shawnr771

2 жыл бұрын

Slavery period. No matter the oppressor.

Where's the kitty??? Great job as always. This to me was 1 of your BEST EVER presentation!!!!!

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

LOL cats are wherever cats want to be. I wish they performed on cue...

Very interesting content. Thank you!

How about an episode revealing all the white indentured servants (slaves) who were shipped over from England during the colonialization of America?

@edwardgatey8301

2 жыл бұрын

Canada, too. My maternal grandmother was a foundling sent to Southern Ontario as a slave (service worker).

@bforman1300

2 жыл бұрын

Indentured for 7 years, at the end of which the owner of the indenture was to provide them with a sum of cash and/or supplies. Tell me, what motivation was there to make sure they survived? The majority did not.

@howardyeager7142

2 жыл бұрын

@@edwardgatey8301 Mine had to develop 160 acres for the Queen

@jeffreypierson2064

2 жыл бұрын

Indentured servants were not slaves. They were employees on a contract. The differences were many. If the indentured servant came into wealth, he could buy out his contract. An indentured servant's children were free. The indentured servant could sue, testify in court, and make other contracts. Getting to the new world was expensive. The employers fronted the costs for discounted labor for a term of service. After the servant completed the term, usually four to seven years, there was a completion bonus to set them up as citizens. Several butlers and majordomos were imported for longer service, but with a house and property at the completion of the term. To call that slavery is a gross misuse of the word.

@questfortruth665

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreypierson2064 Ok, Jeffrey, your long winded explanation I already knew, but they're not FREE people by any stretch of the imagination - hence SLAVES! And STOP with the virtue signaling, I don't buy it.

Awesome!

WOW! Good show!

In early New Netherland, freed slaves apparently were allowed to own land, and a small settlement of them grew up on Manhattan. Early 19th Century, there were free blacks in South Carolina who were quite rich and owned slaves of their own. One of the biggest cotton gin owners was apparently a freed man.

I Love History!

Lieutenant General John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, began the process of abolishing slavery in 1793 and was instrumental in abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire, in 1834.

In Texas, when the Republic of Texas won independence, any free black remained free, any free black who came to Texas could be put back in slavery. It was possible for a slave to petition for freedom and that actually happen to a pair of married slaves.

Amazing history!

I never considered this aspect of history. Thanks for the insight. I wonder if any books have been written about tales like these. If not, it ought to be.

Project Appleseed teaches about some of the first battles with the British and the freeman who were there. EXCELLENT video here. About time equal time was given to these forgotten American heros

One free black town in Virginia was Pocahontas,across the river from Petersburg.

There was also a community of free blacks in Staten island called Sandy Ground, due to the soil's sandy composition in that area.

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Interesting episode --- There was a free black community just a few miles south of alexandria va on us 1 called Gum Springs -- It is within spittin' distance of Mt Vernon -- It was still a black community when I lived in the area before desegregation ----

Came here for my free black person and was disappointed.

"Nation Builders" just as, if not more important, than "Founding Fathers" eh?

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

That is an interesting discussion. There had to be far more "nation-builders," and thus much smaller individual contributions, but the Founding Fathers would not have had anything to found without them. Certainly the average people of the colonies during the revolution were important, and deserve to be remembered.

The first strains of "We Shall Overcome" begin to stir in the land of slavery...

The histories of Charles City county, Caroline, and King William county as pertainibg both to black empowerment and as it pertained to race relations and interracial relationships is fascinating. I read about these unique places while reading about the Lovings.

Thank you for the history lesson. How many black people were brought by or came with the French to the Louisiana territory? It is my understanding that many of them were free men ir were freed by the French latee to be enslaved when Americans moved in. Would you do a history of French colonization and exploration of Louisiana?

@bronzedrage

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of the Africans who were brought to Louisiana by the French were those who were brought here from Haiti to be enslaved on the sugar plantations. Others were house maids or skilled workers brought into New Orleans who would eventually buy their freedom. Still others were the progeny of the French upper class and were never legally enslaved in America ie: The French/African Creole people. Though the Creole people in South Carolina(Charleston specifically) tended to be enslaved.

@johnr797

2 жыл бұрын

The original French brought there were Acadians from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, where slavery wasn't practiced

@SandfordSmythe

2 жыл бұрын

Because of its French and Spanish history, that area had very positive attitudes towards blacks, and many entered middle-class and upper-class positions in society. This ended with the Jim Crow laws.

@shawnr771

2 жыл бұрын

@@SandfordSmythe My understanding that US westward expansion saw several re enslaved.

@SandfordSmythe

2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnr771 I don't know about that.

I would like to see a piece done based on the book "The Barber of Natchez". You should read it. It is a compilation of daily diaries meticulously kept by a man born into slavery but freed by his master/father and who became a wealthy member of society, business man land owner, slave owner. But came to a tragic end.

*Good Lesson, your karma was spiritually out there,* _and I felt it and decide today would be a good day to hear a story._ - Thanks - m.

Hey History Guy! I have a *challenge* for you! Which descendant of a Revolutionary War hero received a Nobel Peace Prize, became US Vice President, and wrote a #1 pop song? That would make an interesting video!

During the American revolution, many of the men of general Galvez were black and all free men! It was when after the war black people formed free black towns in Spanish Florida.

When Washington crossed the Delaware River, the boats used were owned / piloted by Free Blacks from Maine. The famous painting of the event sort of shows this (see the front of the boat) but the statue does a bit of a better job. Of course it sort of off in some other aspects like General Knox is seen standing and skinny, when in fact he was so fat Washington is quoted as not so nicely being worried about him possibly swamping the boat.

Interesting.

Agreed. They not numerous but they were here, likely a few hundred, if that.

Another great black preacher and slave was CHRISTMAS EVANS. I would love to know more about. him.

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The life of Madgigine Jai Kingsley of Florida deserves to be remembered. An African princess who was originally a slave, she married her white plantation owner, was freed, then after his death sued her New England in-laws over the inheritance. She won, ending up in possession of both the plantation and some thirty slaves.

It wasn’t just in the south that free blacks struggled. While not in the Revolutionary time frame, free blacks had impact across the nation. Check out Harriet E Wilson, author of Our Nig published 1858. She was a house girl in Milford, NH, unwed mother, resident of Hillsborough County [poor] Farm, first published black female author and entrepreneur manufacturer of straw hats in Boston. Interesting read. Records in Hillsborough have been fought, but not found.

It wasn't easy being poor and White in the colonies, either. And of course, most free blacks that were able also owned slaves. Let's talk about all of it......

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I enjoyed this segment as it is a reflection of my own complicated history. Thank you so much.

Oh alright algorithm, for which we stream, bless this guy of history for he has all the facts.

This should have been Feb 1, massive.

An interesting topic for your channel. The history of Sandy Hook, NJ. Just as couple of facts. Robert E. Lee, as a Captain in the Army Corp of Engineers, designed the first fort that was built there and it was part of the NIKE missile defense system to protect NYC 😁

Very interesting. Yet another example of important history mysteriously absent from my public education. Each individual wholly more important than some of the murderers that are given praise within the curriculum I I remember. Damn, I love this channel.

Good video History Guy. I would like to see more videos on this topic.

I feel you should have included others such as, Anthony Johnson, Nat Butler, Antoine Dubuchet, or the Pendarvis Family. That would be fair, to show both sides of free blacks.