IDKMYDE: The Black President Who Abolished Slavery Before Lincoln
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Before the Emancipation Proclamation, a Black leader abolished slavery in his
nation—a history rarely taught in American classrooms.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | The black president who abolished slavery before Lincoln. |
| 0:09.3 | Hello, Mexico. |
| 0:10.6 | I didn't know. |
| 0:11.9 | My amigos favoritos, |
| 0:13.8 | bienvenito to another episode. |
| 0:16.3 | He, |
| 0:16.6 | no, no, |
| 0:17.1 | I know. |
| 0:18.2 | Quizas you, |
| 0:18.8 | don't know you know. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm your presentador, Pidot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Y'all ain't know your boy was by language like that, did you? Yeah, I just said, no at all. Welcome back to another episode of I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. I'm your host, BDOT. But I said that Joan in Spanish. |
| 0:38.4 | And why am I showing off my Spanish 2 education? |
| 0:41.4 | Because this episode, you need your digital passport. |
| 0:44.4 | We're hopping back on Flight 1619, and we're headed to Mexico. |
| 0:49.4 | But before we jump on that flight, it is customary that we give you three of the most useless facts you'll never need ever, not a day in life. |
| 0:59.6 | Prima, Mexico abolished slavery in 1829, while the U.S. was still very much committed to the nonsense. |
| 1:09.5 | Secondo, the man who signed it into law was Afro-American. |
| 1:15.0 | And thirdero, some Americans were so mad about that decision that they moved to Texas. |
| 1:21.6 | So for today's episode, I'm going to ask you, did you know that it was a black president |
| 1:25.3 | who abolished slavery before Lincoln? |
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