Jamestown the historic settlement in Virginia played a significant role in the history of slavery in the United States during the early years of jamestown’s establishment in the 17th century enslaved Africans were brought to the colony to work on plantations and perform various labor-intensive tasks these enslaved people endured harsh conditions forced labor and the denial of basic human rights the presence of enslaved people in Jamestown was a reflection of the institution of slavery that was deeply ingrained in American Society at the time their labor contributed to the economic growth of the colony and laid the foundation for the development of the plantation system in the southern colonies it is important to acknowledge and remember the experiences of jamestown’s enslaved people as part of understanding the history of slavery and its lasting impact on American society in August 2019 which was 400 years after the arrival of the first enslaved Africans the NAACP leadership members and the African-American Community had the opportunity to travel from Jamestown Virginia to the Jamestown area of Accra Ghana a former port and slave market as part of a commemoration trip this trip was organized by Diallo Sunbury Ghana’s first black American tourism Ambassador in collaboration with the National Association for the advancement of colored people Jamestown to Jamestown is an initiative slated for the year of return a year-long major landmark spiritual and Birthright Journey inviting the Global African Family Home and abroad to strengthen and re-energize the ongoing fight for complete Liberation and Justice around the world by Bridging the black diasporas present with our African past a pilgrimage to the ass and manso Slave River Site is a component of Jamestown to Jamestown spiritual rituals before slaves were being transported to the slave castles along the coast slaves from the northern region of Ghana and occasionally neighboring Nations took their last bath at the ass and manso Slave River Site thank God we metoo and around [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] all right foreign commodity was our ancestors here is where our identity was robbed here is a manufacturing ground for the Negro their hitherto did not exist remember that when our ancestors were brought here and having been captured in all the places of interior where we were captured from there were no African-Americans captured there were no Jamaicans captured there were no Brazilians captured they had not been created yet they had not been constructed yet our names arrived from us our identities were robbed from us our language is robbed from us the very memory of ourselves around from us that was the importance of us going down into dungeons Into Darkness so the darkness would be prevailing over our minds that our memory of ourselves would be lost that the history of ourselves would be lost I don’t think people understand oh how it feels oh for a lot of African Americans to come home to a place you’ve never been I mean how do you how you’ve never been home before I think it’s emotional for everybody every African-American should experience that for their own soul it’s for your soul you know your soul is here and so it is nothing but greatness being here I mean you know this is home it’s when we get here the first time I came here I couldn’t stop crying because I had I had come to a place called home which I’d never been and I felt robbed and so I’m good now now you know we’re doing some business over here we’re going to create some opportunity over here we’re going to change the the thought process you know and this is going to help shape especially bridge the gap between African Americans and Africans because definitely that’s what you have to do a lot of the issues that we’re dealing with as African Americans are you know embedded in this sort of generational disconnect the trauma the terror being stripped of your rights your identity your culture and to be the first in your family to ReDiscover that and reconnect with that ancestry and be empowered by it gives you a whole new perspective on on yourself and your life Stevie Wonder set in the Press recently they wanted to move to Ghana now now those of us in the room that know Stevie personally he says this thing many times through the years that we’ve known them uh but this last time he said it what he said he said I’m moving to Ghana so that can be valued and respected more and you know you got to think as a black American who amongst us is more valued or respected than Stevie Wonder and the idea that he would feel this way at this stage in his life and in his career he goes on to say uh I would do this for my grandchildren so that they don’t have to worry about that which is a very ominous thing to say This is Gonna Last for the foreseeable future and to see him decide to make that move I wanted to go I’ll follow him over there [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] everything has a beginning and everything has an end you know I’m standing at the beginning thank you for watching if you enjoyed the content of this video consider subscribing to the channel leave a comment like and share this video see you in the next one [Music]