Black People were among the first native Americans on this continent, they were the last people in the United States to receive voting rights. For the most part, the unfortunate reasoning behind white resistance was racial prejudice.
Regardless of the color, triumphant armies made slaves of conquered peoples. Initially, African slaves were prizes of war. But, because of God preparing countless resilient, and brave people, He gave them the strength to go on.
Though we will never be able to right the wrongs of History or ever learn every name of those who stood up for Civil Rights, we should never forget the heart wrenching struggles that were eminent. Just like the soldiers who become casualties of war are honored for serving our Country, so should the enslaved soldiers who became the casualties of war in Black History. It is important to move ahead, but also crucial to never those who received the brunt of the storm by being hung in the name of hatred, helplessly tortured, bodies mutilated for their families to witness, and those who gave their lives to make it possible for the first black President to take his place and create change in the White House today.
I have to point out that there were some good white people too. John Fairfield, of a Virginia slave-holding family, was one. John was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. At times he posed as a slave-trader or sometimes as a traveling evangelist, he aided many slaves in leaving the South.
Harriet Ross Tubman was a strong black woman, at about 28 when she escaped in 1849 from a Maryland plantation. Harriet left her family behind, all but two brothers who started out with her, but they became frightened and went back. Imagine if this were to happen again, this would draw too much attention. Harriet was not having it...She began to carry a pistol and now the game was changed. Things came down to do or die, If any slave heading North in her parties even tried that foolishness...Harriet would let them know, “You'll be free or die!” Singing seamlessly harmless Negro Spirituals, but the lyrics were a code alerting slaves to her presence. Ms. Underground Railroad Conductor (network of people and places), The Moses of her people (coined after Moses in the Bible), Mrs. Harriet Ross Tubman went on 19 secret trips in the dangerous South, she guided more than 300 slaves to freedom. During the Civil War, she planned and led a raid that freed 750 slaves.
“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty, We are free at last.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Truth, Passion and Love
A Sword For The Lord/Prophetess~BSJ+
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