Nah , breh. Those dudes are idiots.
Why have slave rebellions been left out of US history?
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The Louisiana Purchase Lecture Series, lecture ten: “Free Blacks and Slaves in New Orleans During the Interregnum” by Dr. Joe L. Caldwell. (Chairman of the History Dept. at the Univ.of New Orleans)
Held at the University of New Orleans's Earl K. Long Library on October 29, 2002.
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provides some context about the German Coast Rebellion
Great thread.
To answer the OP, I think it's broader than White folk being shook of Black rebellion, because they leave out all the anti-Black white riots and coups too and that shyt comes with the exact opposite energy.
First off, I think there is zero energy from a White Supremacist system to cover anything that prioritizes the situation of Black communities. Slave rebellions are ignored because they didn't succeed in overthrowing White power. White riots are ignored because they targeted Black communities whose fate is considered irrelevant to modern White people. Things like the slavery/Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement are basically the only time the issues of Black folk are prioritized and then only because the outcomes directly affected the status of the White community a substantial degree. That which isn't primarily relevant to White people is disappeared.
Second, there is a need for those in power to push the idea of constant progress. If any Black community was relatively free at some point, and then was put back under subjection, if any Black people rose up against their rulers and then fell back, that would imply that things actually got worse than before, and that can't be allowed. For that reason we basically never talk about free Blacks in the Revolution-era days (perhaps 1-2 prominent figures but never the communities as a whole), we flip through Reconstruction and primarily focus on the White "carpetbaggers" and "scallywags", we ignore the Black centers of culture and finance of the early 20th century. If we admitted any highlights, admitted any meaningful attempts as self-actualization, we might have to admit that the USA frequently became LESS free and LESS committed to good than it had been before, and we don't want to acknowledge that shyt.
To answer the OP, I think it's broader than White folk being shook of Black rebellion, because they leave out all the anti-Black white riots and coups too and that shyt comes with the exact opposite energy.
First off, I think there is zero energy from a White Supremacist system to cover anything that prioritizes the situation of Black communities. Slave rebellions are ignored because they didn't succeed in overthrowing White power. White riots are ignored because they targeted Black communities whose fate is considered irrelevant to modern White people. Things like the slavery/Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement are basically the only time the issues of Black folk are prioritized and then only because the outcomes directly affected the status of the White community a substantial degree. That which isn't primarily relevant to White people is disappeared.
Second, there is a need for those in power to push the idea of constant progress. If any Black community was relatively free at some point, and then was put back under subjection, if any Black people rose up against their rulers and then fell back, that would imply that things actually got worse than before, and that can't be allowed. For that reason we basically never talk about free Blacks in the Revolution-era days (perhaps 1-2 prominent figures but never the communities as a whole), we flip through Reconstruction and primarily focus on the White "carpetbaggers" and "scallywags", we ignore the Black centers of culture and finance of the early 20th century. If we admitted any highlights, admitted any meaningful attempts as self-actualization, we might have to admit that the USA frequently became LESS free and LESS committed to good than it had been before, and we don't want to acknowledge that shyt.
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Volume 33 Issue 1
National Newspaper and Legislative Reactions to Louisiana's Deslondes Slave Revolt of 1811 Secure Da Bag
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Stumbled on this by mistake. Almost didn’t watch because I was skeptical of the white historians involved. But it’s just some of them commentating and they were very truthful more so in awe of the relentlessness of our ancestors. A brother is leading it / it’s a great peice. Very informative and powerful little documentary which shows the relentless uprisings and fight our ancestors had. The unity and cohesiveness. They are always portrayed as being divided because of language or whatever... but instead of the north star, they ran towards eachother and were smart and brave. And it’s understated if not completely ignored in regards to the African military men whom were leading these insurgents. And the Military traditions that were passed down in which allowed young boys to learn as well. This shows the chronological steps white people had to keep taking to adapt and overcome all the uprisings and stop the revolutionary actions going on in the south. Most importantly shows how every white citizen in the south was a mainly a participant . There were laws that made every male citizen a slave catcher by fault. It was the white mans duty.
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