Winner of the Fall 2016 StMU History Media Award for
Best Multimedia Presentation
This video with Robert Tijerina is the first in our series of videos on American History. In this first video, Robert explores the relationship between the Founding Fathers and their views on slavery.
47 comments
Tyler Sleeter
Really like the video. It had some great information in it, most of which I had learned from my high school history teacher. It always amazed me that people like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson could own so many slaves, yet seem to not approve of slavery. At the same time, there were men like Benjamin Franklin and James Adams that were not only against slavery but actually did not own any slaves, unlike most of the remaining founding fathers. I have often wondered what how different history would have been if slavery had been abolished at the time of the founding of the United States, instead of later on during the civil war.
Briana Bustamante
You did an excellent job presenting the information. I found your presentation informative and entertaining. You held my interest the whole time. I learned a lot about our founding fathers and their stance on slavery… very interesting. I can understand why Washington kept so many slaves in order to keep families together. Our first President’s compassion and understanding are truly admirable traits.
Alexis Soto
Yo I loved this. I grew up watching Crash Course a YouTube Channel that does a similar thing with various subjects. You were able to keep me entertained and I feel as though I was able to remember what I learned from this video because I had fun. In regards to the video I would like to mention that although people were against slavery that did not mean they were not racist or saw them as equals.
Zaraly Frasquillo Bejarano
Dude! This is amazing you look like you are having the time of your life! I wish you were my American history teacher during high school, I would’ve learned so much! You had me hooked, and I just wanted you to give me more and more información. Crazy how Thomas Jefferson (one of my favorite presidents) owned 200 slaves! Whhhaaaattt?!?!?
Nataly Solis Chavez
Great Job on the video! In fact what you presented was so interesting that even my younger sisters gathered around to watch which lead me to believe that this type of material would be great for middle school or high school teachers to utilize within the classroom to keep students engaged. As for the discussion on slavery I’d have to agree with a majority of the previous comments, although it was a controversial topic at the time for the founding fathers to fully address it shouldn’t have been swept under the rug for so long. Way to incorporate humor and current events to make the video more presentable to your desired audience!
Christian Lozano
This video is gold, I was engaged the whole time. Good job at telling the truth about slavery! I could not believe George Washington had so many slaves. The good thing is there is always a minority that speaks up for what is right, as explained in your video. One of the best things on this site by far. Keep up the good work!
Aaron Jaramillo
I really enjoyed your video! It contained a lot of information but was still very informative. I knew Washington owned slaves but didn’t realize he had over 100 slaves, that was interesting to learn. I hope to see more videos from you!
Nicolas McKay
This is quite possibly the greatest thing on this website. i enjoyed this video so much. I was having flashbacks of watching crash course back in high school. This is a quality videos that I would expect to find on YouTube. I hope you keep up the great work and continue making videos.
Mariana Sandoval
Not only was the information you presented well-researched, but you presented it in a way that was very funny and marketable and enjoyable to people that probably wouldn’t have any interest in history. I can tell that you put a lot of work into your video and the final project was spectacular. Hopefully people will use your video as a model for future history video presentations. Well done!
Maalik Stansbury
I really like your video. It made me intrigued about how slavery actually was an what it had encompassed. I was always curious as to how and why slavery was a thing and how a the fathers allowed this to happen. But from the information you provided and me wanting to do research after watching your video showed that they were kind of bigots, and that’s being nice. The information you presented was solid and a great job with making the video.