Sharecropper Life on a Plantation

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10 жыл бұрын

Elvin Shields shares what it was like to be raised on a plantation home as the child of sharecroppers in Louisiana. This was filmed at his family home at Cane River Creole National Historic Park in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Elvin talks about making plantation toys.

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@mycolortv1 8 жыл бұрын

Listening to him makes me remember how strong his and my parents generation was as Black Americans to be able to survive during dangerous and very hard times, sir I commend you

@mixer14316 6 жыл бұрын

Well said. This is truly a man's man.

@aderlinejohnson8566 5 жыл бұрын

@Melanin Doll. May I ask why? I feel the same but if it's not a problem I would like to hear your reasons.

@bigvalley4987 5 жыл бұрын

So intelligent. I love My peoples.🥰☑️

@PhilipBurton-dn3ce 5 жыл бұрын

mycolortv1 my people were sold in the market places of europe and the middle east continuously for well over 1000yrs, and guess what?.........im white, a traditional owner of a land that later became known as England, the slaughter of my people started over 2000yrs ago and continued through 5 invasions by the romans, saxons, danes, vikings and the french normans, still to this day the ruling class of England are the french norman invaders and have been for 1000yrs

@lamarross4283 5 жыл бұрын

Yes those were the days and being born in the year of 1966 I barely missed those stressful long and hot days working for .10 cents a hour. Black folks really was United during those times and days because they had no choice. Now it seems like today's time people is taking a step backwards instead of forward when it comes to race relations. People must learn to let go of the past pain and hurt and allow the healing to take place. Black folks can not go back and fix the past. You can only work on the present and the future. Hate Evil and jealousy will only end when people decide to end racism !

@Offthbadan 6 жыл бұрын

I was born in 68 and its hard to believe people lived like this in the 60s. Now I see why my parents (God rest their souls) moved north. I took so much for granted.

@kappakumplete 5 жыл бұрын

I found the contract that my 3x great grandfather signed to be a sharecropper in South Carolina in 1868. Slavery had just recently been abolished and he was still toiling away in the fields. The land owner was a Confederate soldier. Imagine how wonderful he must have treated them. I hate my family had to endure this but I am proud of them for surviving for themselves and for me.

@dreamergirlbaby 4 жыл бұрын

How were you able to find the contract? I’m from S.C

@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985 3 жыл бұрын

See if you can put the contract in a museum!

@Ravangers 6 жыл бұрын

Wow i love a real historical lesson without any crap on the edges, he gives it how it is, how it was.

@sharonbartlett4307 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. That is very very interesting information. My grandfather was a sharecropper in the 1930s during the Depression. All of my aunts and uncles told stories about picking cotton. They also told me the difference between picking and pulling cotton. One time when I was around 12 years old my mother tookus kids to see some of the houses that she lived in and the cotton gin where they took the cotton that they had picked. That was a very hard time on the Family. I keep trying to envision my grandmother living like that and raising 9 children. Thank you again for sharing this, it has given me some insight how they lived. They also did not have electricity or running water. They had coal oil lamps and a well where they had to pump the water to bring into the house. All of the children had their own special chores. when they were out in the cotton fields my grandmother would place the babies on the end of the tow sack and hold them along well she was picking cotton. all of the older children from the age of five on up would pick cotton. When their tow sack was full they would empty it into the back have a truck. When the truck was full someone would take it to the cotton gin.

@bigblendmag 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. This is a time in history we tend to forget, and we are aware that there were sharecroppers of all races. This video has sparked a lot of interest and comments, some comments that I had to remove, but most were informative. This is a huge subject and this video only covers a small part of the subject. However, a lot of Americans really are not aware of sharecropping and how it worked. Big Blend Magazines.

@Emmieh3 3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that sharecropping continued that far into the 20th century. I'm glad this video is still up. Just happened to need to research Sharecropping in Louisiana.

@bigblendmag 3 жыл бұрын

If you ever get the chance to visit, it will be something that stays with you forever... Well worth seeing. Nancy - BigBlendMagazines.com

@elisabethdakak878 3 жыл бұрын

In those days people spoke English very well, so much better than today

@kristinwhitaker2983 5 жыл бұрын

The human strength of African Americans is like non I have ever witnessed before. Bless you and your family

@chewie2055 3 жыл бұрын

Kristin Whitaker African Americans ( not all black’s ancestors came from Africa)...were not the only sharecroppers...

@BernardAsare-bh9gp 4 ай бұрын

And where else did Blacks come from apart from Africa?@chewie2055

@nubianqueen1882 8 жыл бұрын

God bless you sir, I could listen to you all day.

@TheSuperbeauty24 8 жыл бұрын

yes i agree

@bigvalley4987 5 жыл бұрын

I can listen to as well. That is the Art we lost. LISTENING. Take life a little easier. Take life a little easier. He have such a soothing Family oriented voice.

@sheashea4622 5 жыл бұрын

My grandmother used to tell me about this way of living. I always loved for her to talk about her past life. Sometimes it would make me sad and as I got older it would upset me because of the injustice she and her family endured.

@shakkay.3899 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you're over reacting; sounds like a good life.

@sheashea4622 4 жыл бұрын

@Adonis Johnson I am not sure if your comment was directed to me or not because you did not put a handle on it but if it was, you are entitled to freedom of speech and to your own opinion. I expressed my self without using any derogatory comments and there was no need for you to make such a comment. However, you are entitled to speak your mind, but please remember when it is your turn to endure take it with a grain of salt.

@akeishaharris 3 жыл бұрын

My grand parents were share croppers and may they both rest in peace. I remember my whole family lived on one street. They were in Union Springs Alabama. I'm 41 years old and I loved visiting them. They both passed away in the early to mid 90's.

@1guyreckingkrew 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had grandparents 🥺 I know our family is from Clarksdale Mississippi so I’m sure my family live like this.

@ladyt-cj4gg 5 жыл бұрын

My grandmother is 80 and has surpressd most of her memories from that time she picked cotton so sad

@MrsEster-tb6ye 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should let her see the video, then she might want to talk and give her side of the story

@t.c.3027 3 жыл бұрын

One day these kids now a days WILL look back, see, & hopefully understand what WE delt with in our days! i.e., same situations on a diff. level, just another time!

@frankridgway5440 4 жыл бұрын

My ancestors came from England and gave up their Royalty to come to AMERICA because of religious persecution. The became white sharecroppers in Pennsylvania and established the first Amish settlement there.

@marvinhesler321 3 жыл бұрын

I was so overwhelmed with emotions from your stories...I am glad to have met you sir...may you be blessed in all your life

@none360business6 3 жыл бұрын

Marvin Hesler 🙏🏿💛😇

@jameswells-uk6qu 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love his home made plantation toys!!! 👍 💝

@westcoastgirl 3 жыл бұрын

Your story is full of hope and promise . A positive message that you can better your lot no matter what . Thanks for sharing .

@JolieBlonLA 8 жыл бұрын

Bravo, Mr. Sheilds !!! I just wish that it was longer; perhaps with some of your family history, how many siblings are in your family & how long your family has lived in the Cane River area. Even so, I so enjoyed your narration. Thank you so much !

@mikewoods897 4 жыл бұрын

What a blessing you are Mr. Sheilds for helping to carry on part of our American history. I hope you have a very blessed day!

@laneitajones7771 6 жыл бұрын

My mother who was born in 1922 in Texas often talked of corn silk dolls when she was little.

@redforlifehead1324 5 жыл бұрын

LaNeita Jones my mother taught me how to make those dolls

@hodgemoss 5 жыл бұрын

redforlife head Then do a KZfaq video of how to make it please

@sandraroberts7406 3 жыл бұрын

@@redforlifehead1324 ME TOO WERE TAUGHT MY GRANDMA AND SISTER

@stevenanderson7194 Жыл бұрын

What you have done here is so important and wonderful.

@loveleighstylez8853 7 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful story God bless you and thank you for preserving our culture

@haivannguyen6812 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the countryside. We did not have running water inside. We used water from the river, No electricity. We used oil lantern and we grew that plant making oil. Nothing wrong with that.

@BlueRidgeMtns100 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with it but it's a hard life regardless of who you are. White people had it hard in the same way that this man is describing. If you work hard enough you can keep body and soul together but that's about all you can accomplish. Your kids start so far behind the children of the privileged that it's a heartache for their parents.

@FaithandNova 5 жыл бұрын

@@BlueRidgeMtns100 you're joking right? You can not compare the few white ppl who struggled to the majority of blacks who struggled. Y'all always looking for a pity party

@BlueRidgeMtns100 5 жыл бұрын

@@FaithandNova You have a very narrow outlook. You are of the opinion it was "the few" white people who struggled when it was actually the majority. As for a "pity party" take a look at your comment and the attitude it expresses.

@garrydavis760 3 жыл бұрын

I am from a small poor town also, but I went in the military and did not look back. God forgive me for not looking back, I am grown now I will never forget and I will come back. Please forgive me.

@cathythomas9128 8 жыл бұрын

i love that old house.would love to have one of those handmade toys!!!!

@kristinwhitaker2983 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story and how children would make toys wow.

@keithreid8629 4 жыл бұрын

My great uncle Clement was a share cropper in the state of Virginia may he rest in peace

@geaj4214 6 жыл бұрын

Goes to show as long as you have family that stick together you can make it through much love

@stevenfuller2328 4 жыл бұрын

You're an inspiration! Thanks for educating us on sharecroppers life. I also gladly appreciate you, for your services to our country. You're awesome, and you never forgot where you came from. 💪👊👍👍

@Sheshe661972 8 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Thank you, Sir, for sharing all of this information.

@smit3ang 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. My grandfather was a sharecropper. It was a way to farm if you couldn't afford land. My brother, now, has also lived on farms while he worked for the farm (but got paid wage, not profit). This is how it usually works today.

@jamilgotcher5456 5 жыл бұрын

My Great Grandparents were share croppers too. We have a really old photo of them sitting on the front porch of their home. They were so poor the doctor wouldn't teat one of their children and he died. RIP Glen. It made my Grandma cry to tell the story when she was in her last decade of life.

@knightingalesaid 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this history lesson.

@Bluecollarworkingman 6 жыл бұрын

Quality video. I love the knowledge and history you share sir. Thankyou.

@rebelbelle62 2 жыл бұрын

I think those plantation toys are fantastic! They tie us to history. Thank you for sharing this with us.

@FunintheSun813 5 жыл бұрын

This blessed my soul. May God richly bless him and all those involved in making this video

@ArnaGSmith 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Shields!

@totsmini3105 2 жыл бұрын

🙌Magnificent documentation!! Thank You for bringing your History to Life!!🙌

@beautifulgirl927 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@blacksultan85 5 жыл бұрын

great vid from Mr. Elvin Shields for telling his story on what's it like growing up in the plantation

@EcoNeighbor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank for sharing your story!

@philbenninger8717 5 жыл бұрын

A fascinating & enlightening video!! Thx so very much for sharing! It sounds as though - even being an extremely oppressed society at the time - that folks “made do with what they had.” This particular gentleman is absolutely phenomenal, & such an inspiration!!🙏💪👏

@user-rx2ue7yg2b Жыл бұрын

Love these toys and models!

@2keyna 3 жыл бұрын

God bless you and our ancestors 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@stepheniehertzfeld2523 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I wish they taught this real black history to our children or I had t-e insight to teach my son when he was a kid. Well it never to late to learn. Sir ,praise God ur an engineer.Thank you so must

@classyog 5 жыл бұрын

I agree, the hx they are teaching in these schools is very inaccurate..I've taught my children real hx, if I didn't they would believe sharecropping was a step up for black people.

@audreyjoyner535 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the informations about the families who work on the plantation.

@davidjones6894 5 жыл бұрын

black ppl have been thru so much, more than anyone

@PRIMOCITY 5 жыл бұрын

David Jones it true

@kthomas3280 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the information! Great video

@tomkruze2749 2 жыл бұрын

Remarkable. Thank you for sharing

@dianemadden4475 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you and God Bless You!

@_shumba 2 жыл бұрын

This account of America's past for African American's eerily resembles the poor areas of my home country Zimbabwe. Oddly enough I have also seen some children with what you call "plantation art" where they make cars or other vehicles with long handles which allow them to steer the toy as they walk. Although these toys are not linked with plantations or slavery. When I was younger even though I had the luxuries of modern toys, I used to be fascinated with those wire toys and wanted to use one myself and now that I'm older I finally bought one to put on display a few years ago. We also have a lot of subsistence farmers. The system isn't far different from sharecroppers except for most people have to buy seed each year from the big seed companies. Of course, most of these seeds are hybrids which of course are not open pollinated so you can't just replant the seed from last years crop and get a genetically identical crop. You have to keep going back to the same seed company, keeping people in a cycle of poverty. Alas, there is great hope. If America has progressed to where it is now from just the 1950s, even my country which only became liberated in 1980 could also prosper one day.

@BigBlendMagazines 2 жыл бұрын

Your country will most assuredly progress as a lot of the former British colonies have and are still doing. Although we are American, my daughter and I used to live in Kenya and then South Africa, where we saw a lot of the old colonial ways of doing things changing day by day. With those changes, you know the attitudes of the people are also changing.

@eleanorsmith9706 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing those painful stories.

@williamwebster7325 6 жыл бұрын

We were close to each other back then like we should be now I was born in 1960 i still can remember things that went on 🙃🤗😇🤔

@LiaTheLight 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing real history

@BigBlendMagazines 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, we feel it is very important to share true history. Hopefully it will help us learn from our mistakes.

@TheBill70800 5 жыл бұрын

God Bless You and family.

@paraleeculbert2058 6 жыл бұрын

This brings back much memories nice

@coletanner5193 5 жыл бұрын

Let me educate everyone that this plight did not discriminate based on color..Yes the opportunities to advance were far less for blacks than whites but there were German Irish and Spanish sharecroppers all thru the centuries.

@darioussmith3450 5 жыл бұрын

So what's your point? how would you like to work sun up to sun down and are in the negative at the end of the year and not get paid? that's modern day slavery

@BlueRidgeMtns100 5 жыл бұрын

@@darioussmith3450 It's certainly not slavery. It's sharecropping is what it is and it was a no win bitch for the sharecropper whether black or white.

@jamilgotcher5456 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, my Great Grandparents were share croppers. My Grandma used to get tears in her eyes when she told me they were so poor that they didn't have enough money for the doctor to come visit their house too see about her sick younger brother and he died as a result.

@wandasanders4193 3 жыл бұрын

You're right white people from indentured servants worked as sharecroppers. My grandmother was one her shack looked worse than this one. They had no shoes, no plumbing , her children only got an Apple for Christmas. Her shack had holes in the floors and you could see chickens between the boards. Their heat was a fire place that she put heated irons on your feet on top of many quilts to keep you warm. Reparations. Yeah for all sharecroppers .

@geaj4214 6 жыл бұрын

This is what I want for my family our own land to raise our own healthy food and live together hopefully I will find land after I finish my degree in agriculture

@joshanderson7358 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@ArnaGSmith 5 жыл бұрын

God bless you, Sir.

@lindadanner592 6 жыл бұрын

It was America who put you your family and generations of black ppl in those deplorable situations...proud of you for over coming.

@nialcc 5 жыл бұрын

@@marvange2498- Wow, you really don't get it. Everything you stated is too sugar coated and simplistic to even be close to truth. What Linda stated is actually truth and you should listen.

@shakkay.3899 5 жыл бұрын

Only reason they let him restore his childhood home is to sell this sanitizer version of sharecropper. He also getting paid.

@williamhickerson9143 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a white man and I also grew up on a share croppers farm we raised tobbaco and bell peppers plus green squash

@pauldini5121 5 жыл бұрын

And you're point is ...?

@Gee90210 5 жыл бұрын

His point is that share croppers came in all shapes and colors.

@shakkay.3899 5 жыл бұрын

@@Gee90210 And I bet they didn't cheat you and your children had better schools in September!

@TheMrPeteChannel 4 жыл бұрын

See. See. We're always at each other's throats. The only color that matter's is apparently green..

@vaultclassics1516 7 жыл бұрын

I need to put my kids in this environment because they think money grow on trees. They don't see the reason they eat out a lot and get mostly what they want is because I'm getting only 5 hours a sleep after working and time with them.

@geaj4214 6 жыл бұрын

Show them let them see with their own eyes

@ry641 6 жыл бұрын

I give respect to you, you sound like my father. Works himself downto the bone cuz he never wants us to go without money again. My sister disrespects him and I hope she learns how much is sacrificed, I hope your children do too.

@ry641 6 жыл бұрын

I never grew up spoiled. My sister did. Lol

@toneyzion 5 жыл бұрын

💯

@FaithandNova 5 жыл бұрын

Not to be rude but you as a parent helped create the problem.

@bigvalley4987 5 жыл бұрын

Nice place to raise even keel children that elevated many generations. I love my cultures. We had a a Great a Time

@rubyjames3105 5 жыл бұрын

i was raised exactly like this in Canada not so long ago with one exception. we paid rent on a shack with no utilities, there were no crops to share.

@nancycollins5172 4 жыл бұрын

And much colder in the winter!

@jeffhagerman7810 5 жыл бұрын

Great story and great guy not full of hate and divide sir you are a American hero just like HK Edgerton and the 4 Js and many others that i look up to from a white guy that grew up in the poorest county in America even still to this day hats off brother to you .

@qtcarter8127 3 жыл бұрын

My parents and grand parents were share croppers in Drew MS and Glendora MS. My parents left Drew after WW 11. Never went back

@carolynallgood3508 4 жыл бұрын

Hospitality of the state of Mississippi❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👍👍✝️✝️✝️🆗🆗🆗💥💥💥🆗✝️❤️🙏🏽👍👍🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽✝️✝️✝️✝️

@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841 5 жыл бұрын

I want to buy some land in Mississippi...I would love to live in the country sometimes...very comfortable healthy living...

@drewhendley 4 жыл бұрын

Healthy living in Mississippi, lol

@factsoverfiction7826 3 жыл бұрын

If you have people (relatives) who live in the area, you're much more likely to be accepted.

@desi_blackgirl4949 3 жыл бұрын

Lord I'm glad I didn't live in the south but I got family from mississippi I don't think I could live on a plantation in these modern days......I'd loose my mind......

@deirdrepasko9056 6 жыл бұрын

I wish youtube had a Heart button!

@cherokeejames963 Жыл бұрын

Wow awesome history class about it

@deloreswaters24 Жыл бұрын

I love this real history

@amapparatistkwabena 5 жыл бұрын

Gosh, he could be one of my uncles. I love this history.

@dallasisraelites4241 5 жыл бұрын

no the truth we teach it

@johnmansfield951 2 жыл бұрын

I remember those days

@matthewconner463 Жыл бұрын

Blessings🙏🏾👨🏾‍🌾👨🏾‍🌾👨🏾‍🌾👨🏾‍🌾sir

@dottiesmith2439 5 жыл бұрын

God Bless

@chariotwofilthy8374 4 жыл бұрын

You are a strong person with respect for yourself God gave you that a fan of truth Linda j. ☮️❤️ 💯🌈 🌈🐻❤️❤️❤️💯🌹🌹💯

@blackberrylady6025 4 жыл бұрын

Born in 1957, but had our own land & hugh fields in Mississippi. Lots of home grown vegetables was grown, we had our own cows....wasn't a sharecropper.......I remember ...wood stove. Family picking cotton, lamps, making our own toys....But my child hood was very poor, but we still managed to have fun.....TODay kids has much more & they're much depressed & runaways e.t.c......We was poor but life was simple..🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽☕☕☕🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽

@gooncrusha6638 5 жыл бұрын

Don’t become what you fight. One day it’ll all make sense.

@Gee90210 5 жыл бұрын

I also made my own toys. Taught me creativity. I think this was a stress freee life.

@bigblendmag 5 жыл бұрын

When we lived in Kenya we saw the African children making the same wire toys. Coming back to the States it was so interesting to find Elvin and watch him make the same kind of toys. What a great tradition... the toys are beautiful.

@Gee90210 5 жыл бұрын

Big Blend Magazines I grew up in Kenya so I understand what you’re talking about😊 BTW sharecropping is still practiced all over the world. That’s how people make ends meet.

@bigblendmag 5 жыл бұрын

What part of Kenya did you grow up in? It's a beautiful country, I loved it, still do.

@Gee90210 5 жыл бұрын

Big Blend Magazines south western Kenya near sotik How long ago did you leave?

@jamilgotcher5456 5 жыл бұрын

Working that hard is not stress free.

@JacobafJelling 6 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Denmark

@jagrack8329 6 жыл бұрын

I like him

@conniebaker1958 3 жыл бұрын

So sad for them hard times!!!!!! However a lot of special family time and that means more then all the money in the world

@beansmith2465 6 жыл бұрын

Wow

@TYP1970 5 жыл бұрын

Where is part 2?

@briannemorse2464 3 жыл бұрын

It was a hard life and many whites live it too. These people were not slaves, they were free to try to improve their lives if they could. I realize it's hard to move if you have no money

@OloRishaCreole504 3 жыл бұрын

My Family settled this lil town..Cane River,La...surname Metoyers,La Cour (LeCourt)..... My 7th great grand ma was freed an ran/own the plantations there..her parents were kidnapped from Africa..her name was Marie Thereze CoinCoin..she bought a lot of family members under her an worked to free them

@deb6616117 5 жыл бұрын

The sharecropper lifestyle was not only in the black community but it was also in the white community my family grew up in Arkansas and both sides my mama and my daddy families were both sharecroppers and he explained it to a T exactly how the life style of the sharecroppers were but there were also a lot of white families who were that poor and like him all of my uncles on both sides of the family went into the service and made a better life for themselves so you can come from nothing and make it a life for yourself here in America we are so blessed live in this country.

@diannematherne5359 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, I was born & raised on a small sugar cane plantation where my dad, his dad, & his grandfather worked the field & lived. I have work the sugar cane also, kingknife in hand, sun up to sun down, rain, cold, or sunny weather. I'm 65, and a woman. My mom & her family picked cotton. Not as sharecropper but as tenant workers. We only spoke Cajun French & learned English in school. Don't dare speak cajun French while in school either, punishment for that. Usually whipping or hand slapped with ruler. Times back then was simple. Cistern for water, outhouses, fireplaces for cooking & heating (if you had a wood burning stove, you were well off, lol), & Coal oil lamps for lights. We walked to where we wanted to go unless you could afford a car. We had pirogues as we traveled the bayous.

@jamilgotcher5456 5 жыл бұрын

My Great Grandparents were sharecroppers too, Deborah. My family is white and from Arkansas on my Dad's side. I'm not sure if the Arkansas side of the family was sharecroppers but I do know that the Kansas side of our family, Grandparents were sharecroppers with a large family. Very poor. Both sides of my family moved up through military too. My Dad's a professional photographer and so am I. My immediate family are the only ones that aren't military. It's military on both sides.

@ramonjamison373 5 жыл бұрын

In this original program in 2015 I watched on channel 11 a white man visit a plantation still being occupied by slave descendants. Ot was a lady frying the chicken in a old slave shack that she said her family lived in. I can not find thus video anymore. They were so called share cropperes but they were living on a plantation their ancestors lived on with slave master descendants stillbliving in big house. Where is that video.

@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841 5 жыл бұрын

This is actually good living tho!!!! 💖💐

@BlueRidgeMtns100 5 жыл бұрын

Living in the country is good living. Sharecroppers, black or white, lived hard, hard, down to the bone hard lives. Read about pellagra, it was all over the middle and deep South and it hit white sharecroppers hard. Southern doctors diagnosed it as the "lazy disease." It took a Northern doctor to find it's cause and what was required to correct the problem. (It's essentially a disease of malnutrition.) It's just my opinion but I think it's a bunch more of how much money you have or don't have than the color of your skin. If there is anyone who is of less value than a black person, it's a poor white person. I know this is true in the South and always has been.

@corriyatahudson2609 3 жыл бұрын

He explained free days as Saturday and Sunday and That's when sharecroppers taken care of their own house chores. We are so used of taking care ourselves last. Til this very day we put ourselves last. Black self care is a must, take care of yourself and your people first. This country always had us as their backbone.

@marysimmons3481 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I come up in Fluker Louisiana the kents plantation

@deputydogg9993 5 жыл бұрын

wow.

@BlueRidgeMtns100 5 жыл бұрын

Life was hard for most people, especially farming people. Shockingly hard. Some folks live that hard today. This man had special circumstances. His parents had it hard but not as hard as some.

@virginiachase1210 6 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the video but I've heard so many say only n america was that possible. How do u know that? Many colores went 2 london england 2 do their craft without prejudice, some went 2 canada? Where is it shown that only n america people of color could prosper?

@blacquereign 5 жыл бұрын

Damn..!!!

@nialcc 5 жыл бұрын

@ 6:50 he call the cabins "slave tenant shacks" that pretty much explains it all.

@noneexistent2781 4 жыл бұрын

6:35

@ednakelley814 4 жыл бұрын

well sure. They were most likley former slaves cabins. My great great grand parents were sharecroppers and I'm white.

@nialcc 4 жыл бұрын

@@noneexistent2781 - Thanks but my computer time line still stated 6:50. Oh well.

@ednakelley814 4 жыл бұрын

@@nialcc Trump who made record low unemployment for people of color

@vootamu1 Жыл бұрын

@@ednakelley814 ,what does Trump have to do with this particular story which is about sharecropping? It's about what this individual "made" and how hard he has worked throughout his life.

@TheEtbetween 5 жыл бұрын

what about those who didnt make it

@carolynallgood3508 4 жыл бұрын

My Mississi Born and raise of Mississippi ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️✝️✝️✝️

@countryboylife5darlowe391 6 жыл бұрын

That was some bullshit back then my family Lowe's was share crop holders.. Thanks for the true history sir... my folks is from Yazu Ms.... awesome toy making skills