AFRO DENMARK: The African Diaspora In Denmark

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4 жыл бұрын

How much do YOU know about black history in Denmark? Did you know that Denmark was the seventh-largest trading nation during the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Denmark trafficked over 100,000 enslaved Africans to their colonial territories, principally the three Caribbean islands of St Croix, St John and St Thomas. These islands were under Danish colonial rule until 1917, when Denmark sold them to the United States and they became known as the US Virgin Islands. We talk human zoos, runaway slaves and female resistance leaders in this action-packed video on black history in Denmark!
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@islandancestors2381 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video! I'm a born and raised Virgin Islander with roots there going back *300 years* . I've been contending with the reality of what really happened in the Virgin Islands whilst researching and documenting my family's story. There has been an erasure of our history and we have to fight to reconcile our identities. Please take a look at a video I recently made about the colonisation of the Virgin Islands. The history of the islands is absolutely fascinating as there are Indigenous peoples, Spanish, French, Dutch, English and Danish people before the United States got involved. In addition to enslaved Africans, there were also Quakers, Pirates and Sephardic Jews which makes for a rather curious bunch!

@shelbourneking7068 3 жыл бұрын

Why not apologise? Why does Denmark feel they dont owe an apology after gaining wealth from the exploitation and misery of other human beings?

@propatriot6661 3 жыл бұрын

Apologize for something there ancestors did

@propatriot6661 3 жыл бұрын

You aren't a slave so stop whining about an apology and be grateful that your aren't one

@shelbourneking7068 3 жыл бұрын

@@propatriot6661 It's not your business to be telling descendants of slaves how to feel ,slavery was a crime against humanity commited by socalled christian nations . It is called human traficking today ,a great crime ,plus all the rape and brutality. Slavery was a criminal and evil enterprise . I guess u feel proud of your ancestors.

@propatriot6661 3 жыл бұрын

So you think , I am not a descendants of slave and let me tell you something ,I am a Haitian by blood and l don't go around crying about something whites did 200 years ago

@propatriot6661 3 жыл бұрын

@@shelbourneking7068 Yes I do have some white in my blood but over all I am 85% black

@soyaabed 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this video, like all the others you made that I've seen so far ❤️ thank you for making them. they're very educating 🙏🏼❤️

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sis! I'm glad you're enjoying them and THANK YOU SO MUCH for watching! It means a lot, it really does 🙏🏽❤

@increaseaseincreasease7976 3 жыл бұрын

OMGGGGGGGGGGGG thank you SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH for this VERY VERY important part of history that was never taught to us. Thank you with all of my heart. Subbing and sharing. ❤️

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 Жыл бұрын

This is ridiculous and the exploitation of European nativity. Every people in the world have taken slaves and been slaves, including and especially blacks, even today. I blame this culture on the self-flagellating nature of Christianity, which Leftists are very clever in employing.

@elektron2kim666 4 жыл бұрын

The King of Ghana approved it with a contract about the presence of Danes. He liked the snaps. The fundamental thoughts must have been an early version of ebay and solving some genocide. The Danish sailors also thought "I hate this work and my masters but I can't live on a few oranges."

@rachel4274 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos. KZfaq recommended them to me and i was so excited. You are a gorgeous well of knowledge. Don't forget this comment when you make it big. Let me share your videos on whatsApp too❤❤❤

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

This comment made my whole WEEK! Thank you so much for watching, I'm really glad you enjoyed this video and hopefully some of my other videos resonate with you too. I think education is the key to uniting and strengthening the African diaspora. As they say, knowledge is power! Come say hello on Instagram if you haven't already! I'm at @freedomismineofficial 🤗✊🏽❤

@rachel4274 4 жыл бұрын

I will my dear. Infact your videos came while I was fascinated with the siddhi community of India and Pakistan but now I learnt from you that Africans are literally everywhere.

@truecolours3797 2 жыл бұрын

Love these videos so Interesting and informative

@rohamsheikhani1537 3 жыл бұрын

Vow! Thank you so much for so much education.

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome, thank you so much for watching! 🤗

@reneedennis2011 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video 🙂!

@vimbextube7905 3 жыл бұрын

I love your work!

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@theunwantedcritic 3 жыл бұрын

Really love this channel

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@abokihderm4519 4 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@v.a.993 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE your channel. Despite what the government said in 2013, Denmark needs to pay reparations!

@djbikemanhendricks9316 2 жыл бұрын

I just shared this on video on my Facebook page. I'm a proud Virgin Islander, St.Thomas, USVI. My last name is Hendricks as well. Proud of my heritage & culture

@carmenhomer1965 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your video and also I saw the statue on Instagram.

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carmen! Yes, the statue is called 'I am Queen Mary', it's very impressive!

@jennifferwhyte6452 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video!! I will be visiting Copenhagen next Summer and want to visit any hot spots that commemorate Afro-Denmark. Thank you for telling us all this information. I hope to take a photo with the Queen Mary statue.

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Yes please do take a photo, I'd love to see! 🙌🏽

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 Жыл бұрын

Afro-Denmark. Ridiculous!

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

CORRECTION: Victor Cornelins and Alberta Roberts were not half-siblings as incorrectly reported in the book "Conviviality At The Crossroads". Thank you to Dr Temi Odumosu for the correction!

@ammintuitivecreations4094 2 жыл бұрын

Hey dear...... love your channel, if you haven't yet can you do a video on Trinidad & Tobago.......Thanks!

@jordanabrams6315 3 ай бұрын

i loved this video! I recently dated a danish girl who claimed a lot of these things weren't true!

@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 3 жыл бұрын

Do you a video on the African diaspora in the Netherlands?

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@johnayacko8120 2 жыл бұрын

I dont even understand English, but after I saw that woman im now fluent in English. that woman is very beautiful.

@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on the history of Africans in Belgium?

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 Жыл бұрын

They should be cause Africans have just about destroyed Belgium.

@kennedier6746 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that the U.S. Virgin Islands were once Danish colonial territory! It's true that Denmark's history in this regard is widely forgotten. I so wish that countries would truly acknowledge the evils of their past; if they did, an apology would be issued immediately and permanently.

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 Жыл бұрын

@ionhunter 2 жыл бұрын

My 4x great grandfather was a slave in Denmark.

@bolajiaiyegboyin3579 2 жыл бұрын

Waaaaaw, how do you know this?

@ionhunter 2 жыл бұрын

@@bolajiaiyegboyin3579 Do you walk to school or carry your lunch?

@bolajiaiyegboyin3579 2 жыл бұрын

@@ionhunter hey,I was just amazed,don't throw shade at me?

@gsmith4295 3 жыл бұрын

That cartoon at 5:04 speaks volumes.

@jamesbedukodjograham5508 8 ай бұрын

Let them enter the professions,it is a nice nation to live in. I am really amazed thst Danemark took part in the slave trade. The nation should seek forgiveness for this evil.😅

@cocoaorange1 Жыл бұрын

There is a movie named A Royal Scandal that highlights a young African boy working for the Danish Royal in the 1600's I believe. It is based on a true story. The movie came out in 2013.

@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 4 жыл бұрын

Can you make videos on Afro Swedes and Afro Norwegians?

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Abraham! I'll add them to my list 👌🏽

@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 4 жыл бұрын

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Thank you so much, I really enjoyed this video you made and this is the first time I've seen someone make a video on the Afro Caribbean people of the Danish West Indies aka the U.S. Virgin Islands.

@yahiralejandromendezcarrer9299 Жыл бұрын

There are no Af** swedes and there is no Af** Norwegians, because in Scandinavia there are no blacks, there never have been and there never will be, your Afrocentrism and your black supremacy blind you from reality, on the other hand in Africa if there are descendants of Norwegians, Swedes and Danes, and there are many

@colombes9233 4 жыл бұрын

it's when you make the history of the African continent , with different peoples ?

@godwindei1471 2 жыл бұрын

Ghana to the world forever and ever and ever

@Nikkibl0m 2 жыл бұрын

Politican Mattias tesfaye is one of the people that are making those anti immigration laws btw

@MiguelDLewis 2 жыл бұрын

You mean him and his lobbyists.

@SuperWishaniggawoods Жыл бұрын

Here cause im petty as hell and wanna put angry YT’s in there place crying about our black queen Halle being the little mermaid 😌😌

@Hp771989 Жыл бұрын

This is why people need to stop trippin about The Little Mermaid ...there are black Danish women

@docterryates340 10 ай бұрын

John 8:32 kjv...truth shall NOT set you free... Truth as a living Organism will "MAKE" you Free. Make and set are NOT the same in letters, meaning and purpose.

@domju6546 Жыл бұрын

It's true we already rule the world

@sayhi2kojo1 Жыл бұрын

Tusin tak skale du have

@VallanoMedia801 Жыл бұрын

As a person born in st. croix, united states virgin islands and living in the mainland, I did not know about the person living in iceland, but recently knew about the offsprings traveling to denmark in 1905. With that being said, a heck no to reparations because the people who are alive did not live through what our ancestors live through and black lives matter doesn't represent blacks. Our descendants fought so we would have the opportunities to succeed in life. Thank you for sharing though and enjoy your day. And this post is from an american who is black.