I am visiting the Dominican Republic today and it is shameful for those who can see shame. Darker skin is exploited in the worst way. Thank you for this broadcast

@notforthefaintofheart5359

9 ай бұрын

Cabo Verde Islands is the birthplace of the trans Atlantic Slave trade.This is where the Portuguese first brought slaves,in 1466.

@davejeffar6271

8 ай бұрын

​@@notforthefaintofheart5359, the Portugueses discovered the Kongo (by Diego Cao) in 1483 and Brazil in April 22, 1500 by Alvarez Cabral. 1505-1510: first ever Portuguese plantations in the island of Sao Tome (Saint Thomas), on the coasts of Central Africa, where Portuguese prisoners and Jews were the first workers before they started capturing Africans. The Transatlantic Slave Trade started just after these three dramatic events.

@laquannmoore1

8 ай бұрын

We exploited everywhere in the world

@barringtonbrown7152

8 ай бұрын

@@davejeffar6271 They discovered Nada.

@infotecworld

7 ай бұрын

I just cannot step foot in DR unless I go to Haiti 1st because of that reason.

That's why I'm forever a student of history. To study African History you must study World History.

@mosijahi3096

9 ай бұрын

Be careful studying history-

@michelej9496

9 ай бұрын

​@@mosijahi3096 "The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." -George Orwell

@davesmith826

8 ай бұрын

Indeed. This is precisely why we need more talk on the history of slavery in Africa. The people of Ancient Kemet were the first 'nation' to enslave others on a large scale and the majority of their slaves were African, with some Europeans thrown into chains and branded. Then there was Ancient Egypt, all of whose major monuments were built with slave labour, again partly from Africa and partly from Europe and the Middle East. Then there were specific tribal groups in specific regions, like the Yoruba in Nigeria, who were slave owners and traders for over a thousand years, ending the practice only in 1940. Yes, that's right: 1940. Who gets the reparations for that?@@michelej9496

@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1

8 ай бұрын

@@mosijahi3096 CAUSE MOST OF IT IS HIS STORY, where most of it isn't a verifiable truth and alot of American History has been redacted and revised since Reconstruction

@timothyypearson

2 ай бұрын

Facts me to

This brother is giving us WORLD HISTORY. Respect, I hope you will be honored for the work you are doing brother. Keep teaching and spreading TRUTH. Make them accept

@Marvin-ut4xs

9 ай бұрын

Facts

@KingZealotTactics

9 ай бұрын

He speaks falsehoods.

@kellymoss2091

9 ай бұрын

I’m Canadian and believe me, I’ve just learned a lot in this video content than what I was taught in school. Respect…💯🇨🇦

@kellymoss2091

9 ай бұрын

@nic1891 I’m lost @ the question. Explain to me what your asking fam? Respect

@davesmith826

8 ай бұрын

If he was giving real world history, he'd talk about the history of slavery in Africa. The people of Ancient Kemet were the first 'nation' to enslave others on a large scale and the majority of their slaves were African, with some Europeans thrown into chains and branded. Then there was Ancient Egypt, all of whose major monuments were built with slave labour, again partly from Africa and partly from Europe and the Middle East. Then there were specific tribal groups in specific regions, like the Yoruba in Nigeria, who were slave owners and traders for over a thousand years, ending the practice only in 1940. Yes, that's right: 1940. Who gets the reparations for that?

The Arab slave trade was the first major slave trade of Bantu (Israelites) people in Africa.

@AbiolaRaha

9 ай бұрын

Facts!

@thelocdtype

9 ай бұрын

I'm learning EVERY SINGLE DAY!

@fruitsarelife7073

9 ай бұрын

Yes and they still practise slavery right now. They align with white supremacy. The Tunisian president is responsible for knife attacks against Africans right now, Lybians sell African people and abuse them, Egyptians organ harvest Africans in Sinai, Saudi Arabians abuse African maids and every other arab country has some cultural anti-blackness and racism . Non of them care about Africans suffering, war, hunger or genocide. Matter of fact they laugh at us and call us slaves in arabic. Where is their empathy then? I thought it’s about humanity? Where are the free Africans protests and hashtags.. Which is why I think its super weird that African people get emotional about a white on arab war. What does that have to do with us. It surely isn’t about humanity. If it was the arabs would go crazy over genocide all over Africa. Nothing. So pick your struggles Africans. Empathy is fine, worrying and crying and protesting for arabs is dumb.

@trulyblessed5254

9 ай бұрын

Why would the Israelites refer to themselves by another name??

@Abp.Mars-Assembly

9 ай бұрын

And the trans-saharan slave route was actually just as brutal and way longer than the Atlantic-slave trade. Turkey was a big time slaver. The legendary Mamluks were african. They were so impressive, the US Marine Corps uses their iconic sword as a ceremonial sword to this day. But I couldnt care if reparations set Europe back to the Stone age. There' so many series of reparations owned to blacks. Slavery is just the most popular.

The single piece of the reparations pie that you forgot to mention, which, I would argue is more important than any other form of reparations, is LAND. I believe that the Catholic church is, at its core, a real estate development company. However, instead of designating its land ownership with the Golden Arches sign, as McDonalds does, it plants a church. Every war that man has fought since the beginning of time has been about land because if you own the land you own the people, natural resources, currency, economies, culture, language and every other thing that can exist on it.

@ernestmwape

9 ай бұрын

Arabs, indigenous Americans and Africans regret the day they allowed white foreigners to settle among them

@cherylwin9364

9 ай бұрын

FACTS

@emmanuelnjohnjoh3921

9 ай бұрын

AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OWNES THE MOST REAL ESTATE ON EARTH,,THEY DO NOT ALLOW THEIR PRIEST TO OWN PROPERTY,AS LONG AS THEY ARE WORKING FOR THEM

@rootsy7038

9 ай бұрын

Fact..an thts why africa is still not truly owned by its people an controlled by d (invisible)hand of d colonizer still..

@zumaanandrade3961

9 ай бұрын

That's why no Americans own the land!!

Portugal é o mesmo País que te recebeu de braços abertos e recebe todos da mesma forma, independentemente da etnia ou religião. Portugal é o mesmo País que foi o primeiro do Mundo a abolir a escravatura. Portugal é o mesmo País que fez um ato de contrição com os momentos menos positivos da sua história. Portugal é o mesmo que iniciou no século XV as viagens à volta do mundo que permitiram o conhecimento e as relações entre povos desconhecidos. Seja feliz em Portugal.

@Cobalt1520

8 ай бұрын

Eles nao querem saber disso. Nao compreende a mentalidade? Eles sao extremamente racistas, quando olham pra si nao veem uma pessoa, veem alguem a quem podem culpar e assim apoderar-da suas posses, da sua mulher, e escravizar os seu filhos. Eu sei porque vivi com eles uns tempos e eles proprios disseram me isso depois de duas cervejas.

@user-nm1ow8cu3p

8 ай бұрын

Message to the one who is getting money by creating this controversial video that we don’t have in Portugal: Why don’t you also say that the Africans themselves brought the Africans of other tribes to sell them to the slave traders ? These would never go into the lands to make the capture. It’s a verifiable fact: until today the Portuguese language never really went through far from the coasts of the African continent. Are the africans today guilty of slave trade? No. Of course not. It’s silly. The same goes for the Portuguese. I am half. I love both my parents. This is extremely common amongst black Portuguese speakers. We, black and white get along just fine. Black and white get married all the time. You, English and French speakers don’t know our reality. Stay out of this. We leave in peace and friendship with each other.

@LegitimatePath

Ай бұрын

After translating your commentary, it makes me realize you believe historical facts about the abuse of slavery should be forgotten or dismissed. The man who made this video is sharing informative details that many individuals have been unaware of and should search for what is true. Including identifying with the true Isralites (Blacks). History has been distorted and omitted, causing many to live in ignorance, especially when it comes to the subject matter.

@vitortrindade5526

Ай бұрын

@@LegitimatePath Factos são factos, e como tal não podem ser apagados da história. Mas não podem os países serem condenados no século XXI por atos que hoje são absolutamente condenáveis, mas que até ao início do século XIX eram aceitáveis. E não foram só Portugal, Inglaterra, França, Holanda e Espanha que traficaram escravos africanos. O tráfico começou muito antes com os árabes. O que eu quis dizer no meu anterior comentário, é que Portugal não é só o país de comércio de escravos do Século XVI ao século XVII, mas fez muitas coisas positivas e o Portugal de hoje não é o Portugal de há séculos atrás. É sempre bem vindo a Portugal, que é um país acolhedor a cidadãos de todo o mundo, um País multicultural de que muito me orgulho. Seja feliz. A vida é curta.

Portugese were one of the chief architechs in the TAST but Arabs were taking slaves from Africa since the 700's.

@richardtbrown756

9 ай бұрын

No one said they started it but did the Arabs build up Western Europe and they're colonies (America and elsewhere) with the money made from TAST? That's the difference. The Western "Superpowers" (France, UK, Beligum, The Netherlands, the Vatican, etc) monetised the kidnapping and enslavement of people. Most of those countries were made even more rich and powerful back then and even now because of it...

@rpvofficiel2184

9 ай бұрын

Arabs enslaved even whites too

@UnderGroundSkoopTV

9 ай бұрын

The yews dominated the slave trade financiallu , dont forget to mention that

@Nasir-gq1tg

9 ай бұрын

Yep it's called the Sub Saharan slave trade.

@wakaikozy6084

9 ай бұрын

It was the Arabs that started it and the Europeans perfected it

There is certainly a deeper story to portugal. My paternal ancestor Henrique Mozingo lived in Portugal for 15 years representing his father the King of Kongo, Alfonso Nzinga. Not to mention, the tribe of Judah was there in Portugal and began migration to the west african coast from as early as the 12th century when the spanish inquisition began forcing them into Africa where they eventually set up the kingdom of Dia Ntola, lead by Lukeni Nimi, a shemitic chieftain who started the house of Kilukeni, from where Queen Nzinga, my 10th great grandmother as well as Mozongo Mozingo Montsingaux, my 10th great grandftather derive their lineage. My 9th great grand father Edward Mozingo arrived in Jamestown, VA in 1619 aboard the San Juan Bautista, a Prince, kidnapped by the Portuguese, Diego Vanconcelos.

@emmanuelnjohnjoh3921

9 ай бұрын

There was a true African King called KING KONG.

@leonardooo54

9 ай бұрын

little by little the pieces are falling into place... Bring all that information out bro... we need help our people know about who truly put Africa and African in that situation...

@user-yc5zb8uq8k

9 ай бұрын

It was a fictional story. U will never get it

@zekingongo9123

9 ай бұрын

@ [Brother, where did you learn this story]? What country are you from in Africa?

@zekingongo9123

9 ай бұрын

@ [Brother, where did you learn this story]? What country are you from in Africa?

I had the pleasure of visiting of "Old Lisbon" Portugal back in 2019 Pre-Covid. I had a Beautiful time. Unfortunately, I did not know of it's substantial contribution into the Transatlantic slave trade. This is world history is a must for the Black man. 🙏🏿✌🏿

In 2019, some friends of mine invited me to a big festival taking place on the beaches of the Algarve (Afro Nations). I was very happy to see something so positive happen within the black community. But when I discovered the place where this festival was going to take place, all my desire disappeared... why? go dance on the first sands that received the first African slaves in Europe? This to me was like disrespecting the people who were enslaved, and many of the bodies of Africans, who are still buried in many parts of the Algarve. This is one of the risks we run, when we don't understand and don't know our history. Those who know still take advantage and make fun of us...

@barringtonbrown7152

9 ай бұрын

Well said!

@teddydavis2339

9 ай бұрын

I agree. Many African Americans are not trying to hear that. People are free to do whatever they want, but I can't see myself promoting a country that has bought our people so much pain and suffering. I have nothing for Portugal nor the Portuguese. I will not reward them.

@acgm3000

9 ай бұрын

@@teddydavis2339 That's very true, most of us love our masters so much that they will do anything to defend them.

@rootsy7038

9 ай бұрын

​@@acgm3000for real..

@Angel-Azrael

9 ай бұрын

I'm half Portuguese, half African, and I can guarantee you Portugal is the least racist country in Europe, everyone is aware of the past, people here see the ex colonies as some kind of brothers or cousins.

Thank you so much for opening our eyes GoBlack, you are so valueable to us, we love you ❤❤❤❤Thank you for all you do!

Narrating this history is better than reading it because some people hate reading but you can catch many ears narrsting the story. Brilliant job GoBlack

@AfroPick82

9 ай бұрын

That hate reading is sadly part of the problem

@intello8953

9 ай бұрын

Especially our black community in the West. They really hate reading which is a shame 🤦🏾‍♂️

@Revoswathead

9 ай бұрын

@@intello8953 very true

@motophone8794

9 ай бұрын

Yes, everyone has their own mode of learning. It's great that we have so many mediums to reach people and share the truth.👊🏼

My question is did Portugal have chattel slavery , slavery has existed since almost the beginning of time , but no people suffered the cruelty of chattel slavery that existed in America , Jacobs trouble, but those who were enslaved in America, they went through unimaginable horrors…and are suffering Jim Crow laws now

Thank you Go Black, I just want to cry for my people. The Catholic faith stems from pure evil. It is documented that the Pope was placed and created to replace Yah our true living Father. He said don't call anyone father but me. This was a great education but made my heart weep. 😿 One love!

@tw82rone5

9 ай бұрын

The very KJV Bible that Europeans translated. Literally forewarns us about them + the Roman Catholic Church & the European Protestant Church or version of Christianity. The part within Daniel chapter 7 about the fourth Beast/Kingdom upon earth. Which is and historically was the Roman Empire & where the previous ones that I previously mentioned all came from or trace back to

@herregalness7461

9 ай бұрын

@@tw82rone5 The awakening of Israel, thank you.

@MrMathoks

9 ай бұрын

@@tw82rone5 i think the horn that replaced three others is the US. Matter of fact, every one of Daniel's visions and revelations was about the Prostitute on the Beast. The beasts of revelation 13 are the Catholic church and Islam though. Beast out of the sea, the white nations led by the CC; beast from the land, the black Islamic conquerors from Egypt and northern Africa

@tw82rone5

9 ай бұрын

@@MrMathoks You talking about Daniel 7:24? Because the Roman Catholic Church already historically fulfilled Daniel 7:25

@tw82rone5

9 ай бұрын

@@MrMathoks I currently believe that the US is the Beast within Revelation 13:11

And Guess who the Portuguese learned it from ? THE ARABS

Great work brother, one of our team member left Guine-Bissau at young age and grow up in Portugal. Portuguese took chance & advantage of Angola, Brasil, Mocambique, Guine-Bissau & Cabo Verde, Sao Tome e Principe & more territories they divided, hence they called this Portuguese speaking countries P.A.L.O.P.S including East Timor and many more however as you know brother the Arabs was doing such evil long before the Europeans & still happening

@Drobib

9 ай бұрын

The Arabs might have been doing evil before European however, no one, and I mean absolutely no one, has done more evil in the history of planet earth like Europe America white whoever

@SHANNY13_96

9 ай бұрын

Who Donate Portugal Dutch So Call White South Africans?

As Ghanaians we know in our history that the portuguese were the first to come to West Africa.

Thank you once again for showing & educating us our history.

Portugal being the first is an uncontested fact. It is really hard for me to believe that there is anyone on the planet who has not known this.

@ansar714

9 ай бұрын

I know...I thought everyone knew this by now.

@cross75man75

9 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@coldhardtruth333

9 ай бұрын

I’m suprised too . He’s Been on many African countries heard lotsa stories but still believes we sold them . I don’t trust him .

@pjay123

9 ай бұрын

The problem is the American education system,that’s why many America think Africa is a country,and many Americans don’t know about many countries.

@raloed.363

9 ай бұрын

I didn't know. I was thought that it was the Netherlands who did it first

All these nations that participated in the slave trade will be judged. It's coming Genesis 15vs13

@cherylwin9364

9 ай бұрын

AMEN

@Only60GamesPlayed

9 ай бұрын

SHO’NUFF! THEY HAD THEIR CHANCE TO REPENT. INSTEAD, THEY HARDENED THEIR HEARTS!

@mbotentoto5162

9 ай бұрын

Amorites. Portugal founded by amorite phoenicians... same with carthage. Amorites sold us. Shalom

@jamescarter8699

9 ай бұрын

The Portuguese Jews that formed and dominated the "Atlantic Slave Trade"& the infamous Turkic Ottoman Empire Arabs of the "Arab Slave Trade". Both of these non Biblical bloodline North Kingdom Gentile Turkic invaders that now trodden the Holy land will be judged as they claim to be God's people,BUT DO LIE ! THEIR HISTORY IS KNOWN THAT THEY DISPLACED THE ORIGINAL HAMITES & SHEMITE INHABITANTS OF NORTH AFRICA AND NOW ARABIA. AND THAT THEY PEDAL EUROPEANIZED FALSE DOCTRINES LIKE THE BISHOP PIECE ON THE WORLD CHESSBOARD FOR DOMINATION.

@jamescarter8699

9 ай бұрын

We now know that Christianity, Islam and Judaism are the Europeanized false prophet religions of warmongers and Edomites (their history is clear). And that this was predicted and as it was stated: NO PROPHET WOULD BE BORN UNTO THE GENTILES. JUST SELF-APPOINTED AND SELF- ANOINTED POPES ,RABIS & KHALIFS.THE WORD AS THE HEBREW MESSIAH STATED WAS BETTER CASTED BEFORE DOGS.

I was aware of Portugal...but the way you taught it was great! THIS video and others like it are why the state of Florida wants to delete Black History from their schools. African countries are taking ownership of their land but I recall when I was young...decades ago...how Africa was divided by colors depicting the way other countries 'owned' various areas in Africa. Thank you.

Dutch was also very cruel. NJ has the oldest "Christian" private school majority of dutch decendants running it.

My family is from Cape Verde lslands... I'm glad u mentioned the islands... them ten islands has alot to do with the slave trade

They portuguese built the cape coast castle in 1471 and the elmina castle in 1482. Both in Ghana, West Africa.

They wanted to be the new chosen, in order to do that real history had to be erased

What the world doesn't know is that there was an apartaid system in the Portuguese colonies, as violent or worse than what happened in South Africa... and it only ended in 1975. Many young people of my generation from the 80s are now finding out, that a few years before they were born, their parents were being enslaved in some way in the African colonies. And even during the Second World War, many of the materials to build Nazi tanks came from Portuguese colonies... Portugal was neutral in the war, but very active in business, thanks to activities coming mainly from Angola, Mucambique, Guinea Bissau and of the other Portuguese colonies. THROUGH FORCED LABOR BY AFRICANS... A SLAVERY THAT LAST UNTIL 1975...

@barringtonbrown7152

9 ай бұрын

Know and study history.

@courtneyrowe489

9 ай бұрын

Many just don't know

@pauvermelho

8 ай бұрын

Dude stop lying There was nothing like southAfrica happening in Angola or other colonies. You just want to have an excuse to increase your hate

@user-wx4lb2on1x

8 ай бұрын

That was not quite the case! Not in Mozambique - I remember!

@leonardooo54

8 ай бұрын

@@user-wx4lb2on1x So tell me what you remember... to see if I can help you... from what I've seen from my experience with the generations that lived through colonization... to this day they don't even know where north or south is of what happened ... and the most serious thing is either they are afraid to tell the events or they are ashamed of being painted in the picture of colonization... if you are not one of them... tell us what you remember... please!

Its crazy how much our older generation wasnt taught in school I feel like we learned this in 9th or 10th grade. BUT i probably went to school 15 or 20 years after him But man I cant wait until my life is in a place where I can travel and see some of this stuff in person

Portugal and Spain were like Coke vs Pepsi. They were both jockying for new resources and tremendous profits to pay the shareholders, whom was the Catholic Church. Portugal was the first to subsidized out the new found territory to wealthy entrepreneurs and demonstrated the concept for colonialism and patriarchy.

We love your work. You are amazing. ❤

Those individuals of Portuguese descent who took part in and continued to profit from the capture and enslavement of African indigenous people with darker complexions can be described as morally reprehensible.

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

Then you have to accept that some of your African ancestors, both enslaved and free, were also morally reprehensible.

@user-ke5op5vg2y

9 ай бұрын

@@tvs9978 Bantu were not Africans😅

@theprimitivista

9 ай бұрын

You realize they don't care what names you call them as long as they can sit in comfortable nice rich countries and all you do is say mean words?

@rootsy7038

9 ай бұрын

​@@tvs9978its not bcz we were enslaved we didnt hv no wicked people amongst us..pls..

@rootsy7038

9 ай бұрын

Morally reprehensive people in high an low places,every shade of colour an time span..pls..

Truth . And their Pope in Portugal legalized Sl🙏🏽very 💡

@mandyb6414

9 ай бұрын

The Popes in Europe were frying and torturing their 9wn people.

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

The Pope has never resided in Portugal. Learn some history

@factsoverfear9771

9 ай бұрын

Ok. Google which Pope legalized it. Lol. We are well studied. Study up 👍🏽😊

@user-nm1ow8cu3p

8 ай бұрын

Message to the one who is getting money by creating this controversial video that we don’t have in Portugal: Why don’t you also say that the Africans themselves brought the Africans of other tribes to sell them to the slave traders ? These would never go into the lands to make the capture. It’s a verifiable fact: until today the Portuguese language never really went through far from the coasts of the African continent. Are the africans today guilty of slave trade? No. Of course not. It’s silly. The same goes for the Portuguese. I am half. I love both my parents. This is extremely common amongst black Portuguese speakers. We, black and white get along just fine. Black and white get married all the time. You, English and French speakers don’t know our reality. Stay out of this. We leave in peace and friendship with each other.

Traveled to Brazil, years ago. Had the good fortune to have an Angolan translator to guide me through my exploring. In the evenings, we would discuss the history of Brazil. Thank you for the refresher! Your 'gold nugget" video is a treasure and hope it will be used in study groups by students, scholars and people who have a hunger for slave history and knowledge and how the experiences by our ancestors stll lingers on today. Thank you!

@bconni2

2 ай бұрын

what was the refresher ? to remind you how horrible the Portuguese are.?

All the major portuguese slave traders were jewish (sephardic or conversos). But the african people they traded were not.

@justiceiseek3672

9 ай бұрын

You’re absolutely correct, they sold African Hebrews not (Sephardic, or any other) Jew!

Well spoken & very informative. Thanks for some real history that I’ve never been taught about in school…💯🔥🔥🔥

Portugal invaded Ghana before the British came in fought them off. The vast majority of the so-called castles found in Ghana were built by the Portuguese during their time there, so, I am not surprised by your findings here.

@cutime6712

9 ай бұрын

😂lies

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

Inaccurate. It was the Netherlands which took over the Portuguese forts and expelled them from the Gold Coast not the British. That's why Elmina Castle was the headquarters of Dutch operations in the Gold Coast and it was sold by the Dutch to Britain in 1872 when the Dutch were pulling out of Africa. The vast majority of Forts in Ghana however were built by the British, followed by the Danes, Swedes and Dutch. The Portuguese only had about 3-4 forts and one lodge in what is modern day Ghana

@cutime6712

9 ай бұрын

@@tvs9978 wrong

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

@cutime6712 if you're going to challenge, cite your facts but hiding behind nothing is pathetic

@cutime6712

9 ай бұрын

@@tvs9978 cite yours🙄

This was beautiful and pensive. Hope to see more of your vlogs, I’m already perusing your vids thoroughly. May the universal creator continue to protect you on this planet with truth, prosperity, love and light.

I would never spend a dime in Portugal

@mandyb6414

9 ай бұрын

You spending money in America where gun violence racism, and lack of education are destroying Black folks

@brianupendo3725

9 ай бұрын

What about US or UK?

@jaso5114

9 ай бұрын

It's actually a very beautiful country with very friendly people. The Portuguese people of today are not the same ones from the 1400's

@visionaries1959

9 ай бұрын

​@@jaso5114Still racist...🤷🏾‍♀️

@xxlmilanosoprano2973

8 ай бұрын

Today, America is more racist than Portugal, so is Brazil.

TMH is not going to let this slide. People of the oppressors should repent, and then repair the damage. NOW!

@user-nm1ow8cu3p

8 ай бұрын

Message to the one who is getting money by creating this controversial video that we don’t have in Portugal: Why don’t you also say that the Africans themselves brought the Africans of other tribes to sell them to the slave traders ? These would never go into the lands to make the capture. It’s a verifiable fact: until today the Portuguese language never really went through far from the coasts of the African continent. Are the africans today guilty of slave trade? No. Of course not. It’s silly. The same goes for the Portuguese. I am half. I love both my parents. This is extremely common amongst black Portuguese speakers. We, black and white get along just fine. Black and white get married all the time. You, English and French speakers don’t know our reality. Stay out of this. We leave in peace and friendship with each other.

I say it was the Arabs because I think the Portuguese are Arabs I think they are all closely related but that’s just how I see it based on my research of migration patterns.

@Unguja

9 ай бұрын

And the Arabs are East Indians mixed up with white Europeans. That’s how the Arabs were created.

@limeout

9 ай бұрын

Yes… the name Portugal was given by the arabs. In fact, the Portuguese was colonized or ruled by them for 100 of years. When it was freed, Portugal did the same to Africans…. Speak to older arabs who don’t care to tell the truth and you will know some truth… arabs did enslave a lot of blacks by the way.

@limeout

9 ай бұрын

Portugal name I think meant orange, something about a lot of it. Good you know some history.

@annmiller5434

9 ай бұрын

@@limeout yes and they will soon pay for it, it’s biblical.

@annmiller5434

9 ай бұрын

@@limeout isn’t it good for us all to know some history especially that which has to do with our own groups.

From what I'm reading here in the comments there is confusion as to why Portugal was the first European country to start with slavery. The adventure of Portuguese slavery began strongly, with the beginning of the inquisition.... many who did not accept the inquisition fled to other places in Europe... while they were organizing themselves in these places, the Portuguese (New Christians) were making great discoveries both in Africa and on the continent American. After these people who fled the inquisition organized themselves in their new places, they also embarked on the same adventure of slavery... basically they are from the same group, but there was a religious separation... what happened is that those who stayed in Portugal they were Christianized and those who fled continued to practice their religion, but deep down they were the same group of people... also the same group of people who fled to Africa, but in Africa they had dark skin... the famous black afro-Asian who destroyed the mentally of the African...

@sokopic

9 ай бұрын

...the folks with the small hats have sold millions of your folks through lisbon long before the inquisition the inquisition did reduce their power for a time but after they did establish themselves again the trade did start again

@fernandocarloto2291

7 ай бұрын

? What a mess are you speaking ?

What an awesome presentation of this piece of our history. Thank you so much for your continuing research on the history of our people. I will definitely be sharing this information because it is very important. So many of us have wondered for years why wyte people the world over look at us the way they do, hate us the way they do and are still surprised we are really humans that can speak, who are loving and kind, who have big hearts and have red blood, just like everyone else who is human. I am curious how their history was taught🤔

I like your videos and I just want to add that during the transatlantic slave trade, the powerful African tribes conquered other tribes, enslved them, and sold them to the Europeans. The Asante tribes of the Ganadian Kingdom was one of the leading purveyors in the transatlantic slave trade. Also, Portugal was assisted by African tribes such as the tribe ruled for decades by the Angola African Queen Nzinga who sold hundreds of thousands of Africans into slavery. One last nugget I wish to add with humility, is that slavery existed since biblical days and it has reared is ugly and evil head all over the world. Satan and his evil spirits of the unseen world does not discriminate. Keep doing the good work that you are doing. Keep the nuggets coming!

@phylliskumi4355

9 ай бұрын

Queen Nzinga did not sell her tribes people, she actively fought against enslavement of Africans.

Great Information. Keep up the good work! Love learning about African history.

The search continues, researching my roots through African Ancestry found my parents DNA , mother from Guine -Bissau and father was mixed with Spain and Portuguese. This blew me away. This is major information, thanks!!

@motophone8794

9 ай бұрын

But what does that actually mean? Is it that your ancestral mother was raped by someone of Portuguese descent or that at the time of mixing, your black ancestor was in Portugal?

Whilst your in Portugal a visit to Liverpool, England my hometown was once the slave capital of the world. You will see the curses are now taking hold on the city.

I've been teaching this for a few years now. Cool to see someone put it all together in a video. Cant wait to vist portugal and cape verde

Thank you King Great Work

A lot of nation took part in the slave trade

Our wonderful African ancestors SOLD us to the Portuguese.....END OF STORY.

I tell you, this was your best video yet, and you looking good too! The way you were pointing at the picture at the back whilst you were facing the camera gave everything the drama it needed, keep up the good work of bringing facts to the people ❤

When the Portuguese arrived in Africa, there were already Africans enslaving other Africans, Arabs enslaving Africans. As a Portuguese, proud of the history of Portugal. The pattern of discoveries,

Nobody is going to pay reparations for what was normative human behavior in those days.

@Wegivesp

9 ай бұрын

There will never be a time that chattel slavery is normative in any life time. Even Pharoah in the Bible paid reparations to the Isrealites. Nothing normal about it.

@Sunshine-zi4nq

9 ай бұрын

Time would be better spent working on catching up with other communities and nations by genuine independent effort. Some races can come back from adversity and progress very fast because they look fwd not back, have no victim mentality

@Wegivesp

9 ай бұрын

@@Sunshine-zi4nq Why would the colonizers suggest to thier victims to not pursue repair and redress for the pain inflected? Time has been spent on that. It was called the Civil Rights Movement. Time has come for repairs. The freedom of the enslaved was a whole act of catching up. It didn't repair the abuse and loss of land and income. Why? Because racism still exists and pain and suffering persist. Repair is just and equitable. Debt owed. Because it has been paid by the enslaved and Jim Crow 2.0.

@rootsy7038

8 ай бұрын

Normative behaviour..funny tht d holocaust has been called horrible while it was js normative behaviour..an tht only lasted what.. 5yrs..no reparations will be payed d price is too high..

@rootsy7038

8 ай бұрын

​@@Sunshine-zi4nqhow u gon catch up independant whn ur own recources ar not your own..when d bar is set so high on pupose so you cant reach,when u still pay the thief who robbed you..d races who can come back frm adversity an progress how u say it so easy has not been systematically raped,scraped an emptied for hundreds of years..ther is no playing victim when you ar trying to get up with multiple feet in your neck holding you down..in your own house and outside..its called struggling to stay alive..

I knew this long ago. I live around lots of Portuguese people. And as a teen I realized some had a real chip on their shoulder. Also know some real good folks. When I looked deeper into their history. I learned this... Then I also learned they were also one of the last to end slavery. And after slavery is when their empire collapsed.. Portugal went from a big player in Europe to a subordinate..

@pauvermelho

8 ай бұрын

Portugal was one of the 1st to abolish slavery, the law of the free wombe 1772. Aplyed also in Asia. In Africa colonies was abolish at the same time as USA

@br3menPT

6 ай бұрын

you need to go much more deeper....cause your knowledge about Portugal´s History is not good at all... Where did you put the spice trade and the gold? In fact Portugal was in the frontline to abolished slavery in europe... Get your facts right!!

The question people should be asking is, who were the real Portuguese? What was the real nature and identity of the first Portuguese. They were some how Blacks, mixed African race. The Arabs also started enslaving Africans before the Portuguese took over. It all started with some of us not showing love and hating on ourselves. Greed, misunderstanding and disunity and caused it all. We must learn from the past and unite now. Some how we had a hand in all this mess we have going on around us. We must unite now, we can do it without these nations, we have the knowledge and have all we need in Africa. We need to reform our mindset, break the colonial boundaries and develop our systems of governance, finance, educatiin, and health etc. Black people must unite now.

The Portugese were in the South south of Nigeria 🇳🇬 in 14 - 15 centuries and traded with my ancestors but couldn't colonise, survive mosquitos, malaria, and constant attacks by our ancestors. Hence, they left, and the British came.

@godisgreat8316

9 ай бұрын

Is there any place called South South in Nigeria, please educate me, thanks.

@tynaakujobi8177

9 ай бұрын

No there is nothing like South South is the old Eastern region called biafra which will be re restored soon go read the story about biafra

@godisgreat8316

9 ай бұрын

@@tynaakujobi8177 i don't know what you are talking about, i asked my question base on directional indicators.

@ibinabos.amachree8762

9 ай бұрын

@@tynaakujobi8177 That is your ignorance.

@BritikoBeats

9 ай бұрын

Rivers and Delta States qualify as South- South

Thank you for posting this vital information for peoples to learn the truth about all these countries who Participated in the slaves trade of blacks. I knew about the Arabs and Portugal , what I didn’t know that it was the pope and the Catholic Church who sanctioned it. Knowing this I can’t understand why a black person can be a Catholic, of course that probably goes for other Religious. Thank you once again for opening up our eyes 👀. Be bless and safe on your Journeys.

@krazyjnva2up2down55

9 ай бұрын

Africans been in the slave trade way befriend Europeans and Arabs arrived. Still to this day there is slavery in Africa. Accept the truth for what it is

@davesmith826

8 ай бұрын

What about Africans themselves? The people of Ancient Kemet were the first 'nation' to enslave others on a large scale and the majority of their slaves were African, with some Europeans thrown into the mix. Then there was Ancient Egypt, all of whose major monuments were built with slave labour, again partly from Africa and partly from Europe and the Middle East. Then there were specific tribal groups in specific regions of Africa, like the Yoruba in Nigeria, who were slave owners right up until the 1940s. That's not a typo. 1940. Nineteen-forty. My question to you is simple: who gets the reparations for that?

@krazyjnva2up2down55

8 ай бұрын

@@davesmith826 black americans don't like to talk about that. Instead they blame the "white man" for everything lol

Nebuchadnezzar sent Judah/Jerusalem into Spain as slaves, as well as taking others to Babylon, back in 600BC. That prophecy of enslavement was not the same as the 400 year prophecy. I love your show, yet respectfully, we can't lump all prophetic events together. That causes confusion and we are still digging ourselves out of a deep and twisted history. Thank you GoBlack for your dedication to Truth. You are a true treasure to our understanding.

@sokopic

9 ай бұрын

you are kangz of dahomey that history is nothing to be proud of ..but it is yours history of other people will never be yours even if you want to be that other people

@BLACKSTARMOVEMENTS

9 ай бұрын

The scattering of Israel Spans many centuries B.C.E & A.D.

@GURILLAPUD

9 ай бұрын

@@sokopic We have no Dahomey ancestry what so ever. We are mostly consisting of Igbo, Lemba and tribes from Angola. Which seem to migrate from northern Africa and Kemet.

@sokopic

9 ай бұрын

@@GURILLAPUD maybe start being honest about your origin ..if you truly want to be more than your ancestors your dna is clear..and history of igbo even more so

@sokopic

9 ай бұрын

@@BLACKSTARMOVEMENTS indo european Hurrians did live in the region and one territory was given the name after El Elyon 3 000 years ago Schasu came and did end them that is all ..their history did end

I'm glad that I am not alone! I had a very emotional reaction to the monument during my visit to Portugal. 😑

Thank you for this information I did not know. Whenever I look at videos like these and others, I always look in the background for the mix of people. Looks like you were the only person of African descent among that crowd. That’s very telling! Portugal has been flying under the radar regarding the slave trade for the most part. Thanks for sharing.

@DixonDixon65

9 ай бұрын

"Flying under the Radar"? Why do you think Brazilian speak Portuguise? Bahai in Brazil is little East Africa...food/tradition! Just like Tanzania.

At that time India superior was America and India was Hindustan and something else also so they were going to America... just like Columbus...he didn't get lost. He never made it to the mainland but he knew what India he was talking about. They had scouts and navigators...they knew to go for gold, secrets power, slaves, land utter abundance... Americas....

@David-lz3ey

9 ай бұрын

Don't forget Columbus had a map he acquired so he really didn't discover anything.

Thanks Brother 👍🏿. We were informed Portugal started the slave trade, but the vvhite man was the most brutal enslavers to date. Thanks again and Stay Safe.

@25oxendine

9 ай бұрын

What about the Africans, the part people always leave out??? New World Labor Systems: African Slavery~ "The trans-Atlantic slave trade occurred within a broader system of trade between West and Central Africa, Western Europe, and North and South America. In African ports, European traders exchanged metals, cloth, beads, guns, and ammunition for captive Africans brought to the coast from the African interior, primarily by African traders. Many captives died just during the long overland journeys from the interior to the coast. European traders then held the enslaved Africans who survived in fortified slave castles such as Elmina in the central region (now Ghana), Goree Island (now in present day Senegal), and Bunce Island (now in present day Sierra Leone), before forcing them into ships for the Middle Passage across the Atlantic Ocean." "For example, in 1444, Portuguese marauders arrived in Senegal ready to assault and capture Africans using armor, swords, and deep-sea vessels. But the Portuguese discovered that the Senegalese out-maneuvered their ships using light, shallow water vessels better suited to the estuaries of the Senegalese coast. In addition, the Senegalese fought with poison arrows that slipped through their armor and decimated the Portuguese soldiers. Subsequently, Portuguese traders generally abandoned direct combat and established commercial relations with West and Central African leaders, who agreed to sell slaves taken from various African wars or domestic trading, as well as gold and other commodities, in exchange for European and North African goods. Over time, the Portuguese developed additional slave trade partnerships with African leaders along the West and Central African coast and claimed a monopoly over these relationships, which initially limited access to the trade for other western European competitors. Despite Portuguese claims, African leaders enforced their own local laws and customs in negotiating trade relations. Many welcomed additional trade with Europeans from other nations."

i respect what you’re doing brother and much love man getting valuable information out there so we can know our history. R.I.P too all my african ancestors

Isn't it ironic: being where it started, Africans are finding Portugal a safe place to live.

@margaret3153

Ай бұрын

I find Portugal the least racist country of EU.

Bro, I think the Arabs started first, Portugal started navigating chasing the primary business of the Arabs, because the Moors only left Portugal in the 14 century 🤷🏽 Thanks

@user-nm1ow8cu3p

8 ай бұрын

Message to the one who is getting money by creating this controversial video that we don’t have in Portugal: Why don’t you also say that the Africans themselves brought the Africans of other tribes to sell them to the slave traders ? These would never go into the lands to make the capture. It’s a verifiable fact: until today the Portuguese language never really went through far from the coasts of the African continent. Are the africans today guilty of slave trade? No. Of course not. It’s silly. The same goes for the Portuguese. I am half. I love both my parents. This is extremely common amongst black Portuguese speakers. We, black and white get along just fine. Black and white get married all the time. You, English and French speakers don’t know our reality. Stay out of this. We leave in peace and friendship with each other.

Thank you for shedding on it, brother 👍🏾 I am an AFRICAN from Gabon 🇬🇦. The Portuguese were also in here. Gabon 🇬🇦 , a Bantu land , that used to be one of the western parts of the Kingdom of KONGO . The Portuguese first named Gabao for our country map has got a jacket-like shape .

@Tate.TopG.

9 ай бұрын

We are so Christian even are so called general . Once, a slave always a slave. We can't even do anything regarding our own destiny without the benediction of our oppressors ... and our so-called religious leaders.. 😂😂😂😂. Also some of us think that they are from Egypt or Israel. The brainwashing is definitely out of range 😂

@Angel-Azrael

9 ай бұрын

I'm half Bantu half Al-Andalus. Half Portugal, half Bissau

@Tate.TopG.

9 ай бұрын

@Angel-Azrael how many half someone can have? Are you that uneducated. Bantu is a group of people. There are so many subgroups...

Henrik never went to sea. I have a BS and 2 advanced degrees and had to travel to Portugal,after retiring, to find out that the first African slave was sold in Lagos, Portugal. Thx for your work.

@pauvermelho

8 ай бұрын

No they weren't Subsahaarans weren't the only slaves.

All FACTS Goblack! Everything you said is what I found out too! Them African Christians and Muslims don’t have the slightest clue what those religions have done to their own people!

@rootsy7038

8 ай бұрын

Its not tht we dnt knw it,its tht we afraid to let go of it..our own native beliefs hav been bunked to evil, christianity an islam rated as the one thruth an salvation while they hav been nothn than more "swamp"foundation eversince...

They used to teach this in America. To be honest if you study world history it actually says Portugal was the best sailors in the world way before other European countries. I believe it stems from the Moors who bought many European countries out of the dark ages. Unfortunately for the rest of the world. The students became the most powerful people on earth

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

Isn't the goal always that the student should surpass the master/teacher?

@daharris41

9 ай бұрын

@@tvs9978 true but they used it for evil.

@sublimeblush

9 ай бұрын

Was it evil for Africans to enslave each others' tribes, as was the custom, for longer than anyone else? They still do.@@daharris41 I'm not saying that justifies it, but, it was normal to them to even sacrifice hundreds of their enslaved at a time to honor the king. They counted their slaves as part of their show of wealth and power. Hunting, capturing, and selling the weak ones was extremely lucrative for Muslims.

@TurnFromWickedness

9 ай бұрын

@@sublimeblush The Bible says Ham’s sons are Africans (Egyptians, Ethiopians, etc). These Africans sold Shemites (transatlantic slaves) who were not Hamites. I’m not saying they were right to sell them but in the Bible, no one could tell Israel apart from the Egyptians which are Hamites. For this reason, tribes in Africa didn’t sell their own people. They sold people who fled into their land and would not convert to the African ways. Essentially, they sold foreign tribes who encroached on their land.

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

@TurnFromWickedness that theory doesn't make sense because there is no single tribe that didn't have some of its members sold off. So the argument that there were foreign tribes that Africans sold doesn't hold water

But was slavery in Portugal the same as the brutal chattel slavery of America?

@simplybusinessandinvesting

9 ай бұрын

Questioning which slavery was worse Portugal or American slavery is an asinine and insane question.

@pauvermelho

8 ай бұрын

Slavery was abolished in 1772 in Portugal even before USA existed

Portuguese guy here. I don't think anyone denies Portugal as the pioneer of the Atlantic Slave Trade. As for monetary reparations, good luck with that, because the Portugal of today is nowhere close to having the wealth it once held. Portugal, although a developed European country, is amongst the poorest in Europe with a GDP per capita of approximately $25K. The Portuguese are very educated and aware of their colonial legacy, but other than acknowledgment, Portugal can offer nothing in the form of reparations. Perhaps, at the most, a museum memorializing the victims of the slave trade.

I love your educative gold nugget series brother. Don't know if you remember but I introduced myself to you on our trip to Ghana back in April of 2023 while walking from the plane to immigration.

I love how you breakdown history ❤ Thank you

Of course Portugal was the first. Portugal was the first European country to colonize Africa. The spanish never colonized Africa. The portuguese brought slaves from Africa to Brazil. Then the French, English and Dutch joined the party and tried to take over the portuguese colonies. There was no Apartheid in portuguese colonies though, you got that wrong dude.

Thank You Bruh, I've Learned So Much From You. Love Your Channel & Your Hat!!!

Berlin conference was held from August 1884 to February 1885. This is for the record.

Well said brother

As a portuguese myself I can say that this is not the reality nowadays . For example, any people from the old colonies can enter in Portugal without a Passport , they can go to all Europe after. They get free health service and free public service as all the Portuguese people . Portugal is even giving 30 M € to Angola ( if im correct) so they can build a museum in honor to the war they had with us . The history cannot be erased, but we must learn it in order to not repeat the mistakes in the future . Big hug from Portugal

Asante Sana, Brother-Man, you are appreciated!

This is all true my brother! This is info that our people must know and understand. Praise Yah for his awakening 🙌🏾❤️

in that case they owe reparations to Africa and African Americans 🤔

@nanayaa.5325

9 ай бұрын

Facts!!

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

You seem to think you're the only black people in the world. If the majority of people they took were sent to Brazil, Sao Tome, Cape Verde, Hispaniola, etc what does that have to do with African Americans?

@user-ke5op5vg2y

9 ай бұрын

@@tvs9978 Maybe you should say something aka speak up 😊

@SHANNY13_96

9 ай бұрын

​@@tvs9978they took goa and siri lanka people tho and our people was in cape verde then the kru people when to cape verde along with fulani mende and other west Africans but we was already there☝🏿✌🏿

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

@@user-ke5op5vg2y no one needs to speak up if they don't see a need to. And some people need to stop thinking they can speak for all black people

Thank you buv, for the great work! That's the Slavery history they teach in Angolan schools, unfortunately they don't dig into it dip! Yes Portugal were the first and they used to be "super power" in the world in those periods. English royal family and many other have Portuguese blood, you can check it out. They made hell lots of money in Slavery comercial triângular between Afrika (main port of Angola) to South America (main port Brazil, Bahia) and Europe (main port Portugal). The Portugueses built that JESUS statue is all these 3 countries Portugal, Angola and Brazil. Personally I believe it's to soon for us to start talking on reparation moneys etc because we're still fighting for our freedom. When Afrika will be freed, we will not need to ask them for reparations but we'll take on them by force in all deals because we have most of the natural resources in the world that they control and need, once it'll be back in our control it would be easier to take reparations, charge them for everything.. (that's what I think anyway). Love, Peace & Unity✊🏾 May Tata Nzambi continue blessing Kathiopa and it's children globally ❤

@rootsy7038

9 ай бұрын

True!

Thanks for those beautiful and educational insights brother. I was also touring Lisbon at that particular time in early August. Keep up the good work

The internet opened up history for us all. Stared it all Portugal

@RASDB7

9 ай бұрын

Nearly a thousand years before a Portuguese thought of slaving “Africans” the Arabs and Turks where enslaving millions of “African”.

Wow 500 years of free labor.

Changing history and access all the time to this information. This is why I archived the information in my dna guide and soon additional book. Did you know before Covid the Portuguese was not included with the transatlantic slave trade. You could only find this under iberian slave trade. Other information under trans Saharan slave trade. Only recently since about 2019 have they been added. Added to what? Encyclopedias like Britannica. Which has not been updated about Hebrews in Sub-Saharan Africa Or the bantu migration.

@emmanuelnjohnjoh3921

9 ай бұрын

No set of people,tribe called BANTU,WORD MADE UP BY GERMAN WHITE MAN CALLED WILHELM BLEEK, LIVED IN AFRICA X 5 YEARS ONLY AND COULD TELL WHO AFRICANS ARE?

@25oxendine

9 ай бұрын

...but what about the WHOLE truth??? You really think Whites were able to just go ashore and take entire villages without repercussions??? LDHI~"When Portuguese, and later their European competitors, found that peaceful commercial relations alone did not generate enough enslaved Africans to fill the growing demands of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, they formed military alliances with certain African groups against their enemies. This encouraged more extensive warfare to produce captives for trading. While European-backed Africans had their own political or economic reasons for fighting with other African enemies, the end result for Europeans traders in these military alliances was greater access to enslaved war captives. To a lesser extent, Europeans also pursued African colonization to secure access to slaves and other goods. For example, the Portuguese colonized portions of Angola in 1571 with the help of military alliances from Kongo, but were pushed out in 1591 by their former allies. Throughout this early period, African leaders and European competitors ultimately prevented these attempts at African colonization from becoming as extensive as in the Americas." "Over time, the Portuguese developed additional slave trade partnerships with African leaders along the West and Central African coast and claimed a monopoly over these relationships, which initially limited access to the trade for other western European competitors. Despite Portuguese claims, African leaders enforced their own local laws and customs in negotiating trade relations. Many welcomed additional trade with Europeans from other nations."

@MalamaMaLemba

9 ай бұрын

Great discussion on DNA. Out of respect for go black, he doesn't believe in doing dna. He hasn't asked me about my testimony or how it helps people draw nearer to our savior. No disrespect received at all. For me and some around me dna has helped us draw nearer, learn other words in languages, history, Israel and the gospel way better. I pray my book will continue to be a blessing for all even goblack. My book is not for salvation, but is for the truth. The truth will set us all free.

@25oxendine

9 ай бұрын

@@MalamaMaLemba There is *NO* better way to make a link to your true ancestors than genealogical DNA. Without DNA, Black Americans looking to find who their TRUE ancestors were are just shooting in the dark. No one has made the argument that the DNA familial connections in the database are in any way inaccurate. That in itself is a very accurate indicator of the geographical range from which one's ancestors originated since most continental Africans(the ones who you find in the database) have a rather concise oral knowledge of who their people are. There are a lot of conspiracy theories out there about DNA, but few of them are likely true. You have a consent OPTION with all of these companies on whether or not your DNA can be shared ANY third-party entities for "research". If they violate that, the lawsuits would likely bankrupt them

It was the Arabs and Turks.

Howard French talks about Portugal’s role in starting TransAtlantic slavery in detail in his book ‘Born in Blackness’.

💯 we know very well of the Portuguese in Brazil, which we will never FORGET/FORGIVE

Sir, I am portuguese and I believe you have some of your facts wrong - allow me to defend myself. The portuguese where indeed big on slave trade out of Africa, but we were by no means the first, nor the biggest - that accolade goes to the Arab/Muslim... they started 700 years before us, and finished well into the 20th century... and enslaved twice as many people as portuguese, brits and dutch combined. We had a virtual monopoly on trade with West Africa, from the mid 15th cent. to the mid 17th cent... so, we where doing all the business - brits, dutch, french, etc, only started competing with us a a later stage. I would also like to remind you that the portuguese, and later other europeans, would buy the slaves from african kingdoms, in exchange for other foreign goods, to then sell in the americas or elsewhere. All of the african Kings were slave owners, including many of the kingdoms and empires that Portugal did business with. You say at a certain point in your video that we have a "desdain for Africa" - I believe you are wrong! Many of us have lived in Africa, many of our references are african or related to Africa... if you got that impression, I believe you did not quite grasp the portuguese. Lastly, and on the subject of reparations for the Slave Trade, where do we start? Are you going to ask reparations to Mali, Ghana, Songhai, Congo, Ngola, that captured and sold us the slaves? Can we ask for reparations to from the Moors/Muslims, that conquered and enslaved us for 450 years?

Yeah that 400 mentioned in our history book of scriptures must be alluding to something else.. Arabs how long before Portugal?

Re: Portugal was the first country to enslave Africans. The Portuguese were the first European country to buy slaves from SubSaharan slave markets. But it begs the question. Who was buying the slaves from those markets before the Portuguese sailed that far south? Are we to believe that those slave markets were set up in anticipation of the arrival of the Portuguese? Many people believe that those slave markets were selling slaves for centuries before the Portuguese arrived. Millions of slaves were sold to Arab slave traders to be sent East across the Sahara to Eastern slave markets.

@Sunshine-zi4nq

9 ай бұрын

Even today human trafficking is big in Africa. Its not white people doing it. So in those days too, locals were involved.

I’m “black” in America and my great grandfather is a man named Moses Nunez…. from Portugal. He married a native woman in the Americas named Rose. His father was a renowned doctor who has statues in Portugal. He came in GA in the 1700s. I have his wills, we still own his land, and we have pictures of his family. I was able to trace that lineage to the 1400s…. and through this I discovered exactly what he’s talking about

Thank goodness for your insights here! I'm going to boycott Portugal in particular from now on. They don't get to have my business. It's terrible that the one group of people who started the slave trade in the New World were never told to us directly. The world deserves to know!

@jasperwinehouse9456

9 ай бұрын

Your business right what do you do, panhandle

@jessicatsao92

9 ай бұрын

@@jasperwinehouse9456 I'm selling a certain group of components in computers. If that's what you call panhandling go ahead. 😀 Because that's what it sounds like YOU tend to do. Do you panhandle for a living?

@jasperwinehouse9456

9 ай бұрын

As much as I can

@jasperwinehouse9456

9 ай бұрын

@@jessicatsao92 what do you care how many Africans were brought to the Americas, you should be grateful for that otherwise you wouldn't be selling your computer crap

@user-nm1ow8cu3p

8 ай бұрын

Message to the one who is getting money by creating this controversial video that we don’t have in Portugal: Why don’t you also say that the Africans themselves brought the Africans of other tribes to sell them to the slave traders ? These would never go into the lands to make the capture. It’s a verifiable fact: until today the Portuguese language never really went through far from the coasts of the African continent. Are the africans today guilty of slave trade? No. Of course not. It’s silly. The same goes for the Portuguese. I am half. I love both my parents. This is extremely common amongst black Portuguese speakers. We, black and white get along just fine. Black and white get married all the time. You, English and French speakers don’t know our reality. Stay out of this. We leave in peace and friendship with each other.

Africa aka Akelbulan 👑 kings sold some of theirs own peoples and from others tribes.

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

An African king would only sell one of his own people if that person was convicted of crimes.

@user-ke5op5vg2y

9 ай бұрын

Bantu not originally African😊

Yes, the history of ourhistory in the truth of what truly has, happened to us. Thank you!! 💪💯

Thank you for this information!

That is why PORTUGAL IS IN DECLINE,THEIR BIRTH RATE IS IN THE NEGATIVES,BUT AS A YOUNG STUDENT IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.WE WERE TAUGHT, KNEW, THAT THE PORTUGUESE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BEGINNING OF CHATTEL TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRIDE.

In the case of reparations then the West African countries should be expected to pay up too right? It would not have went down without their help and willingness.

@tvs9978

9 ай бұрын

Yes, and those in the diaspora in the Carribean, South and North America who are also descendants of African slave raiders and traders would also be liable to pay reparations too since it could also not have happened without their ancestors' cooperation

@shhmatdelski8386

9 ай бұрын

The Portuguese was stealing kidnapping people ... This is after they converted to Catholicism and spoke their language. It was a letter written to the king of Portugal saying they were kidnapping people of his court priest etc.. only time in history they actually sold their OWN people... Bully business...

@rootsy7038

9 ай бұрын

How could d western african countries pay up if they still pay d thief who robbed them..eventhough som of our leaders were sell outs tht dsnt mean d transatlantic wldnt be as big if it wasnt for them..if we ar fooled uptill today wth d lies an atrocities of d colinizers why thnk our leaders back then knew better

I commend you for your caring about history. It was not the Portuguese, however, who first enslaved Africans. It was other Africans. They had been doing this for centuries and had sold the people they had enslaved to the Arabs as part of the trans-Sahara trade. The Portuguese later saw they could buy these slaves to toil in their American holdings. As an aside, certain areas of western and central Africa were becoming depopulated as tribal warfare resulted in the winning tribes enslaving lots of the losing tribes. Yes, beginning in the 1400's, Portugal, a seafaring country on the Atlantic, began to sail down the coast of West Africa to reach the gold-producing lands south of the Sahara. It took decades to reach the other side of the desert and years more to reach the gold-producing regions. The King was persuaded to finance further expeditions to round the African coast to reach India which they did at about the same time Columbus sailed west to reach China. All these discoveries came about in an effort engage in lucrative trade with west Africa, India, and China by avoiding the Arab and Turkish middlemen. This was quite an achievement. At first the Portuguese simply maintained trading stations and brought missionaries to Africa. Later colonization of Brazil is what really set the Portuguese off buying enslaved people and establishing the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade. In the middle 20th century the European states that had colonies in Africa began to give them up. But not Portugal. The dictator, Antonio Salazar, was determined to keep Portugal's colonies even if it meant war. It did. And it was vicious. Can you see why Portugal and South Africa saw mutual cooperation as a way to help maintain their control over their parts of Africa? Only Salazar's death and the establishment of democracy in Portugal (oddly mirroring the death of the dictator Francisco Franco and the establishment of democracy in Spain) ended Portugal's African empire. The Portuguese were now much better off free and without an unpopular war. It was not true for their former African colonies. Both Mozambique and Angola became wracked in terrible civil wars that lasted years. Guinea-Bissau ended up saddled with a corrupt dictatorship. All three were left backward and terribly poor. My general impression is that Portugal maintained its colonies for extraction of wealth rather than economic development. Whatever local government that existed before was undone by colonial administration. Such a sad legacy to inherit. Thank you for your interest in Portugal and it's relationship with Africa. Your film was the first on this topic I have ever seen. Good for you. Sincerely, Richard

Thankyou for this important history. I knew Portugal was involved in the Trans Atlantic Slave trade, but did not know the entire history, and to hear they were really involved with and supported apartheid in South Africa is disgusting. They definitely owe the African people around the Diaspora.

@davesmith826

8 ай бұрын

Not just Portugal - the US and the UK, both of which supported the apartheid state throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.

@br3menPT

6 ай бұрын

Hello??? Portugal was in war in Africa in those times.....needed some support. Also the portuguese politics in the oversea territoires was the opossite of the south african appartheid , it is well known