GALLERY: From The Slavehouse to The White House
By Casey Gane-McCalla February 13, 2009 4:40 pm
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Four hundred years ago the first African Americans were brought to this country as slaves. In 1819 slaves helped build the White House. There were three American Presidents who owned slaves. Today, an African American is the president of the United States. here is the journey of African Americans from The Slavehouse to the White House.
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1 2 Next »what kind of people could allow this to happen ? the klu klux klan doesnt even deserve to be capitalized in a sentence. They so tough why dont they unmask their selfs instead of wearing bed sheets. When have we hidden our faces? NEVER !
Has anyone posting on this subject of who’s African, African American, Black, a combination, etc; traced their own lineage back to slavery? Can anyone truly state that you have proof of slave origin in your family? Do some research, learn “yourstory” it makes all the difference in the world. And it wasn’t just a rule, the one drop thing, it is law.
I am black like midnight, learned at grandma’s knee all about our families plight. Don’t have no hate or shame, proud to know how we got the massahs name. Took his misconceptions and turned them into perceptions of a productive future. The days of American slavery are long past, but the evidence of its presence will always last. Let us not forget that we are still considered endangered learn your history or to self always be a stranger.
Ablackbutterfly…
Check it out son… BOTH houses pictured are WHITE!!!
Just ONE of them has a lower ceiling!!!
Thanks from Denver,CO.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
Theres no duch thing as a light skinned black african.Light skinned black comes from race mixing and forceing mixed race children to be seen as black only by the one drop rul.this is where we get the light skin black from, This rule was created during the time of slavery in our country. The rule basically stated that a person with as little as one drop of black was black no matter how light they were. But neggggress love to keep the rule alive by claming anyone with black blood.
I don’t understand why african americans or blacks focus on this
whites vs blacks thing! we as blacks should educate ourselves and stop beig frustrated because of slavery. in fact our proudness should come out of the fact that black americans were once upon a time slaves in this country and we have now emerged to have the same opportunities with other races.another thing why do we call ourselves african americans? is that not another type of segregation towards our african brothers? what do we call them? are we different from them? surely no for we are all blacks.Obama is not african -american if the meaning of such a thing is to be descendent of slaves, he is simply american and all citizens of this country should be called americans and be proud of it. Education is the only way out of poverty not stereotyping people and believe it makes a difference whoever sits as president of this country.
I am proud that an African is the president of the USA. The image that is now set for Africans are enormous. Obama is no savior for African people, he came on the backs of many of us, we cannot forget Blacks all over the world fighting for you freedom while we rode at the backs of buses.We need to save ourselves as a people instead of looking for one person with the solution for such a diverse race. This foolishness about Obama is not an African American is damn foolishness, he came from a stock in Kenya called the MAW MAW. There is none in our country that accomplished what the MAW MAW of Kenya accomplished, not even our most militant the Black Phanters. He has twenty years of liberation philosophy, most of you do not even have a month. Colonization is worse than slavery, johns, toms, Kathy’s and all the foolish slave emblem you carry as names. The audacity to question the authenticity of an Africa? Obama was born in Hawaii, and Africa was born in him.Now after sitting up in Rev. Wright church, he knows the color of God and his children already knows. Give the brother a chance and go liberate yourself my friend from the hate yourself fiend they made of us.
Loved the slideshow. I am very proud that my president is who he is, I am happy that I lived long enough to see it. I would hear stories as a child about(what if we had a black president?) and look has happened….joy filled my heart the night I found out, and for some reason I still carry that joy around me everyday, it’s the joy that no one can take from you!……The First Black Family. It sounds so good.!!!
This is in effect wrong. Yes Obama is a African-American, but he is surely not a descendant of the Slave. So this cut about from the slave house to the white house is not working for African-Americans who are the True Descendants of the Slave. No disrespect to Mr. Obama, he is not trying to claim this very significant heritage that you can only be born into. Yes it is wonderful that he sits in the highest seat in all the land, he has a job to do. How it will change or assist the lives of African-Americans we don’t know, we’ll need to wait and see. Now if you really want to do a Slave House to White Base it upon Mrs. Obama.
Great slideshow..LOVED it! Gawd we need more educational blogs like this on BP. Media is the reason why young black America is more interested in Rick Ross beef then black history..or anything educational. Thank you again!
What happen to condoleezza rice? Is still a sister, even though at times is a question mark.
Clarence Thomas – 1991- nominated to the Supreme Court.
our President is white & first generation african-american..and in the days of slavery, a lot of slaves we’re white && black because of slavemasters raping black women && producing children..and it was once thought that if you had one tenth of “nigga blood” you were all black so..we have come such a long way, no matter how you look at it..from slavery, to the civil rights movement, to us being in everything from TV to sports, to our first african-american president, we couldn’t of had one, without the other..we break barriers & it should be respected
Obama is half African pure and half White or red neck pure , as we where brought here to be of property and economic machines and since then we have been prey in their economic , court, housing , school , education , health , system and the right to live in peace on our jobs , business , churches too. it’s a sad day now even we have a half black man in the white house what changes will come of good for all of mankind will the powers to be confronted ? will the world bank (IMF) be of fairness towards dark race cultures and countries ? . Time tells all but we as a race should not forget nothing for the other races don’t so why should we either and be as we are our own kind of people with truth , spirit , kindness , warriors , smart and all the things Yahweh has made . Amen
gotta hate those b&w photos. rosa parks look like a white woman with partial slant eyes. it could be ruled that she didnt start s**t because she wasnt really black. if you follow the white mans stereotype of a black person havin brillo pad hair, big nose, big lips, charcoal skin and a woman with a huge ass, rosa parks is as white as printer paper. therefore arrestin her for refusin to give up her seat is retarded because it wouldve been illegal to accuse a non-black person of breakin the law because of failure to move to the back of the bus. i hate to say it, but theres no comparison between the plight of african americans for civil rights and freedom from slavery with obama’s takin of office. his father was full blooded kenyan not “black” as in bein decended from slaves. barack can and does speak for all americans regardless of race and money but he is only african american because he was born in america. he is 1/2 of both white and black vs. virtually all black people in the u.s. who have questionable amounts of black and white and also native american blood. so dependin on how you look at it, he may be more black than alot of us. at least he knows his ancestry. i wish i knew everything that all was in my heritage but sadly it will remain a mystery forever. wow i dont think i heard about marcus garvey in school. most of the other stuff was probably taught although i did forget some because its impossible to absorb it all. its so sad about that church bombin in alabama in 1963. that girl in the top corner was cute. she along with other 3 below her deserved to grow up into fine young women. i hope the white people are punished someday for the hardships theyve caused for black people. all this time and still no reparations for black people. unless thats what you call this stimulus but i dont. id hope to get a lot more than 400 measly dollars for 4 centuries of bulls**t.
I will be showing this at our Veteran’s Hospital for the MLK Celebration do I need to get permission (for education purpose only)
And oh yeah, when he say’s “From The Slavehouse to The Whitehouse” He’s not refering to obama’s journey alone. He means us blacks as a whole and the trials we have over come to be where we are. Please if you aren’t sure of the subject at hand please don’t comment negatively on such a positive piece.
We have come a long way.. I’m proud of us all.
Funny how you would say “From The Slavehouse to The Whitehouse” Maybe Gane-McCalla doesn’t know his history, but Obama ancestors wasn’t slaves.
If anything they owned slaves.
enslaved people… correct terminology.
great piece!
Wow
great job NEWS ONE keep up the movement!
SHI…IF WE BUILT IT THEN WE SHOULD BE THE ONES TO TEAR THAT B***H DOWN! CAN I GET A AMEN?
I don’t think you are right abouth the white house.do the history of the white house and you will find out. and please stop calling us slaves we were oppresssed people. we are the only race call ourselves slaves. please thank
So right..Most people dont know that the WHITE HOUSE, was built by SLAVES..Great article..I love the banner illustrating the sale of black people..in july i went to see the old slave mart in s.c.the charleston port..I wet with my family..It was something to see..