There are hundreds of African Americans living in the Dominican Republic, and they aren’t passport bros! And they’ve been here since the 1800s.
I sat down with anthropologist Ryan Mann-Hamilton to talk about the free African Americans who built a community in Samaná with their own culture and language. Though the exact number of folks who still speak Samaná English is still disputed, what’s undeniable is that their culture has survived hundreds of years.
Check out the full story (with all the nuance I couldn’t fit here) on my channel.
Sources:
Library of Congress
World Atlas
El Caribe
Penn Museum
Forgotten Migrations from the United States to Hispaniola Forgotten Migrations from the United States to Hispaniola by Ryan Mann-Hamilton
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Wow this lady is absolutely beautiful and has the body to match the face. Damn I'd be your man, good grief.
Great reminder of true history; However Dominican, and Hatian has a fragile relationship, because of that same colonisation.
Same to some extent across the Caribbean.
Look what has, and is happening in Cuba.
Once they left they were no longer Americans if in fact they were ever considered Americans
My father is from Samana. The majority of last names over there are English including my
Johnson, pool,
My grandfather spoke English. Never taught his children to speak English Now I Iive in the United States. 😂
Ur stuck on traditional ways of who freed whom
HAITI need to free themselves NOW
Lol "and no they're not passport bros"
Very fascinating
You mean the cocolos
It's amazing how FBAs history is being manipulated with other immigrants history! 1st speaker dwells in your own identity. Clearly, you're not an FBA! Learn about yourself, and embrace your own history…
Thank you
We're indigenous to the entire planet whether we migrate or not
Thank you for sharing. I had no idea.
My sister from America hate passport bros 😂😂😂
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Thank you for this. Sooo important to hear our story. Not his story
Education and knowledge is free (until it's colonized). Thank you for sharing golden nuggets of information that help to expand my curiosity. I get to do my own diligence through reading more about the rich stories of black indigeneity, beyond the fears of the opaques.
Wow.
This is so interesting. Thank you for the lesson.
Keep coming to this country! We are almost in carnival season, and we would love to share with the world our beautiful costumes and characters, which are inspired by African culture.
"Native" for 200 years? Are we changing what "native" means now? So are White Americans native to the US?
To the people who commented here about Samaná. Is not about the content. Samaná has always been a tourist destination, which is why its people are kind and welcoming; they live from tourism, and that is perfectly fine. However, living there or visiting, as well as traveling to Punta Cana, does not make someone knowledgeable about the island. That is not the same reality. Tourist areas do not represent an entire country, one marked by segregation, classism, corruption, and poverty. It's so sad seem how people think our country is and how they describe our society just based on a tourist place.
This is so enriching! I am in the Dominican Republic right now, a few hours from Samaná. I need to check this out. ✊🏾💪🏾♥️. Thx sis!