Slave Revolts: What They Don't Teach You

[damn_ese]

and I still can't believe some white people and other minorities have the balls to minimize the struggle of black people (this coming from a Mexican). shout out to Vicente Guerrero though, hero of Mexican Independence and Afro-Mexican, heart of a warrior, patriot and an amazing General!

 

[notPsychosiz]

At the time, I imagine many of the snitches were deluded enough to believe the revolting slaves were actually literally crazy.
They were continually bombarded with science and religion both reinforcing the point that slavery was not only to be accepted but to be praised.

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[jackson35]

"Resistance, revolt, and eventual social transformation is born out of an oppressed peoples awareness of themselves and the knowledge that their `collective soul' is under attack by their oppressors. To the degree that this cultural cohesiveness persist determines the degree to which the oppressed group will go in order to assure its survival." - Muhammad Shareef

I found it interesting in studying the REAL history of the wicked trans atlantic slave trade, that there was always some mullatto half-breeded dumbed down african, or a 'house negro', that stagnated or 'snitched' out the attempt or success of the particular revolt or revolution that was created by our people, wherever they were being enslaved and oppressed by the pale skin.....

Just as today you have the 21st century diluted mullatto faction within the community, or the plain old dumbed down brother or sister that refuse or are ignorant to usurp the status quo oppression on our community........

This is what they're not teaching your children in the destructive slave recycled public educational systems of the west, nor in the curriculums of these pale skins so-called universities of higher education.......what they teach you is how to BE A SLAVE.....


San Miguel de Gualdape 1526

According to Aptheker, and others, the first documented enslaved African rebellion in the Western Hemisphere, was at the Spanish settlement of San Miguel de Gualdape where enslaved Africans rebelled against their conditions in the fall of 1526. The prime source of this information is ~The Spanish Settlements Within the Present Limits of the United States, 1513-1561~ by Woodbury Lowery.

Mexico 1547

The first documented enslave African rebellion in Mexico, occurred in 1537; this was followed by the establishment of various runaway enslave African's settlements called "palenques.".

Brazil 1600s

In Brasil, in a sugar cane region near the Atlantic ocean known as Pernambuco, a group of 40 enslave Africans rebelled against their master. They killed all the white employees and burned the houses and plantation. They headed to a very hostile area in the mountains, known as Palmares, because of its abundance of palm trees. In this place an African community was born which lasted for over 100 years. It was divided into eleven fortified sites. There, a population estimated to be about 20 000 free Africans created a new religion and a common language to bring together at least six different African cultures. It is argued that they organized the first socialist society in world. They also mobilized an army that could take over Pernambuco, if they wanted to.

They defeated seven attacks from Brazilian military forces and from a Dutch army that had invaded and occupied that region for some years. They ignored a proposal of peace and freedon for all, from the king of Portugal. Zumbi of Palmares, today a hero for Brazilian Africans, was the name of an youngacolyte who grew up and became the greatest leader of this African community. Also in this community the first forms of Capoeira which is a deadly martial art, were developed.


Mexico 1608

In Mexico, Spaniards negotiated the establishment of a free black community with Yagna, a runaway rebel enslave African. Today, that community in Veracruz bears its founder's name.

where do you and everyone get this info that mulatoos and light skinned were snitches??? the treacherous act committed against us has been the dark skinned tribe

 

[Bawon Samedi]

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[intruder]

Missing the Maroon Movement in Saint-Domingue (modern day Haiti) in the early 1700s.

They freed slaves from many plantations and set up camps in mountain tops and other caves throughout the country side to escape capture.

They were later joined by (the now famous) voodoo priest named Makandal who's main MO was to provide slaves in the plantation with poisonous herbs that they used to poison the plantation owners and other whites. He united the different Maroon bands and created a network of secret organizations connected with slaves still on plantations distributing the poisons. He also led Maroons to raid plantations at night, killing the owners and burning down the properties.

By 1758, the French feared that Makandal would soon drive all whites from the colony. They captured and tortured Makandal's allies into divulging information that led to Makandal's capture and subsequent burning at the stake in the public square of the town Cap-Français, now know as Cap-Haitien.

Sidenote: Even today, the term 'manjé ranjé' (meaning 'arranged meal') used by modern day haitians to describe a trap or poisoned food came from Makandal as it was needed to make sure the other slaves themselves didn't mistakenly eat from the poisonous foods the house slaves had prepared for the whites.

 

[Neuromancer]

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[teacher]

Missing the Maroon Movement in Saint-Domingue (modern day Haiti) in the early 1700s.

They freed slaves from many plantations and set up camps in mountain tops and other caves throughout the country side to escape capture.

They were later joined by (the now famous) voodoo priest named Makandal who's main MO was to provide slaves in the plantation with poisonous herbs that they used to poison the plantation owners and other whites. He united the different Maroon bands and created a network of secret organizations connected with slaves still on plantations distributing the poisons. He also led Maroons to raid plantations at night, killing the owners and burning down the properties.

By 1758, the French feared that Makandal would soon drive all whites from the colony. They captured and tortured Makandal's allies into divulging information that led to Makandal's capture and subsequent burning at the stake in the public square of the town Cap-Français, now know as Cap-Haitien.

Sidenote: Even today, the term 'manjé ranjé' (meaning 'arranged meal') used by modern day haitians to describe a trap or poisoned food came from Makandal as it was needed to make sure the other slaves themselves didn't mistakenly eat from the poisonous foods the house slaves had prepared for the whites.

Manje Ranje sounds more like ‘Fixed food’ if it was translated into our vernacular me thinks....

 

[get these nets]

Good thread, though title should be what our people didn't teach us.

I'm gonna give "They" a pass on this one

"They", implying the school system or whites ,aren't responsible for teaching us about our history...the people who raised us are.

 

[mbewane]

For the people who believe slaves didn't revolt against their inhumane conditions, there's also the ongoing myth of africans in africa not fighting against invaders and enslavers and willingly letting the rampage go on. Which is as stupid as believing there were no slaves rebelling against their conditions. Yet that part of the story is rarely, if ever, told, because it reinforces the "See? Africans were selling their brothers, white people were just another customer" narrative.

 

[get these nets]

For the people who believe slaves didn't revolt against their inhumane conditions, there's also the ongoing myth of africans in africa not fighting against invaders and enslavers and willingly letting the rampage go on. Which is as stupid as believing there were no slaves rebelling against their conditions. Yet that part of the story is rarely, if ever, told, because it reinforces the "See? Africans were selling their brothers, white people were just another customer" narrative.

Instead of writing all that, you could have merely posted an article, video, or news story about what those rebels from your country did to fight.

Instead you create a straw man.

put up or..................

 

[IShotTheSheriff]

Good thread, though title should be what our people didn't teach us.

I'm gonna give "They" a pass on this one

"They", implying the school system or whites ,aren't responsible for teaching us about our history...the people who raised us are.

You right. My seeds gon' know. I had to do all this reading on my own.

My parents caught up in this money system trying to stay a float like so many others, I can't blame them entirely but... there's blame to be had

 

[intruder]

Manje Ranje sounds more like ‘Fixed food’ if it was translated into our vernacular me thinks....

As I always tell you guys when translating from other languages translate the expression. Not the meaning of words.

"Manje ranjé'" = Arranged food when you translate it word for word. However the expression is the same. But in American English the word "arranged" is typically used to describe marriages and meetings. But it still retains it's meaning even tho it's seldom used to described fights, elections, and other things.

But yes fixed would have been the word used by modern day Americans

 

[mbewane]

Instead of writing all that, you could have merely posted an article, video, or news story about what those rebels from your country did to fight.

Instead you create a straw man.

put up or..................

Educate yourself "breh", I'm not here to convince you

You can always have a look at Tidiane N'Diaye's work, unless your mind is already made up