By Marwan Fateen |
July 4, 2006
The Revolutionary War was not fought to free Black people from slavery, despite the many Black Men who fought bravely and gave their lives in defense of their colonizers and slave masters, despite the promise given to them by the slave masters to free Black people, obviously to the ones who fought, from slavery after the war was won. Black people were still in physical Bondage for almost another 100 years after July 4, 1776 and we still aint free or independent in the US.
After the Revolutionary war was won and the Declaration of Independence was signed, there was no mention by the slave masters, of the north and south, to discontinue the institution of slavery. The colonists independence and constitution actually tightened the US slave masters grip over the business of slavery and other industries that was conducted in the colonial United States. They were like two pimps, the colonists and the British, fighting over control of their whores, The Blacks, Free Negroes and Slaves.
The White wicked slave masters didn't discuss ending slavery after July 4, 1776. They actually passed laws and used the Constitution to protect slavery, such as considering Blacks to be only 3/5 of a human being, more than rats but less than cattle.
The slave masters were never enslaved by the British Empire yet they sought independence. What was their idea of independence and does it apply to Black people in the US today? The colonists were against unfair taxes without proper representation, sending most or all of their manufactured goods, which were made with slave labor of course, so it could be properly taxed and then shipped back. They wanted control over their own destinies, lives, government, and communities without British intervention and domination. They also had to pay property taxes to the British for land they inhabited. The wanted to grow their own food, educated their own children and people, worship their own god or religion, manufacture their own goods and provide their own security and other services without answering to and paying the British They were tired of depending on the British for support, guidance and dominion. They wanted independence, meaning depending on themselves and nobody else.
They never cared about the conditions of Black people that were still enslaved. They didn't even see us as human beings. We still got lynched, raped, flogged, tortured, burned alive, tied up to two horses and torn apart, tarred and feathered then set on fire and beat to death, tied to the ground and marinated with molasses on the sugar plantations of the Caribbeans so the fire ants would eat us alive, got chopped up into pieces, having forced abortions practiced on us by being hung by the hands on a tree branch and the slave master used a very sharp knife to cut open the woman's stomach so the baby would fall out, once the baby fell out and hit the ground, it was immediately killed, either with the knife or having its head crushed (the same process being used today but in a different way), and much more.
So why do Black people celebrate the July 4, 1776 Independence Day? Were obviously not independent in this country today. We depend on the white man or other former slave masters for everything we need to survive. They supply our food, clothes, shelter, education, employment, so-called protection, laws, entertainment, drugs (crack, heroine, pcp, etc.), cigarettes (which is actually the worst drug), alcohol, electronics, cars, the computer, pen and paper I'm using to create this article, even these dollars we need to purchase things (the dollar is actually a form of debt to the privately owned corporation known as the Federal Reserve, it really has no value, but that's another story), and everything else. A man named Osagifo said, Black people are 100% dependent on everybody else for everything we need to survive. We don't even produce a comb or pick for our own hair. All we really manufacture is Black babies and it seems like we don't even want them. We've made our slave masters and oppressors into our deity, the true meaning of an atrocity.
So how can Black people believe they are free? A man told me a couple of days ago that Black people are independent because we have money. I told him no matter how much money you have, you still depend on the Whites or foreigners to purchase gasoline, natural gas, electricity, property taxes (miss one payment if you want and they will auction off your house), education, water, and other things. No matter how much money you have, if they decide that they don't want you to eat, drink, put gas in your car, etc., you will starve, get thirsty and get stranded on the road and there's nothing you can do about it. So how are we independent?
