They Left Him To Die – But His Legacy Lives On
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 28 September 2022
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
They enslaved his family and double-crossed him. And when he fought back, they brutalized him and threw him in an alley, left for dead. And yet, he WASN’T dead. Not by a long shot!
Today on 2-Minute Black History, we learn about The Ghost of Hog Alley
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| 0:00.0 | Hey fam, it's Jay from Push Black. |
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| 0:33.3 | Peace. |
| 0:46.3 | They enslaved his family and double crossed him. |
| 0:50.3 | And when he fought back, they brutalized him and threw him in an alley, left for dead. |
| 0:57.3 | Yet, he wasn't dead, not by a long shot. |
| 1:03.3 | I'm Sydney from Push Black, and you're tuned in to two-minute black history, |
| 1:08.3 | what you didn't learn in school. |
| 1:12.3 | Content warning, the following story contains graphic details of violence against black people. |
| 1:18.3 | Danger-filled newbie was a free man. |
| 1:28.3 | But his wife and children were not. |
| 1:31.3 | After working hard to earn enough to purchase their freedom, newbie got double crossed by their enslaver. |
| 1:38.3 | But that was only the beginning of his story. |
| 1:44.3 | In 1859, he helped plan a revolt to free his enslaved family. |
| 1:50.3 | The raid of Harper's Ferry in West Virginia would go on to make history, |
| 1:55.3 | even serving as a precursor to the Civil War. |
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