Mary Seacole - A Bold Front to Fortune - Extra History - Part 1
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- 📜 Mary Seacole - Part 1 - Extra History
Mary Seacole treated soldiers during the Crimean War - but she took a long path to get there. She grew up in Jamaica, the daughter of a local hotel owner and a Scottish soldier. She admired her doctress mother and wanted to be like her, but she also yearned to travel and see the world. In 1821 she accepted a relative's invitation to visit London, and turned herself from a tourist to a businesswoman by importing Jamaican food preserves. She traveled with her business for several years before returning home to Jamaica, where she married a white man named Edwin Seacole and started a general store. Their venture failed, and disaster struck: fire destroyed most of Kingstown, and both Mary's husband and her mother died in 1843. Mary survived and rebuilt the hotel, but she set out to start a new life in Panama and was immediately greeted by a cholera epidemic. She helped contain it, and earned a reputation that helped her start her own business across the street from her half-brother's. When word reached her that the Crimean War back in Europe needed nurses, she left her business behind and went to sign up. Both the War Office and Florence Nightingale's expedition rejected her, but Mary determined to find her own way there.
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Mary: It’s ok, you’re gonna live. I’ll take care of you.
Mary, later: NOW CLEAN
Erin Connelly mothers in a nutshell
@@spongebobbies True
🤣
"She told those hotel patrons exactly what they could do with their bleach"
Just... Genius!!
They could drink
People's Republic of Taiwan until they died
bleach your eyes
chugalug
Glug glug
“She told those hotel patrons exactly what to do with their bleach.”
DRINK IT
So she already had found a cure for Corona. If only we'd listened!
I know that drinking bleach doesn't help one bit. Everyone knows it's used against Walpole.
noot noot
MIX THEM WITH AMONIA IN YOUR ROOM YOU RACIST
Xd
congrats. that's the joke
CHUG CHUG CHUG
Or bleach their eyes!
And then we have Hannibal, Ieyasu, Snow and Seacole team up and form a supergroup to fight the evil forces of Walpole and Cholera
I support u with that
+Dan Menard but Walpole isn't evil. he is just incredibly manipulative
+Dan Menard Walpole is not good. Walpole is not evil. Walpole is simply Walpole.
+dfadg sadfga Walpole makes you think that using the Power of his Stand. 'Charismatic Persuasion.'
+Dan Menard Toss in Yi and theres union undefeatable in land and sea.
While looking through some old stuff my grandfather left me I found my great(x3) grandmothers dairy and she says that "the matron of the hotel in Kingstown, my Mary was the only one I could truly depend on for my travels." It would be so cool if its this Mary she ment
It will cool.
woah
Still really cool, first hand accounts of the past are precious and so rare to find in one's own hands!
That'd be pretty awesome, not gonna lie. =)
Okay! I just learned that the jamaica campus of the university of the west indies has a hall named for mary seacole. Neat. For everywhere she went, Jamaica still considers her one of their own
She’s such a role model! She’s deserves to be recognized more often.
For poisoning soldiers?
I am genuinely stoked for this series. Mary Seacol is one of my personal heroines, both for her work as a nurse and caretaker of those who needed her, but also for her sheer ballsy gumption.
Its also an interesting footnote, that her husband, was a nephew of legendary British naval hero, Lord-Admiral Horatio Nelson, a fact that she was exceedingly proud of. Her story is awesome, I especially love the part about her reaction to the hotel patron and in the next part, how she basically built her New British Hotel herself from what ever scrap she could salvage and a story of her riding up to the front lines in the Crimea and coming under artillery bombardment, so a group of soldiers shouted to her "Get Down Mother!" to which she replied she would rather be blown to pieces, than give some Russian gunner the satisfaction of seeing her toss herself on the muddy ground.
Wow, she has determinarion and... Did you say Nelson? THAT Nelson?
paualamar
Yes, THAT Nelson, my nation's most beloved hero. She married one of his nephews
curtin1107 Be careful. This video and most like it are filled with false facts. Read her memoirs for a more accurate feeling of the type of person she was.
They over hype a lot of stuff with modern civil rights motivation. Talk her up and talk down nightingale. They were two multifaceted women. Neither were pure heros.
She saw herself as white.
DelphosPlay if you loved her so much, you would know how to spell her name.
*Seacole
She sold snacks and treats to spectators of the battles whilst our troops were getting shot and killed
She also tended to the enemy the Russians
Some heroine ?
Historical Cholera fighters unite!
+Lothian Alimantado Cholera: Favored Enemy of Extra Credits.
Go go cholera Rangers, ba ba ba ba ba, go go cholera Rangers, ba ba ba ba ba, go go cholera Rangers, you mighty morphin cholera Rangers
+I really hate making up names for this kind of stuff watch future diary they have a power ranger parody of them.
+I really hate making up names for this kind of stuff Cholerangers perhaps? :P
+I really hate making up names for this kind of stuff this comment is a perfect 5/7
This is so adorable. I love it. Not to mention that it's definitely up to your normal standards, showing us some truly fascinating history that most of us don't know about.
Jake Pillsbury I bet if more young girls heard about these great women they might wish to be like them and get into stuff like science.
That's why it's called extra history
It’s politically motivated lies.
Fake story , false history !
Sadly this is a fabrication of her life, she led a truly interesting life but her deeds in the Crimea are exaggerated beyond all reason. It's an insult to all the actual nurses who toiled in the Crimea.
5:29 Mary: It’s good you’re feeling better now CLEAN UP YOUR SH*T!
Her earring being m and s for Mary Seacole is so endearing, great design choice!
This woman sounds amazing. Smart and enterprising are two qualities that don't often end up in good people.
read her auto biography... youre wrong
@@lostin_bass what are they wrong about?
@@MA-yu2ss she wasnt a nurse. she was an business woman who saw Crimea as a was to start a restaurant and make money. she had no nursing training. she was a care giver and so was her mother. the term "nurse" is thrown around a lot in the book but she isnt one. plus she was pretty damn racist. she said her good atributes come from her fathers side.(Scottish)and that those same attributes arent found in Creole blood.
@@lostin_bass didn’t know that... where can I read her autobiography?
@@lostin_bass I can’t find that
I can't explain why, but the opening bit, and specifically the imagery of the dying soldier, quietly calling for his mother, instantly inserted some dust into my eyes (if you know what I mean). I know it's just animation, but these extra credits episodes do such wonderful storytelling.
*Wakes up feeling better*
Seacole: Are You Felling Alright?
Person:Yeah Actually i feel much better
Seacole: *Smacks with Broom* Well Stop living in your filth already!
King Lol Fortnite isn’t that all moms?
Rose Gold precisely 🤣🤣
There is something about Mary Seacole. It is more than what she did, which in itself was awesome. It is more about who she was on the inside - a giant of a character. She has long been one of my favourite heroes because she defied the culture of her times to be and do what she wanted. I read a book about her some time ago, but your retelling of her story, Extra Credit, is extra special. A million thanks for this.
My mom is also a nurse and the above characterisation of Mary Seacole sounded like her so much it amazes me - shrewd businesswoman but generous, looks down on people sometimes but never hesitates to get her hands dirty while serving the sick. Truly a study in contrast.
Crimea? That sounds like something Putin would want.
Or Walpole........
+Porter Jihaad
NO YOU'RE A KRAINE
I thought of the war in Crimea so
In Soviet Russia, *Russia don't want Crimea. Crimea wants Russia.*
KGB, OPEN UP CYKA!
ughhh always with these cliffhangers haha. I guess I'll have to patiently wait until next week for the next episode
+David Yan But that's what makes them fun!
I can't imagine the power a couple of John snow and Mary seacole could wield.
They would fix COVID-19
NOW CLEAN THE ROOM!
*READY FOR A DIFFICULTY TWEAK!?*
**Changes to Super Easy Mode**
Freaking Cholera. It's always freaking Cholera. I'm fascinated to see how this one goes.
Jamaican-born Mary Seacole faced down challenge after challenge on her path to becoming a famed Crimean War nurse.
+Extra Credits Ah, the 19th century.
Good times.
She is a treally Saint and great lady. She is a veteran in a way.
+MagnuMagnus The foundation of the German Empire, Napoleon, and Africa. Ah, the nostalgia.
+Mark Graham yes, who cares about all the wars and casualties right?
I've never heard of her until now nice video it's too sad that we only hear of Florence Nightingale as the best nurse of the Crimean war
I love this damn woman. Humongous friggin' hero of just the right kind.
I actually remember reading about Mary Seacole in my AP World History Class this year. It was a short anecdote mainly dealing about advancements in medicine in the 1800's, but I found her story to be quite amazing.
Just one mistake, the panama canal wasn't built until 1914, so the lake of water in the middle of panama shouldn't be there. That's why they built the railroad, actually. To join the Atlantic and the Pacific before a canal could be built. Besides that, awesome storytelling! I get exited every time I see this on my subscription feed.
+Bruno Franco minor anachronisms are normal as they help people better recognise what they are looking at. It is the reason they sometime use modern flags instead of period ones.
@@SirAroace "minor anachronisms"? You mean incorrect facts?
4:16
"You know nothing, Jon Snow."
-All of Europe, 1800s
why in english even now some people want to remove the name of mary seacole from national curiculum and said what she do is insignificant
+Michael Winarso Indeed, it really is quite disturbing how much the social conservative right in the UK want her off the curriculum, branding her a "PC myth"
+Papaflo They mostly beleive she was over emphasised and that Florence Nightingale wasn't mentioned enough in the last decade or so.
+Papaflo I bet she would bloody well beat St Peter to a pulp and rain down upon parliament and whitehall in undead fury..
+Papaflo Don't try to make this about politics, it isn't a politics issue
+Hector Woods Without trying to be inflammatory, how is it not a political issue?
The former education secretary tried to remove her from the curriculum supported by publications of a specific political hue. The tories and their press wing hate that her story is taught to UK students (google: Daily Mail Mary Seacole). Their political opponents favour her. This is a situation which goes to heart of our beliefs regarding race relations and representation in the UK. I would define it as the very definition of a political issue
I've missed these extra history episodes. They're just SO good.
such beautiful story telling
Awesome!!! I always thought no one outside Jamaica even remembered who Mary was. Good show extra credits ill be eagerly watching. I hope this gets an awesome soundtrack like Admiral Yi did.
Great Episode! I look forward to the rest of the series!
I'd also like to compliment the artist for making Mary Seacole so expressive and dramatic in just about every scene.
Great to be hearing from you guys again! I look forward to seeing where this tale goes from here; as per usual, you have my full-on attention for this forgotten figure of history.
As a Panamenian I just like to see my country get mentioned.
Its not much, but its enough to make us happy. =)
Yeeeaaaahh! Extra Credits history is back! What a breath of fresh air. =D
As a senior in college ready to graduate this spring and finishing my thesis I welcome these videos every time I get a chance. They are a so well made that I can't help but shout in my head for more every time you tell me to, " join us next week". Thanks for such great work.
Sir your videos are more interesting and informative than any history class i was ever forced to endure. Thank you!
Happy 2016, Extra Credits. I am glad to see that I can still rely on you guys to teach me some obscure history, since college is NO help.
Awww your characters are so cute
Written beautifully and interesting. Awesome start of a new year.
Thank you for telling stories about the contributions of My People. It means allot. Well done!
She’s still important in Jamaica i learned about her when I did History
See the History Debunked video about her on CZcams. You might be surprised.
This woman sounds AWESOME!!!!!!
Thank you for bringing up the things mostly forgotten.
Amazing Lady! Thank you guys for showing such stories!
You know, I love the Extra History series so much. Honestly, I've learned so much about things that were never covered during my time in school. That's why I love seeing episodes like this, ones about Unsung Heroes. Which makes me hope for a set of episodes about Bhagat Singh, one of the most important people in the fight against the British in India. More so than even Ghandi, IMO. The reason I hope for this is basically because not many people outside of India know about him because he isn't talked about in American Schools since Ghandi is who we're lead to believe is the biggest reason for India's independence.
I know this is really long winded, but All I'm asking for is, if you guys ever have the opportunity, please do, at the very least, consider checking out Bhagat Singh. I'm positive you won't be disappointed in what you could dig up about him.
And I'm sure it'd make for some amazing Extra History.
I know what you mean, if it wasnt for extra History i whould still think leonidas is the greatest militar in history and, yet he is a big badass and the peloponese battle is epic Admiral Yi has topped him just becouse he joined the military by his own will. To think he is unknown
I've never heard of Mary seacole before, but I already love her! :D
daft as a brush woke
What a wonderful story. I never heard of Mary Seacole. I will have to read about her. Thanks.
A story that legit brings a tear to the eye
I flipping love this series,
YESSSSSSS MORE EXTRA HISTORY!
So many heartfelt thanks :)
Great Episode I'm quite glad that you are showing someone not as mentioned in the Crimean War
Yay more extra history!!
Goddammit, cholera! Stop being the new Walpole!
Good to see Extra History back. It's great to learn about these unsung heroes in such a fun way. :)
Man, you are so good at story-telling. You're making a dry story about nursing seem interesting, pat yourselves on the back guys. Bravo!
I didn’t know I could love history so much.
Every History teacher I’ve ever had: Am I a joke to you?
🤣 yikes
If anyone is interested about the Crimean War itself, the reason why Russia wanted to expand into the middle east was the Black Sea.In Europe, Russia was pretty much landlocked, having only one big port in the far North that would freeze over for half the year, meaning their navy wasn't really a significant force. The black sea however, was only one Istanbul away from the Mediterranean. Needless to say controlling the Crimean region that is now (kinda, sort of) part of Ukraine would be very good for the Russian navy, something England is a bit sensitive about!
I love her self-confidence and tenacity. ❤
I have been loving the the extra history you lads have been doing as of late, keep it up! :)
This is untrue, a myth in fact. She ran a restaurant for officers in the Crimea. At no point did she apply to be nurse.
Any Jamaica's in the comments, who remembers reading about her in the doctorbird book series
You are getting better and better with each "Extra History" series. Please continue.
Love this story! Thank you.
The Spanish Inquisition! Do it when nobody expects it!
Good damn it Mary, you're a savage!
I love this channel. Never even heard of Mary, now totally on my list of Histories top badasses.
This is very cool. I'd like to see more of this woman. Actually got me excited for the next episode
It's a shame there isn't a lot of focus on history about POC or women in public schools
Depended on the riches of the wealthy to pay for the care of the poor? God wouldn't that be nice...I mean SOCIALISM!
+GreyWolfLeaderTW Godwin's Law
All i hear "Waaaa Why should I give a few hundred from my millions just to keep some worthless poor people from dying from easily treatable diseases?!"
GreyWolfLeaderTW Immoral to what code? What fucked up code of ethics says its more important that the rich not spend any money they don't want to then for the poor to stay living?
Taxation is not thievery. Its paying for services and protection given to you by the government. As well as your countrymen regardless if you directly benefit from it or not.
I would like to participate in this conversation. I want to tell a little anecdote actually from my mother's life. My mother has 4 older sister who all grow up in the same house. The only difference between them is that my mother knew where they live will not help her thrive. She live right when she was old enough to. Now, my mother's siblings feel as though she owe them since her kids aren't in jail or that her family isn't devastatingly in debt. Now I only ask, do you believe my mother should give up her resources since they are her siblings or should she keep the wealth she earned by herself?
so glad that extra history is back
Wow. I always love watching and learning from your videos
Fucking cholera, man. The worst.
Cholera the bane of Britain.
+Louis Millington Well, cholera me impressed
well it was everywhere, and common. don't wash your hands after you sht and you get it, in preindustrial times
Can you do the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie / VOC) next time and their colonialism in Indonesia? Just a thought.
this is amazing to me as one of my descendants had a direct impact on the British victory at Sevastopol. My ancestor was the British engineer who was in charge of building the great dry docks in the city and all of the military and civilian infrastructure. when the British came they were very surprised at the fact that a British citizen had all this knowledge and promptly took over his estate and made him reveal all this knowledge
I have no words, nice work guys!
She went to the crimea to open a restaurant not to be a nurse ,she took food to the spectators of the battles, more history tainted with todays lies.
I like Mrs. Seacole. I know its a bit of a cliché, but I really do like those kind but tough nurse characters who don't take guff from anyone. Good on you Mary.
+Callie Choquette It;s a pretty good British stereotype, but no nonsense nurses are usually portrayed as overweight Saxon battle-axes. O.o
+Kobrag90 Its still an enjoyable character to watch and I didn't mean any offense.
Callie Choquette
No offence. I was just exploring it meself, it hasn't been true to type for decades.
+Kobrag90 It's cool. I was just saying that I enjoy the type of character in stories and I didn't want to offend anyone.
Callie Choquette
Anyone who got offended by that is just being silly. =/
Wow, for someone I've never even heard of until now. This lady sounds like a total BAD ASS!!! I can't wait to hear more.
This woman was amazing, thanks so much for fighting for her.
"Drink Bleach" - Mary Seacole.
Wait, I thought you guys did your research. Scottish + Jamaican =/= English. Not to mention all the times you used the British flag and said English when British would do.
FritzII Yeah, They'd best have a good reason for it seeing as they should know this by now.
+aListers She considered herself a citizen of England. By your logic, my grandparents aren't Canadian citizens because Dutch+Dutch=/=Canadian. Even though they lived here since WWII. They were Dutch-Canadian. As for the second bit...Yeah I can't really defend them on that. I guess us non-brits are prone to accepting that the British flag IS the flag of England even if that's like saying the Canadian Flag is the flag of Nova Scotia.
+aListers Jamaica was a British colony until 1962. My mom and I were both born in Jamaica, but she was born before independence. So she's actually a British citizen, while I am not.
+aListers To make my point clearer, Jamaicans born before 1962 are British citizens
dingovory Jamaica isn't in England either. Nor was it at that time either - it was part of the British empire not part of the country England.
British yes, English no.
I love these series. They are the best thing to watch!
Always happy to see more Extra History especially when it's topics I'll rarely if ever have exposure to
Why let the truth get in the way of a politically motivated fantasy?
The only accurate bits are her name and the fact she came to London.
She is whom I would call a strong, independent woman! Unlike the majority of those women who claim to be so in this present day!
I agree. She was a determined, strong and independent lady. Who instead of bitched about the cruelty of war, she went there and nursed the soldiers.
superb work as always!
Truly excellent, thank you!
The Crimean War: the first war on crime
History Debunked, well, debunked this myth.
I love ones like this where it's a person I haven't really heard of and everything about them is just so epic
really interesting, great job again guys!
Yes, a true independent black women
Abolitionists UNITE!
I love this channel, I’m so glad I found it.
Yay Extra History's back! And with a sick new series. I want to read a book about Ms.Seacole now.
She was not a nurse. She was a hotel owner who sold luxury items to officers. She went bankrupt when the ware ended before she cold sell her stock.
Ah the emotions of all light skinned women thinking they're better than everyone
Kevin Brewington what??!
NO
yes they kept calling her a black woman when she never loook at her self like that.
I love these videos, they are so interesting because they cover the best parts of history
Beautiful intro, the Storytelling aspect of this series has gotten better and better!!