Horror, Heartbreak & Homicide- Happy New Year!! | Dark History - Bailey Sarian

Its really disturbing how often we can learn that slavery was even worse than we thought.

What's really sad is that some government officials don't want any of this history taught anymore. We've never been taught the true horror of what our past has been.

Thank you for sharing this information in this episode. I am a black woman and when I was little, I remember at New Years Eve parties the older people would yell ‘Freedom Day is Here’. I never understood why and never really asked. Who would’ve known that was why. This country has so much hidden/one-sided history. Thank you!

As a mother, I can't imagine having my baby ripped from my arms and knowing they were going somewhere where they weren't safe and were going to be harmed. I got sick to my stomach thinking about it. Those poor families.

As a white girl, living south of the Mason-Dixon line...this could easily be one of the most important episodes you've done. I'm a transplant, the amount of history denial here is unreal. ❤️ Keep it dark woman!

I've never felt more let down by the education system than I have today. I cried listening to this story, reflecting on my ignorance and feeling lied to. The truth hurts but it's not an excuse to ignore it. this is why history repeats itself. We can never learn from the past, because we are rarely given the truth.

Grew up southern and our history book definitely glossed over the dark parts of slavery, to "AND THEY WHERE SUDDENLY FREEE YAY!!!" The literature was also incredibly laddened with "These poor plantation owners.... These poor southern white people." They sure as heck left out the part on heartbreak day. Which honestly moved me to tears. I can definitely say I had so taught bias based on the lack of education in this subject, and I intend to shed them further. Thank you.

I'm 61yrs old, a huge history buff. This is the first time I ever heard this part of our history. Thanks for sharing this with us!

Hey Bailey. Do you think you could do a video about parenting and marriage in the 40s and 50s? I heard some parents did pretty messed up stuff that no one would do today.

I really like how you said that we really need to acknowledge the truth of the pain and suffering these people endured if there's to be healing and the ability to move forward. It's the same for Australia's first nation peoples. How dare we tell them to get over it, without even acknowledging what 'it' is?

As someone from a small (civil war) town in the south I feel like I learned more about slavery in this 40 minutes than I did all my school years. Thank you.

My girl came through and subtly reminded y’all about the realities of slavery. Yeah happy new year. Come through Bailey!!!!!!

Thank you for this. I hear a lot of people tell me to get over it, but they don't understand how close this is. Im 3rd gen free from slavery and I'm 39 yrs old. Slavery was abolished 84 yrs before his birth he is the baby of 7 and is now 76. Yall get the math. It wasn't too long ago. And I remember night watch growing up in Texas. Again thank you

We had to read Harriet's book for one of my college classes and it was so hard to get through. The rage and disgust I felt as I annotated it made me have to take breaks. The people who did those horrible things laughed in men, women, and children's faces as they were being tortured and still felt like they had the right to call themselves honorable and godly people. They even tormented them when they were able to go into church. There is more to it and I highly recommend both book.

I hope that people are really hearing you when you tell the stories of the past/history. I also hope that the world, and especially the US, will hop out of the cycle it’s been stuck in. Love you girl, thanks for educating us and learning with us!❤

I literally have never heard about this in any of the history classes I've taken, even in college classes this was absolutely never mentioned. I'm appalled at America's lack of accountability for the terrible things we've done as a country, and every day I find out more about our past that has been covered up for decades and centuries. This is something EVERYONE should know about, learning about heartbreak day has given me a better understanding of what actually happened when the emancipation proclamation was enacted. Thank you for covering this Bailey, I hope it will reach more people who were never aware of heartbreak day and we can all learn more about our real history.

I must say, Bailey is probably one of the few white people I can listen to talk about a story of slaves, torture and stay engaged. That is saying A LOT. Thanks, well informed queen! 👸🏻

While I usually love bailey's quick delivery, sometimes when talking about truly serious topics that aren't super well known to to public like this, I kind of wish we could get a pause once in a while to let things sink in.. like I am taking a full pause after she talked about the mother who saw all seven of her children auctioned off..

I remember reading a book a while ago that recorded first-hand accounts of freed slaves that were in their 90's. One woman talked about heartbreak day and how her son was taken from her, and she never saw him again. Thank you for talking about this. We should never forget.

Bailey, this is one of your best Dark History podcast ever! I had never heard of heartbreak day. It touched me very deeply. Thank you for all the work you put in these stories.