WEBVTT - 011324 Way Black History Fact - Slave Breeding Farms

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it's time for the Way Black History Fact.

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to talk about America's dirty secret, the forced

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<v Speaker 1>breeding of enslaved people for profit. So you know all

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<v Speaker 1>about slaves getting whipped and beaten and stripped of their names,

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<v Speaker 1>and they had to work short, hard lives from when

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<v Speaker 1>they were old enough to walk until they dropped dead.

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<v Speaker 1>But did you know that they were bred? Here we go.

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<v Speaker 1>This was written by a person first person perspective from

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<v Speaker 1>a guy named William Spivey. If you want to check

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<v Speaker 1>it out, I'm pulling bits and pieces just because it's

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<v Speaker 1>a longer read, but this is what I'm able to share.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been writing about America's slave breeding farms for years.

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<v Speaker 1>Over time, I've not only gained additional knowledge but perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>As in many investigations, the best way to understand is

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<v Speaker 1>to follow the money. At the same time, racism is

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<v Speaker 1>a major factor in the treatment of enslaved people. It's

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<v Speaker 1>always been about the enrichment of others. The form of chattel.

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<v Speaker 1>Slavery practice in America was different and far more insidious

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<v Speaker 1>than that practice in most countries. Almost everywhere else, slavery

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<v Speaker 1>was for a limited term, and if not, the children

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<v Speaker 1>of enslaved people were born free. Couldn't do anything wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. In sixteen sixty two, the Virginia House of

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<v Speaker 1>Burgess instituted a practice that soon became law throughout the colonies.

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<v Speaker 1>Artist's secreiteer Ben Trim dictated that any child born to

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<v Speaker 1>an enslaved person follows the mother's blood line, deviating from

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<v Speaker 1>past practices of following the father's blood line. This had

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<v Speaker 1>the dual effect of perpetuating slavery through generations of black

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<v Speaker 1>people and absolving fathers, many of them white, of any responsibility.

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<v Speaker 1>It effectively made the rape of enslaved women by their

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<v Speaker 1>owners legal and removed any father's obligation to care for

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<v Speaker 1>or even acknowledge their children. Okay, where are the dead be, dads?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, that's a different conversation, all right, let's get

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<v Speaker 1>back to it. Before sixteen seventy six, there wasn't even

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<v Speaker 1>a thing called the white race. Then Nathaniel Bacon, a

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<v Speaker 1>wealthy white property owner, led a coalition of white and

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<v Speaker 1>black indentured servants and black enslaved people in an attack

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<v Speaker 1>on the Virginia government and Native American tribes whose land

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<v Speaker 1>Bacon wanted. The fear of indentured servants and enslaved people

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<v Speaker 1>joining together by class against the elite struck fear into

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<v Speaker 1>white hearts and minds. Indentured servitude was dumped in favor

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<v Speaker 1>of slavery. It was more profitable, and the black enslaved

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<v Speaker 1>were more readily identifiable, which helped keep them in place.

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<v Speaker 1>Thomas Jefferson became president in eighteen oh one and was

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<v Speaker 1>still in office when the twenty year ban on ending

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<v Speaker 1>the international slave trade expired. Virginia plantation owners and other

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<v Speaker 1>owners had the new problem of meeting the increased demand. Cotton, sugar,

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<v Speaker 1>and rice still demanded manual labor, and one primary source

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<v Speaker 1>had been cut off. The solution was to increase the

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<v Speaker 1>production of domestic in slave people, which meant slaves having

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<v Speaker 1>more babies since they couldn't bring them by boat anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>That the number of children born to enslaved people went

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<v Speaker 1>way up, as well documented, Many historians and educators attributed

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<v Speaker 1>to a natural increase, as if black slaves arbitrarily decided

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<v Speaker 1>to have more children. The ugly truth is that the

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<v Speaker 1>masters forcibly bred their female slaves, often pairing them with large,

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<v Speaker 1>strong males to produce good workers. The larger the child,

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<v Speaker 1>the better the market price. Other children resulted from female

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<v Speaker 1>enslave people being raped by their white owners or their

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<v Speaker 1>friends and family. There was a separate market for lighter

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<v Speaker 1>skinned slaves who could work as house servants and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>as fancies, which is a more pleasant word for prostitutes.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only was the rape of black women about power

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<v Speaker 1>and pleasure, but to the owners it was also a

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<v Speaker 1>good business practice. Americas not generally teach about the practice

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<v Speaker 1>of slave breeding in its schools. It excuses those who

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<v Speaker 1>were simply following the practice of the times. There has

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<v Speaker 1>been no offer of restitution or reparation to black descendants.

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<v Speaker 1>It was something preferred forgotten or better yet not ever known.