A TikTok video claimed the ancestors of Black Americans were not taken from Africa and enslaved. It’s widely documented that millions of Africans were taken from their homes and transported to the Americas and Europe for purposes of enslavement.
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Over the course of 400 years, millions of Africans were taken from their homes and forced onto ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean, bound for Europe and the Americas for the purpose of enslavement. This is widely documented — in letters, ship manifests, drawings, literature, legislation and other artifacts. Even science has revealed the genetic legacy of this forced migration.A man in a TikTok video claimed to unveil what he says is a giant historical lie.
Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa, he said in the video, which he also"They just renamed us," he said,"They enslaved us and renamed us. They didn’t bring us across from Africa, neither!"That video gathered thousands of likes, but was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed.
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