Dear Friends,
I have a shameful confession to make. I am the great great great granddaughter of slaveholders.
My ancestors held African people and their children in slavery.
In the 1800's, one of my ancestors (probably more) fathered at least one child whom he continued to hold in slavery. Her name was Martha. As she grew into adulthood and had children, he kept them, his grandchildren, as his slaves, too. Once I started researching it, I found that many of my…
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