JOURNEY THROUGH SLAVERY — REVOLUTION

7 thoughts on “JOURNEY THROUGH SLAVERY — REVOLUTION”

  1. This documentary was very informative. They re-enacted voices and scenes to show what life was like back then. I do think it was hypocritical that they say all men are equal but then still hold and torture African Americans as their slaves

  2. It is funny how they had slaves but wanted their freedom from Great Britain and yet they acted like they didn’t what it was like not to be free. They had black people under control, they treated them like animals and then they declared that all men are equal, yet they had slaves. I learnt about Venture Smith, I didn’t know about him before. Its the very first time hearing about him and he is someone that needs to be taught in schools, how brave he was. How he wasn’t easy to be controlled.

  3. This documentary was very touching, especially with whats going on today in our society and our fight for justice and equality it was very inspiring and powerful. Smith worked his entire life to give his family what they deserved all along and that was their freedom and land.

  4. I am from your US History 10:00am class. I found this video to be very informative and extremely powerful. It is so Ironic that the colonist in the end were fighting for what the slaves wanted all along, to be free, to be free from control, and to be treated equally. In return the colonist realized the hold that great Britain had on them and wanted to be released from it. Venture Smith’s story was so amazing and I found it admirable that he continued to fight for his freedom and then in the end became free. The video was very informative and I am glad i got to view it.

  5. This documentary is very educational and I like how it includes the perspectives of many during this time period. I also find it quite ironic that in the same way that enslaved people were attempting to fight for their freedom, the American colonies were trying to no longer be “slaves” of Britain; yet, they continue to allow the system of slavery to continue.

  6. This documentary had lots of information that I would say not much people know. I’m glad to have watched this so that I have more of an understanding of the history of this country. For Venture Smith to go through what he went through (Sold into slavery, got his freedom, sold back into slavery two more times, got his freedom again, bought his wife so his children could be free) must’ve been terrible to go through, and the fact that he made his family free, is amazing. One thing I didn’t know was that in the beginning of the war, George Washington did not want African Americans in his army until 5,000+ men left his army due to conditions. I don’t really understand how Thomas Jefferson could write the famous words “All men are created equal… have unalienable rights” and own slaves at the same time. The fact that he could never give a straight, or honest answer whenever someone asked him what he meant when he wrote those words shows that he knew he was in the wrong.

  7. This documentary was very powerful and very moving especially for the black man in today’s society. I feel confident saying that because we see the development of a man stripped from his home and forced into slavery at a young age. Venture Smith literally arouse from nothing and obtained everything. He bought his family their freedom and was able to purchase land to call his own. he worked his entire life in order reach this goal. i feel that is a true testament to the black spirit, it will not be broken, it will not waiver in the eyes of adversity. Venture Smith is truy someone to idolize.

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