(soft music) - There was a long time when I was very angry about my slave history.

You know, I was angry about people that could enslave a person.

Could Christians really do that?

You know, so I was a young man that was questioning all of that, questioning my Christianity, questioning white people.

I wanted to know the truth.

I want to know this history because the more I've learned about it, the more I can understand today's issues.

And your emotional reservoir needs to be full because it's painful.

We were slaves.

We belonged to people.

They sell us like they sell horses and cows and hoes and all like that.

And they put you up on the bench and beat on you the same as you're beating on a cat, you know?

Now I couldn't go across the street or I couldn't go to nobody's house without I have a note from my master.

If I had that pass, I could go wherever he sent me.

(upbeat music)