EPISODE · Oct 3, 2016 · 16 MIN
Tracking Down a Slave's Bill of Sale
from Historically Black · host APM Reports & The Washington Post
Members of an extended Tennessee family talk about their great, great grandfather, a slave owned by his white, biological father. After emancipation, their ancestor managed to buy a farm. Family members reflect on the strength it took to survive slavery and to prosper in the years that followed.
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