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Black History Year

The Devilish Truth Behind The Anti-Black Doorway We Rarely Talk About

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.32.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Standing next to the door, you wouldn’t even think a child could fit through it. So how did hundreds of our ancestors pass through? And what does it mean for us today? _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Standing next to the door, you wouldn't even think a child could fit through it.

0:39.0

So how did hundreds of our ancestors pass through?

0:42.3

And what does it mean for us today?

0:45.1

This is Two Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school.

0:57.1

Stolen from their land, never to see their families again, enslaved Africans were forced

1:02.0

to march for weeks before reaching the ominous slave castles that littered West Africa's

1:07.0

shoreline.

1:08.3

Once inside, they were starved, abused, and forced to live in their own feces by white

1:13.8

and slavers.

1:15.3

They were barely skin and bones by the time they walked through the door of no return.

1:26.2

The door of no return is actually a reference to a series of tiny doors carved into the

1:41.3

walls of slave dungeons and slavers herded our ancestors through these doors onto ships

1:47.6

waiting offshore.

1:49.6

For many, the view of the ships from the door sealed their fate.

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