The Underground Railroad: Crash Course Black American History #15
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Silver
Indeed, escaping slavery was a terrifying endeavor, with uncertainty of the future and the possibility of being caught ever present. This is why we hold the efforts of those in the Underground Railroad to high regard, as they demonstrated insurmountable courage against these fears and possibilities by merely attempting to escape. Those that didn't escape or were unable to escape were no less brave as many combatted the institution in various other ways, but the challenge of stepping into the unknown and dangerous world of freedom for an escaped slave certainly took guts.
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Indeed, escaping slavery was a terrifying endeavor, with uncertainty of the future and the possibility of being caught ever present. This is why we hold the efforts of those in the Underground Railroad to high regard, as they demonstrated insurmountable courage against these fears and possibilities by merely attempting to escape. Those that didn't escape or were unable to escape were no less brave as many combatted the institution in various other ways, but the challenge of stepping into the unknown and dangerous world of freedom for an escaped slave certainly took guts.
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Bobbie
This series has made me thoroughly appreciate that I spent 3rd-6th grade east of Richmond VA. At my school, even with it being majority white students, we visited plantations, slave quarters, a house that was a stop asking the underground railroad and the cramped hiding quarters located within, and heard several stories of ugly truth that have always made me empathize with the truly horrific aspects that enslaved ppl have gone through.
(Though admittedly part of that empathy likely arises from being of Native American and Mexican heritages)
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This series has made me thoroughly appreciate that I spent 3rd-6th grade east of Richmond VA. At my school, even with it being majority white students, we visited plantations, slave quarters, a house that was a stop asking the underground railroad and the cramped hiding quarters located within, and heard several stories of ugly truth that have always made me empathize with the truly horrific aspects that enslaved ppl have gone through.
(Though admittedly part of that empathy likely arises from being of Native American and Mexican heritages)
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Kasey
Thank you for being so transparent in sharing your own views from a child-s perspective. I think you are uplifting our ancestors and hopefully our generation would pay attention and have more respect and admiration for our elders instead of viewing them as weak. You shine light into the institution they were trapped into and as we pause and look around we are still in the same social settings that trap our minds. Respect and appreciation for the work and research you do.
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Thank you for being so transparent in sharing your own views from a child-s perspective. I think you are uplifting our ancestors and hopefully our generation would pay attention and have more respect and admiration for our elders instead of viewing them as weak. You shine light into the institution they were trapped into and as we pause and look around we are still in the same social settings that trap our minds. Respect and appreciation for the work and research you do.
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Legolord
I have read about Black Americans escaping slavery by going to Mexico to which slavery was already abolished during the 1820s. And that is why there are Afro-Mexicans who are probably living in Mexico. But of course there are other countries near the US that also has Black people, but according to the info that I remembered, they abolished slavery as early as the 1800s (about 30 to 60 years prior to the American Civil War.
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I have read about Black Americans escaping slavery by going to Mexico to which slavery was already abolished during the 1820s. And that is why there are Afro-Mexicans who are probably living in Mexico. But of course there are other countries near the US that also has Black people, but according to the info that I remembered, they abolished slavery as early as the 1800s (about 30 to 60 years prior to the American Civil War.
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Z. J
I definitely, as a white woman, while watching this realized that the story of how the north was this -magical haven- for enslaved black people was something I hadn't even realized I had internalized. Thank you for calling attention to that and giving me an opportunity through knowledge to improve. I deeply appreciate all that you've done.
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I definitely, as a white woman, while watching this realized that the story of how the north was this -magical haven- for enslaved black people was something I hadn't even realized I had internalized. Thank you for calling attention to that and giving me an opportunity through knowledge to improve. I deeply appreciate all that you've done.
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thecaveofthedead
I felt very emotional when Clint was describing his feelings as a child about people who didn't escape. Such an important thing to clarify. If these systems of cruelty didn't have effective methods of preventing most people from escaping or revolting, they'd never have existed in the first place.
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I felt very emotional when Clint was describing his feelings as a child about people who didn't escape. Such an important thing to clarify. If these systems of cruelty didn't have effective methods of preventing most people from escaping or revolting, they'd never have existed in the first place.
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Prez_Material
Yep, when I first heard of the underground railroad growing up I thought exactly what you described, a vast underground railroad network going from south to north with each train station being located in abandoned sheds, peoples cellars or in the middle of the woods.
Lol
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Yep, when I first heard of the underground railroad growing up I thought exactly what you described, a vast underground railroad network going from south to north with each train station being located in abandoned sheds, peoples cellars or in the middle of the woods.
Lol
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AnthraxPopsicle83
Can't thank the Underground Railroad enough for that operational model. Without it the Rainbow Railroad would have died in its infancy in the southern states. Through it many lives have been saved from fundamentalist and far rightist extremist violence.
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Can't thank the Underground Railroad enough for that operational model. Without it the Rainbow Railroad would have died in its infancy in the southern states. Through it many lives have been saved from fundamentalist and far rightist extremist violence.
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Erik
This was one of the most thought-provoking episodes of the series. Not only for the subject at hand, but for its relation to things like Texas/Mexico and those who did not go North to freedom. I look forward to future episodes. Thanks for an excellent Crash Course.
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This was one of the most thought-provoking episodes of the series. Not only for the subject at hand, but for its relation to things like Texas/Mexico and those who did not go North to freedom. I look forward to future episodes. Thanks for an excellent Crash Course.
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jellofuel
-Drapetomania. - They must have thought giving it a complex name would convince people it's real. Whoever believed this -disease- existed never honed their critical thinking skills - would an enslaved white person not act in the same way?
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-Drapetomania. - They must have thought giving it a complex name would convince people it's real. Whoever believed this -disease- existed never honed their critical thinking skills - would an enslaved white person not act in the same way?
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