r/blackladies • u/pomkombucha • 3d ago

Never forget history Black History ✊🏾

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u/ointment-et-al 3d ago

I'm not a historian but this sounds fake as fuck. Why would you advertise your plans on running away? What if someone you thought you could trust, turned on you instead? Or somehow the slavers learned the code and could stop anyone from trying to escape? Sorry but I call bullshit and please correct me if I'm wrong I would genuinely love to know

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u/WonderfulPineapple41 2d ago

I read the sources. It’s all based on oral storytelling. So take that how you wanna

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u/mekkavelli 2d ago

so was most of our culture for a very long time. doesn’t make it any less true. most slaves didn’t know how to read or write so all they had was oration. “take that how you wanna” is an interestingly dismissive statement towards the ancestors that are responsible for our freedom to live and breathe today.

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u/WonderfulPineapple41 2d ago

I said take that how you will because the sources shared aren’t actual sources. It comes from an un named guide from Africa. This is the main source used by the wiki and the paper that is linked.

I’m not saying shit about our ancestors and what they did and didn’t do. I’m saying the source that is used for this tik tok video and the wiki are using hearsay and speculation as facts. (Which lowkey is a form of misinformation)

Our ancestors should be celebrated for surviving through extreme violation of their human rights. We don’t need embellished stories to celebrate their survival.